Posts Tagged ‘pentagon’

Fido And Pvt. Joe Snuffy Share Cremation Site- Until Now.

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Offended to discover that the facility was labeled as a pet crematory, the officer sent an e-mail late Thursday to superiors at the Pentagon that included a photograph of the signage. Service members, (Pentagon press secretary Geoff) Morrell said. Was this just one mans over-reaction? In my opinion the military should have known better than [...]

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Benjamin Netanyahu: 9/11 Terror Attacks “Good For Israel”

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Neocons– like fascists– transcend national borders. Yesterday’s Ma’ariv reports that Netanyahu actually told a university audience that the attacks on NY were “beneficial to Israel.” “We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq,” Ma’ariv quoted the former prime minister as [...]

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Jim Webb For VP

Friday, May 9th, 2008

His term at the Pentagon came under Ronald Reagan, when Webb was a Republican, an advantage in Obama’s effort to achieve a new electoral coalition. That being the case, if Webb is even interested in serving in a possible Obama Administration, he should be Secretary of Defense. That being the case, if Webb is even [...]

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Rep. Fossella Arrested On DWI Charge

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The latest polls offer some bad news for Barack Obama but even worse for John McCain, according to the liberal bloggers. Hillary Clinton has picked up momentum from her Pennsylvania victory, closing the gap in North Carolina and taking the … Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy may deserve a second look while the prospect of former [...]

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The Campaign Comes To Guam

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

With Guam on the receiving end of the realignment of US forces in Japan, this might be the closest the US-Japan alliance gets to the presidential campaign all year. Both candidates have prepared statements on the relocation of US forces to Guam. Senator Obama promises to balance economic needs with social needs in the planning [...]

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PBS’ Carrier Miniseries

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Carrier was filmed from May to November 2005 during a full deployment from Coronado, Calif., to the Persian Gulf in support of the Iraq War. Her three camera-and-sound teams shot a total of 1,600 hours. Meanwhile, she said, We were living in the same racks, eating the same food as the sailors and Marines they [...]

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Waterboarding Torture Exposed In New Ad

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Waterboarding has been used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to break the mental resistance of terror suspects during interrogation. Amnesty has released the ad as part of a campaign to outlaw waterboarding. The CIA has admitted waterboarding three top al-Qaida detainees in 2002 and 2003 but denied any further cases since then. Both the [...]

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Ashley Zais, Miss South Carolina, Hired By The McCain Campaign

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Ashley Zais, a recent Wofford grad, will serve as McCain’s intern coordinator at the campaign’s headquarters. Mitchell Zais, a retired Army general, and McCain became friendly after Zais published a piece in 2006 critical of how Rumsfeld’s Pentagon had handled the war. He comes home to find her overweight, disfigured and on crutches, and soon [...]

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At The Debate, Obama On The Ropes With Ayers

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The media is ignoring this story because it would be a body blow the BHO campaign if it became widely known. Ayers and his wife introduced Obama to Chicago politics in 1995. BHO served with Ayers on the board of the Wood Foundation - which voted to give money to BHO’s black separatist church. Ayers [...]

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Can I Quote You? Rep. Tammy Baldwin On Social Change

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Or at least she wanted to. The Pentagon at first said her spouse, Lauren Azar, who had exchanged vows with Baldwin in 1998, could not take the flight. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had to intervene before Azar was allowed on board. Funny how discrimination looks different when it happens to someone one knows. [...]

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Pentagon Freaks Over Baldwin’s Wife

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]

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Pentagon Freaks Over Baldwin’s Wife

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]

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Pentagon And House At Odds Over Tammy Baldwin Spouse Travel

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]

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Pentagon Freaks Over Baldwin’s Wife

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Symmary:
The average gay couple doesn’t have Nancy Pelosi to intervene when we are discriminated against. Tammy Baldwin’s domestic partner on a military flight for a congressional fact-finding trip to Europe. The speaker succeeded, but the issue continues to simmer for both sides. The Pentagon appears to be self-conscious about transporting gay domestic partners at a [...]

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Pentagon And House At Odds Over Tammy Baldwin Spouse Travel

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Symmary:
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]

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Can I Quote You? Rep. Tammy Baldwin On Social Change

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Symmary:
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]

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Can I Quote You? Rep. Tammy Baldwin On Social Change

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Symmary:
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]

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Can I Quote You? Rep. Tammy Baldwin On Social Change

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Symmary:
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]

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Christian Castro, Sister Barbara Markey, Army Ten Miler,

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Symmary:
This year’s Army Ten Miler will take place October 5th, and a field of 26,000 runners is expected. The race begins at the Pentagon, which is probably as close as most people will ever get to the famed hub of the Department of Defense. The Web site says that the race usually sells out in [...]

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2008 Army Ten Miler - Registration Is Open

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Symmary:
This year’s Army Ten Miler will take place October 5th, and a field of 26,000 runners is expected. The race begins at the Pentagon, which is probably as close as most people will ever get to the famed hub of the Department of Defense. The Web site says that the race usually sells out in [...]

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