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Thursday, August 14
View Article  Fred Thompson: Dangerous Times In Georgia Demand Serious Leadership
by Roland, the Gunslinger on Thu 14 Aug 2008 01:18 PM EDT


As Iraq stabilizes and our role there is reduced, there will continue to be a major debate within the United States as to how we deal with this increasingly dangerous world of new threats as well as old ones. Our military is stretched thin and worn down and it is clear to anyone who takes the time to study the matter that we cannot get by with the expenditure of 4% of our GDP on our military. The threats to our country are going to require a much more dedicated response. To what extent should we fill the role that we have filled pretty much since the end of World War II as the No. 1 friend of democracy and provider of stability in the world? How much in the way of resources are we going to be willing to devote to this endeavor?

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View Article  Medal of Honor Bestowed for Actions in Iraq
by Roland, the Gunslinger on Thu 14 Aug 2008 12:54 PM EDT


On April 14, 2004, in Iraq near the Syrian border, the corporal used his helmet and his body to smother an exploding Mills Bomb let loose by a raging insurgent whom Dunham and two other Marines tried to subdue.

The explosion daz More..ed and wounded Lance Cpl. William Hampton and Pfc. Kelly Miller. The insurgent stood up after the blast and was immediately killed by Marine small-arms fire.

After the grenade exploded under Dunham's helmet, he lay face down with a few tiny pieces of shrapnel lodged in his head. The hard, molded mesh that was his Kevlar helmet was now scattered yards around into clods and shredded fabric. Dunham never regained consciousness and died eight days later at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., with his mother and father at his bedside. He was 22

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View Article  U.S. to deliver 'humanitarian aid' to Georgia
by Roland, the Gunslinger on Thu 14 Aug 2008 01:37 AM EDT


President Bush on Wednesday announced he will send U.S. military forces into the small Caucasus nation of Georgia to deliver "humanitarian aid," a move clearly intended to bolster the Western-leaning nation after an invasion by the Russian army.

Mr. Bush, in a statement to reporters at the White House, also announced that he is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on a trip to France and then to Georgia, on a mission to "rally the free world at the defense of a free Georgia."

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View Article  Pentagon puts hold on USAF cyber effort
by Roland, the Gunslinger on Thu 14 Aug 2008 01:00 AM EDT


The Pentagon this week delayed and may kill the Air Force's nascent Cyberspace Command, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. This comes as Russia used a major computer network attack to begin its assault on Georgia. The service's Cyberspace Command is meant to coordinate computer network defense and, more controversially, offensive attacks on enemy networks.

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