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| Reduced Charges Urged in Iraq Case |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Reduced, Charges, Urged, Iraq, Case, U S Marine Corps, Haditha, Mark Zaid, The Washington Post Company, David Sheldon, Frank D Wuterich, James N Mattis, John Murtha, Julie Tate, Paul Ware, United States, Washington Dc |
| A Marine Corps investigating officer has recommended that the squad leader of a group of Marines who killed two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, face charges of negligent homicide instead of murder, after concluding that he did not demonstrate criminal intent. |
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| Marine Corps Moves to Take Lead Role in Afghanistan |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 9:16 am |
| Tags: Marine, Corps, Moves, Take, Lead, Role, Afghanistan |
| The Marine Corps is making a bid to take over the command and primary mission of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, anticipating a gradual withdrawal of its troops from Iraq's western province of Anbar, senior military and Pentagon officials said. |
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| U.S. Marine Corps Raise Possibility of Pulling From Iraq |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 11:00 am |
| Tags: Iraq, Iran, U S Marine Corps |
| News sources are reporting that the U.S. Marine Corps's commandant wants to pack his troops out of Iraq and into the lead role to Afghanistan to battle anti-Coalition forces, while leaving the war in Iraq to the U.S. Army.Read the story at Salem-news.com>>> ABCNews.go.com reports it this way...Gates plays down report Marines want Iraq exit |
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| When Service Limits Options |
| Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: When, Service, Limits, Options, Iraq, Angela Rooker, Charles S Ciccolella, Geoff Mann, U S Department Of Labor, Al Smith, California, Dan Caulfield, Richmond, California National Guard, The Air National Guard, U S Air Force, U S Department Of Defense, U S Marine Corps, Vet |
| Angela Rooker was proud of her military service and it showed: On her r sum she listed her membership in the Air National Guard prominently, highlighting her rise through the ranks and her position as the executive officer of a maintenance group. |
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| When Service Limits Options |
| Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: When, Service, Limits, Options, Iraq, Angela Rooker, Charles S Ciccolella, Geoff Mann, U S Department Of Labor, Al Smith, California, Dan Caulfield, Richmond, California National Guard, The Air National Guard, U S Air Force, U S Department Of Defense, U S Marine Corps, Vet |
| Angela Rooker was proud of her military service and it showed: On her r sum she listed her membership in the Air National Guard prominently, highlighting her rise through the ranks and her position as the executive officer of a maintenance group. |
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| Harry Reid Wants Some of the Credit for Rush's Work |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 8:38 pm |
| Tags: Political, Auction, Embarrassment, Harry Reid, Law Enforcement, Marine Corps, Rush Limbaugh, Supporting The Troops |
| the auction would go to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Fund. When I wrote that post I wrote that if it was successful Reid would probably try to [...] Visit Big Dog's Weblog for the rest of the story... |
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| Limbaugh Spins Reid's Letter Into Charity Gold |
| Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Limbaugh, Spins, Reid S, Letter, Into, Charity, Gold, Harry Reid, Rush Limbaugh, Betty Brown Casey, James Kallstrom, U S Senate, New Jersey, Washington Dc, Clear Channel Communications Inc, Ebay Inc, Brendan Sullivan, Mark Mays, Iraq, Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation |
| Petty bickering about patriotism and Who Loves Our Troops More has never been seen as a financial growth industry, but there's no stopping American capitalism. This is why a perfunctory bit of political grandstanding, committed to U.S. Senate letterhead this month, became worth a reported $4.2... |
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| Earmarks Now Everybody's Business |
| Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Earmarks, Now, Everybody S, Business, Bill Allison, George W Bush, Steve Ellis, Sunlight Foundation, Alaska, Vermont, Emporis Com, Brian Baird, Dave Reichert, Don Young, James Lexo, Jim Mcdermott, Norm Dicks, Peter F Welch, Seattle, U S Marine Corps, Washington Dc |
| Who put a million dollars for an "Extended Cold Weather Clothing System" into the 2008 defense spending bill President Bush signed yesterday? |
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| Earmarks Now Everybody's Business |
| Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Earmarks, Now, Everybody S, Business, Bill Allison, George W Bush, Steve Ellis, Sunlight Foundation, Alaska, Vermont, Emporis Com, Brian Baird, Dave Reichert, Don Young, James Lexo, Jim Mcdermott, Norm Dicks, Peter F Welch, Seattle, U S Marine Corps, Washington Dc |
| Who put a million dollars for an "Extended Cold Weather Clothing System" into the 2008 defense spending bill President Bush signed yesterday? |
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| Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding |
| Published: November 21, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Warns, Civilian, Layoffs, Congress, Delays, War, Funding, Geoff Morrell, The Pentagon, Iraq, George W Bush, The White House, U S Marine Corps, John Murtha, U S Department Of Defense, U S Republican Party, Cindy Williams, Dana Perino, Dave Obey, Harry Reid, Mit |
| The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President Bush's $196 billion war request, but senior Democrats said no war funds will be approved until Bush accepts a shift... |
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| Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding |
| Published: November 21, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Warns, Civilian, Layoffs, Congress, Delays, War, Funding, Geoff Morrell, The Pentagon, Iraq, George W Bush, The White House, U S Marine Corps, John Murtha, U S Department Of Defense, U S Republican Party, Cindy Williams, Dana Perino, Dave Obey, Harry Reid, Mit |
| The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President Bush's $196 billion war request, but senior Democrats said no war funds will be approved until Bush accepts a shift... |
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| Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding |
| Published: November 21, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Warns, Civilian, Layoffs, Congress, Delays, War, Funding, Geoff Morrell, The Pentagon, Iraq, George W Bush, The White House, U S Marine Corps, John Murtha, U S Department Of Defense, U S Republican Party, Cindy Williams, Dana Perino, Dave Obey, Harry Reid, Mit |
| The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President Bush's $196 billion war request, but senior Democrats said no war funds will be approved until Bush accepts a shift... |
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| Former Iraq Commander Backs Democrats on Pullout |
| Published: November 22, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Former, Iraq, Commander, Backs, Democrats, Pullout, United States, George W Bush, The White House, Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Ricardo S Sanchez, The Pentagon, U S Democratic Party, U S Marine Corps, Vietnam |
| Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, who commanded U.S. troops in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, is scheduled to speak on behalf of the Democratic Party this weekend in support of a House war funding bill that would require President Bush to bring the bulk of U.S. troops home from Iraq by the end of nex... |
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| Troops Receive a Presidential Thank-You |
| Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Troops, Receive, Presidential, Thank You, Dana Perino, Laura Bush, Camp David, Iraq, Catoctin Mountains, Condoleezza Rice, George W Bush, Henry Hager, The White House, Tony Fratto, Afghanistan, U S Coast Guard, U S Marine Corps, United States, Washington Dc |
| CAMP DAVID, Md., Nov. 22 -- President Bush, who visited troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving after the U.S. invasion in 2003, called several servicemen and servicewomen Thursday to extend best wishes and say it was "the least I can do." |
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| Bush Urges Emergency War Funds to Avoid Defense Layoffs |
| Published: November 30, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Bush, Urges, Emergency, War, Funds, Avoid, Defense, Layoffs, George W Bush, Iraq, The Pentagon, Harry Reid, Afghanistan, U S Armed Forces, United States, Robert Gates, The White House, U S Marine Corps, Washington Dc |
| President Bush warned Congress yesterday that the Pentagon soon will have to start laying off civilian employees and reducing operations at U.S. military bases unless lawmakers send him an emergency war funding bill that does not mandate troop withdrawals from Iraq. |
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