Stars and Stripes
CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Having evolved from a force of “last resort” to an oft-deployed and essential component of the military, the Army Reserve now needs restructuring.
And that includes purging its ranks of underachieving soldiers, the commander of the U.S. Army Reserve said Thursday.
“We have to reshape the Army...
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My good friend Tim Sumner over at 9/11 Families For a Safe America knocks out a great piece regarding New Mexico’s congressional race featuring new Conservative Adam Kokesh, formally of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). There are a ton of difficult issues for Kokesh to overcome here and it begs many questions. Great...
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It has been far too long since we saw a Kennedy meltdown on the floor of Congress. Kind of brings back the good old days if you ask me. Check out Patrick Kennedy, about to retire from public service, yet manages to give off one last incoherent rambling speech.
I sort of lost it half...
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Marcus Baram writes a great piece in the Huffington Post about a kid who killed himself and never got a letter from President Obama. Many questions are raised in this piece and are worthy of discussion.
Huffington Post’s Marcus Baram
Last August, Gregg Keesling was at home watching President Obama’s speech to the Veterans of Foreign...
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Full disclosure:
I live one district over from Eric Massa
My organization Vets For Freedom, endorsed his opponent in 2008
I personally appeared in ads, held press conferences in support of Massa’s 2008 opponent Randy Kuhl
As a Western New Yorker I am a very proud man. We all are. The nation laughs at our weather. Then parts...
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It seems former Rep. Eric Massa has changed his story again. Massa resigned from Congress yesterday after a male staffer accused him of sexual harassment. He now admits groping a male staffer, but described it as tickling. “Yeah, I did. Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn’t breathe and...
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This is a most unfortunate comment. And makes you wonder what is going on with the old host of the CBS evening news.
But this is still tough to read and see. Sorta like watching a dog get smushed by a tractor trailer.
But funnier.
Newsbusters
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Will health care, the health care bill of Barack Obama,...
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Times Online
BRITAIN’S special forces have suffered the worst blow to their fighting strength since the second world war, with 80 members killed or crippled in Afghanistan.
Serious injuries have left more than 70 unable to fight, while 12 have been killed. It means the forces have lost about a sixth of their...
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Tags: afghanistan, British SAS, falklands, heavy losses for SAS, SAS, sbs, special air service, special boat squadron, times online
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I was afraid this would happen. We’ll get this fat bastard. And hopefully sooner rather than later.
CBS News
An “important Taliban militant” was arrested today in Pakistan. But that is where the confusion started.
Earlier it was reported by Pakistani media that intelligence agents had arrested Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al Qaeda, in an...
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On 5 March 2010, an article was published by the BBC regarding the failed attempt to bring down Flight 253 over Detroit by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian terrorist better known as the “panties bomber”.
The report, part of a series the BBC is putting together on the subject of air travel safety, claims that...
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