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Andrew Sullivan just asked me (live, not on
e-mail; bloggers at the Atlantic actually talk to each
other) why I haven't been posting more on Gaza. The simple answer is that I'm busy reporting, and I hope to head to the Middle East soon, to personally ...
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Given DiFi's little temper tantrum over Panetta ,
I was curious how she reacted to the appointment
of the buffoon Porter Goss to the top CIA post. "After much thought and a careful review of the record, I voted today to confirm the nomination of ...
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leon panetta Born: 1938, in Monterey; age 70
Education : Graduated from Monterey High School; B.A. from
Santa Clara University; J.D. from Santa Clara University Law School Military service : U.S. Army, 1964-66 Congressman: U.S. congressman ...
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In the very early days of the Bush
administration, Karl Rove asked a Washington policy wonk what
personnel changes he'd recommend to newly arrived George W. The wonk said "there is one matter of life and death: he must replace Tenet at CIA and put in ...
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From last March. Works for me. More recently,
President Bush vetoed a law that would require the
CIA and all the intelligence services to abide by the same rules on torture as contained in the U.S. Army Field Manual. But all forms of torture have ...
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58 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) Two Democratic officials
say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White
House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the ...
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Leon Edward Panetta has had a long and
distinguished career in public service, ranging from his tour
of duty in the U.S. Army to his service as the Chief of Staff to the President of the United States. Born in Monterey in 1938 of Italian immigrant ...
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Just got an email from RedState, because they
love us, and we love them: You signed up
for the RedState Army. We need to mobilize tonight. I also signed up for the Kiss Army, who had a cooler arm-patch. It is extremely important. No shit. As you ...
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This is an embarrassingly bad pick from P.E.
Obama. I saw he served in the Army in
the 60's and served on the "Iraq Study Group". That is all the experience he has militarily or in the Intel community. I contend being a daily Blackfive, Long War ...
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“It’s not my bridge, it is not the
government’s bridge, it’s your bridge. Special Forces don’t always
just fight, they help build bridges too.” - Army Gen. David McKeirnan, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and ...
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Return to the The 2008 Weblog Award Poll
Navigation Page . Finalists: Add to any feed reader
From My Position... on the way! Add to any feed reader The War on Big Tobacco Add to any feed reader Blackfive Add to any feed reader Michael Yon Add to any ...
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SNance
posted 2 days ago from
onthehillblog.blogspot.com
In the Jan. 12, issue of Newsweek, "Will
It Ever End?", Managing Editor Daniel Klaidman lays out
the reasoning behind the latest round of fighting in Gaza and provides a possible outline for a lasting peace deal. Plus: why many troops oppose any change in the military's policy toward gays.
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Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported
on Sunday morning, that as the Israeli Army continued
to advance into the Gaza Strip, and the resistance continued to clash with the invading forces; at least eleven Palestinians were killed on ...
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As we enter the year when the last
British troops leave Iraq , further evidence is emerging
of just what an abject failure Britain s military intervention in Iraq has been. Despite the bravery of many individual soldiers, the only real success of the ...
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Iraqi and Coalition forces Order of Battle as
of December 31, 2008. The January 2009 updates to
the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB homepage . The significant changes to the Order of Battle ...
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John McChesney Morning Edition , January 2, 2009
The Army is investigating a cluster of suicides in
the Houston Recruiting Battalion, where five soldiers have taken their own lives since 2001. Nationally, 17 recruiters have committed suicide during ...
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The Department of Defense announced today the death
of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
They died Jan. 3 in As Sadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using small arms fire during ...
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Friday, September 15, 2006; Page A19 "Before" implies
that the one follows the other. The signal is
unmistakable. An aerial attack on Iran's nuclear facilities lies just beyond the horizon of diplomacy. With the crisis advancing and the moment of ...
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The Army is reviewing whether combat trauma played
a role in a spate of killings by soldiers
from a Colorado base. >
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When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack
Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10
active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed ...
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The owner of the truck bombed by the
Israeli Air Force on Salah a-Din street on Monday
claims the truck was carrying oxygen canisters, not Grad rockets. Drone footage of the bombing was shown by the Israeli army.
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Hollywood action director Michael Bay enlisted the U.S.
military to provide realistic props for his 2007 giant-robot
epic Transformers. After the Pentagon helped rewrite the script, Bay got access to helicopters, warships and -- for just $25,000 an ...
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A Pakistani Army soldier sits on an armored
vehicle as he patrols in Matta in Swat, where
the Taliban has effectively taken control of the settled district and neighboring Shangla. AP photo. The Pakistani military continues to ...
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EL PASO -- A U.S. Army War College
report warns an economic crisis in the United States
could lead to massive civil unrest and the need to call on the military to restore order.
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Yesterday, in the "Flies in Amber" post, I put
up the story about the suicide bombing in Khowst,
and chose to make it a discussion of viewpoint, outlook, and will. The fact that CJTF-101 PAO put the story out so quickly was ...
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Gaza terrorists fired over 50 projectiles at southern
Israel Monday, the latest two rockets hitting the Ashkelon
Beach region, causing no casualties or damage. Earlier Monday, Hanni Al-Mahdi, 27, of the Beduin town of Aroer in the Negev, was killed ...
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This BLOG duplicates my Army Album page by
page. It should not be confused with "Ron Goldstein's
Army Album" which contains all the articles that were posted to the BBC WW2 Peoples War Archives. SCROLL DOWN TO PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS OF HOW THE ALBUM BEGAN
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Greetings The president-elect dropped in on some Marines
stationed in Hawaii yesterday , a fine gesture of
appreciation for the military he will soon be leading. The Los Angeles Times reported in a separate article , however, that "President-elect ...
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As tensions rise between India and Pakistan over
last month's terror assault in Mumbai, the Pakistani is
withdrawing troops from the tribal areas and redeploying to the eastern border with India. Pakistan's redeployment of forces from the ...
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Already, the Army lacks a strategic reserve of
brigades trained and ready for major combat, officials said,
and units being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving new soldiers at the last minute, meaning they have insufficient time to train ...
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Taylor Knapp, 6-years-old, tries to place a letter
for a welcome home sign for her stepfather U.S.
Army Sgt. Joseph Peoples before he returns home from a 15 month deployment to Iraq December 22, 2008 in Fort Stewart, Georgia. Peoples deployed ...
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has moved fresh troops to the
Line of Control in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and the
international border with India to protect "vital points", cancelled all leave for armed forces personnel and almost put a security alert into ...
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An Iraqi girl waits for the arrival of
Santa Claus during a holiday-themed meeting of the Victory
Base Council scouting program on Victory Base Complex, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2008. The Victory Base Council is a group of volunteers who are working towards ...
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India police detained three Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives planning
to execute an attack in Jammu and Kashmir have
been linked back to Pakistan's notorious intelligence service. The men "planned to set off a massive explosion in India on ...
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Rover
found this 14 days ago on
www.democraticunderground.com
Source: [b]AP & Honolulu Advertiser[/b] WASHINGTON (AP)
Until more testing can be done, Army medics are
being told to stop using a new product just sent to the war front to help control bleeding among wounded troops. Officials were in the process of distributing some 17,000 packets of ...
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Rover
found this 14 days ago on
www.charmaineyoest.com
The Baby-Boo and The Dancer were asking, "Is
Santa Claus real?" "Of course," I said. "How does
he know where to go?," They wondered. "He knows," I said. "The Marines trained him..." SantaClaustraining.wmv ### Thank you (foot)notes A salute to John Howland at USNA At ...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2008 The number of
daily attacks in Iraq has dropped nearly 95 percent
since last year, a U.S. military official said yesterday. Iraq suffered an average of 180 attacks per day this time last year. But over the past week, the ...
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Why I'm Not Blogging More About Gaza