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Retired Army Master Sergeant(E-8), 16 of 22 years in Special Forces, currently between jobs, married with 2 young girls

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US, Iraq seek `general time horizon' on troop cuts

News – The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for further withdrawals of American troops from the war.

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Barack Obama and the Democratic Affliction
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Barack Obama and the Democratic Affliction

Politics – Shooting holes in the recent New York Times Op-Ed piece by Barack Obama.

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'First Guantanamo video' released
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'First Guantanamo video' released

News – A videotape of a detainee being questioned at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp has been released for the first time, Canadian media have reported.

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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may go to Supreme Court

Gay & Lesbian – Federal appeals courts recently have come down on both sides of the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuals serving in the military, raising the possibility that the Supreme Court might take up the issue.

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Only Congress Can Declare War
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Only Congress Can Declare War

Do No Evil – By rejecting the advice and the rules laid down by the founders and early Presidents, our recent leaders have gone so far astray from warnings against entangling alliances, that the founders would hardly recognize the government they created.

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Stop-Loss: A Look at the US Military Policy
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Stop-Loss: A Look at the US Military Policy

Do No Evil – With about 175,000 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the US military has been forced to rely on a controversial policy known as "stop-loss" to force soldiers to continue serving after their voluntary stints had ended.

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John McCain - 61 Flip-Flops and Counting

Politics – McCain argues that flip-flops are an example of a political leader who can't be trusted -- so he might as well drop out of the race.

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Texas, Virginia execute convicted killers
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Texas, Virginia execute convicted killers

News – A man convicted of murdering his adoptive parents was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Thursday, the second prisoner executed in the state since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an unofficial death penalty moratorium in April.

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The 550 Tons of Yellowcake
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The 550 Tons of Yellowcake

Do No Evil – For years, the media and Democrats have sold the public an understanding that Gerorge W. Bush fabricated a story that Saddam Hussein had a WMD program in order to justify invading Iraq, which invasion then becomes "based on a lie." About 550 metric tons of yellowcake concentrated uranium were recently shipped out of Iraq.

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Abu Graib: What the Most Seen Photographs Say
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Abu Graib: What the Most Seen Photographs Say

Movies – 'Standard Operating Procedure', the new film by Errol Morris, is the fruit of meticulous research into the ill-treatment of Iraqi detainees. Featuring numerous interviews with military personnel who served at Abu Ghraib, it leaves the viewer in little doubt that the cruelty captured on camera was authorized at the highest levels in Washington.

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Overlooked: Sonar and Navy
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Overlooked: Sonar and Navy

News – Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case of Winter v. NRDC, a case ostensibly about the Navy's use of sonar during military training exercises, but in reality about the extent of President Bush's power in influencing court decisions.

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Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86

News – Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died, CBS News has confirmed. He was 86.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "Never Again"

Do No Evil – "Terror struck me, and I felt that I had to go home. The place around the Tsurumi bridge was crowded with many injured people. They held their arms aloft in front of them. Their hair stood on end. They were groaning and cursing. With pain in their eyes and furious looks on their faces, they were crying out for their mothers to help them."

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FBI might use profiling in terror investigations
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FBI might use profiling in terror investigations

Politics – The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.

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Military service: A diminished campaign asset?
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Military service: A diminished campaign asset?

Politics – For McCain, getting shot down and enduring as a POW has been a political asset. Now Clark was suggesting that the "getting shot down" part was an irrelevant--at least as far as being a credential for the White House.

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