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• B.U. Prof. Andrew Bacevich Takes President Obama to School

  —Blue Mass. Group

  The ever-excellent Boston University professor of history and international relations, a retired colonel and a Vietnam war veteran who spent twenty-three years in the US Army, underlined the tremendous gamble Obama has taken with his promise to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2011. In a [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 1:25am EST
  

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• The Origin of the Christmas Kettle

  —Dracut Forum

  

  The Salvation Army Captain in San Francisco had resolved, in December of 1891, to provide a free Christmas dinner to the area’s poor persons. But how would he pay for the food?

  As he went about his daily tasks, the question stayed in his [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  by Shawn

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• From the Daily News

  —Newburyport Posts

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  Salvation Army short on Thanksgiving food
  
  By Katie Farrell Lovett
  Staff writer
  NEWBURYPORT — Thanksgiving is just one week away, and The Salvation Army workers are getting nervous.
  
  Although several companies are running holiday food drives, Major Kathy Purvis said the local chapter of the Salvation Army may [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:10am EST
  by Tom Salemi

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• A Plan for Afghanistan

  —Blue Mass. Group

  With yesterday being Veterans Day, and my chance to meet and briefly speak with U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Casey, Jr., at Harvard's Medal of Honor ceremony, I find it necessary to state my position on the war in Afghanistan and the need to redefine the objective.

  Today I [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  

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• The Few, the Special-Election Voters

  —Marry in Massachusetts

  OK, December 8th:
  Gen. George Washington led his retreating army across the Delaware River from New Jersey (who of us haven't fled from Jersey?) in 1776Coaxial cable patented in 1931In Japan, it's the annual Enlightenment of Buddha DayMassachusetts has some election in 2009Surely this shouldn't be amusing that we who' [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:53am EST
  

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• The Enemy Inside Our Military

  —New England Republican

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  Want to know why the Army “missed” the warning signs around Major Hassan?  The Army Chief of Staff knows:

  “I’ve asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that,” General Casey said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union. “It would be a shame — as [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:24pm EST
  by Optimistic Patriot

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• PTSD Excuse For Ft. Hood Nutjob by MSM Nutjobs

  —Maggie's Farm

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  This from someone who actually had/has PTSD, with good reason: he lost an arm to an IED.

  
  
  

  I’m more than a little angry right now.  Yes, I’m irate that some shitbag Major (“shitbag” is often used as a technical term in the Army) opened fire on a [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 2:15pm EST
  

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• Oct. 5, 2009: A Massacre at Ft. Hood

  —Daniel in Brookline

  A tragedy has happened.Almost 24 hours later, a good many details have become clearer. We now know that a U.S. Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at Ft. Hood, killing at least 13 people and wounding over 30 more. He himself was wounded in a belated exchange of [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:16am EST
  

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