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Request for Copy of ‘Green-On-Blue’ Handbook Results in 30 Days of Stonewalling by Army

May 10th, 2012 · No Comments

After waiting 30 days — so far — for the U.S. Army to fulfill my request via the Freedom of Information Act, I’ve concluded that Army officials would rather keep certain unclassified information about the so-called “green-on-blue” attacks in Afghanistan out of the public eye.  Below is an update to my May 1 post on [...]

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Super Bowl Ad Targets Wrong Audience

February 4th, 2011 · 3 Comments

While many Americans will park in front of their televisions to watch football on Super Bowl Sunday, others will tune in just to see the commercials.  Unknown to most Americans, one commercial will be seen only by members of the U.S. military deployed overseas.  Sadly, it’s a spot that probably needs to be shown to [...]

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Islamic Countries Most Dangerous for Christians (Update)

January 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Despite communist North Korea topping the list for the ninth consecutive year, the most dangerous countries in which to practice Christianity are overwhelmingly Islamic ones, according to the annual Open Doors World Watch List. Of the top 10 countries on the 2011 WWL, eight have Islamic majorities and persecution of Christians has increased in seven [...]

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World Too Dangerous for Well-Intentioned Amateurs

December 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Sixty-six years and six months ago, the largest amphibious force ever assembled sailed across the stormy waters of the English Channel, bound for the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France.  Nearly half of the 156,000 invasion troops were Americans.  They and the troops of allied nations suffered massive casualties [...]

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New Survey: Americans More Concerned Than Ever About Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay

December 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Americans are more concerned than ever that the ongoing Obama administration effort to close the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba will allow dangerous terrorists to go free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Eighty-four percent of likely U.S. voters are now at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free [...]

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Parents Share Update on Wrongly-Imprisoned Son

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is the latest message sent by Scott and Vicki Behenna about their son, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, a man who’s serving a 15-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth following his wrongful conviction, sentencing and imprisonment for killing a known Al-Qaeda operative in Iraq in self-defense: To all Michael Behenna supporters, With [...]

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Ignoring Obama Birth Certificate Issue, Democrat Demands GOP Candidate’s Birth Certificate

July 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Hector Maldonado hasn’t gained much traction in his bid to win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate race in Missouri.  Recently, however, he did earned national headlines when he told a campaign crowd in Branson that he’s thinking about filing a lawsuit against Robin “Coakley” Carnahan, the lone Democrat in a contest littered with Republicans [...]

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