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A World Without the American Soldier
20, Aug 2008For all of the brave American soldiers — past and present — who have made the sacrifice to serve our country, I say thank you. This is an excellent video from our friends in Britain about what the world would be like without you.
- In: Foreign Affairs
- Tags: Communism, Military, Terrorism, War
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested that al Qaeda did a better job of communicating online than America, the comment didn’t fall on deaf ears at the Pentagon. Jonathan Rick reports that the Department of Defense has responded to the challenge, and documents its progress in a new video.
Congressman Mike Pence Reports From Iraq
10, Mar 2008I just finished watching a couple of unedited videos from Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) about his recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. The former radio talk-show host was part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan to get a glimpse of the two countries. Pence does a terrific job bring us [...]
Operation MySpace
4, Mar 2008My friend Jonathan Rick reports that America Supports You is teaming with MySpace, AEG and Armed Forces Entertainment to produce a concert to support the troops next Monday at 2 p.m. EST.
The event will take place live from Kuwait and is being dubbed Operation MySpace — the first concert ever to be broadcast in high [...]
- In: Foreign Affairs
Travel Industry Tries to Rip Off Taxpayers
17, Feb 2008Jeffrey Birnbaum has an outstanding piece in today’s Washington Post about the inner workings of lobbying effort from the travel industry to persuade the U.S. government to spend $200 million on a tourism marketing campaign — a massive boondoggle that was fortunately stopped by taxpayer watchdogs such as Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).
Hat tip to Mark [...]
Senator and Colonel: Lindsey Graham’s Other Duty
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Sen. Lindsey Graham in Iraq, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.
My brother-in-law and some of his fellow JAG officers got to meet Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, this week during [...]
A Guide to Guantanamo Bay
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Monday’s news that the Pentagon would pursue the death penalty against six terrorists tied to 9/11 gave my colleagues at the Heritage Foundation an opportunity to present a comprehensive guide [...]
- In: Foreign Affairs
Al Kamen’s Uninformed Opinion
25, Jan 2008Washington Post reporter Al Kamen should stick to writing about subjects he understands. Clearly, the blogosphere isn’t one of them.
Kamen’s “In the Loop” column today takes a cheap shot at the Pentagon’s chief of new-media operations, Jack Holt, and the great work he’s doing at the Department of Defense. Holt regularly connects military officials with [...]
- In: Foreign Affairs| Media
New Hub for the British Conservative Movement
14, Jan 2008My friends Peter Cuthbertson and Sam Coates wrote me today about the British conservative movement’s equivalent of The Corner on National Review. It’s called CentreRight.com, a group blog written by some of the country’s best conservative thinkers and commentators. As I’ve written in the past, conservative bloggers in Britain are well ahead of their American [...]
- In: Foreign Affairs
