(MADDOG @ May 22 2014,12:23 pm)

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Bambino will tell us he's going to have his people look into the allegations and review their findings and after a week or so when he gets word all the evidence has been shredded, he'll call it a right wing conspiracy.

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He has no respect for our fallen.

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the only time he wants to be associated with the military is like when Bin Laden was killed, in his mind he was right along side them

(irisheyes @ May 22 2014,5:16 pm)

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Because of a wreath ceremony?  This reminds me of the movie Head of State where Chris Rock is running for President.  His opponent runs an attack ad saying that Chris Rock didn't attend the annual anti-cancer rally and then asks the question, "Is he against cancer, or for it?"  Then ends the add with, "[insert candidates name], he's for cancer."  

Self-Banished:

Romney and McCain openly said they wouldn't give that order and mocked Obama for disagreeing with them.  There's plenty to attack Obama on, particularly if you're a conservative, but give the guy credit where credit it due.

(irisheyes @ May 22 2014,5:16 pm)

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There are always policies that have to be changed with a health system as large as the VA, especially with all the stress put on it after our current never-ending wars.  But the veterans I've talked to are pleased with the VA system.  In fact, they have fewer complaints about the VA hospital than if you asked them about their local hospitals.


Because of a wreath ceremony?  This reminds me of the movie Head of State where Chris Rock is running for President.  His opponent runs an attack ad saying that Chris Rock didn't attend the annual anti-cancer rally and then asks the question, "Is he against cancer, or for it?"  Then ends the add with, "[insert candidates name], he's for cancer."  

Self-Banished:

Romney and McCain openly said they wouldn't give that order and mocked Obama for disagreeing with them.  There's plenty to attack Obama on, particularly if you're a conservative, but give the guy credit where credit it due.

After all, if the raid on Bin Laden's compound had been a failure you'd blame Obama, but it was a success.  Instead you'll attack him for not strapping on a flak jacket and pulling the trigger himself?  

(Common Citizen @ May 23 2014,9:43 am)

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You're not seriously minimizing the seriousness of this problem because of a few conversations you've had with some veterans are you? That is IF you even had those conversations.  

Sheesh.  I'm embarassed to admit that I even read your post...let alone respond to it.  

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‘‘< National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014’’ >
H. R. 3304—183

(d) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall notify the
appropriate committees of Congress of a determination of the Secretary
under subsection (a) or (b) not later than 30 days before
the transfer or release of the individual under such subsection.
Each notification shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A detailed statement of the basis for the transfer or
release.
(2) An explanation of why the transfer or release is in
the national security interests of the United States.
(3) A description of any actions taken to mitigate the risks
of reengagement by the individual to be transferred or released,
including any actions taken to address factors relevant to a
prior case of reengagement described in subsection ©(3).
(4) A copy of any Periodic Review Board findings relating
to the individual.
(5) A description of the evaluation conducted pursuant
to subsection ©, including a summary of the assessment
required by paragraph (6) of such subsection.

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Republicans have reacted harshly to the Obama administration’s decision to swap five top former Taliban commanders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was the sole American prisoner of war in Afghanistan. When it comes to the legality of the decision to do so, they have a point.

“The President also clearly violated laws which require him to notify Congress thirty days before any transfer of terrorists from Guantanamo Bay and to explain how the threat posed by such terrorists has been substantially mitigated,” House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon and his Senate counterpart, ranking member James Inhofe said in a statement shortly after Bergdahl’s release had been announced. “Our joy at Sergeant Berghdal’s release is tempered by the fact that President Obama chose to ignore the law, not to mention sound
policy, to achieve it.”

< MSNBC >

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Sure, I guess it's all the same to you.

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president's persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat.

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Published: 20 June 2014 07:27 PM

AUSTIN  — Gov. Rick Perry on Friday wrote to one of his greatest political foes, President Barack Obama, inviting him to Texas to see what he called the “humanitarian crisis” unfolding as unaccompanied children pour across the border with Mexico illegally.

In a stern two-page letter, the Texas Republican asked the White House to send 1,000 additional National Guard troops with “arrest powers to support the Border Patrol,” as well as Lakota helicopters to South Texas, and to authorize the National Guard to use Predator drones to better combat drug and people smuggling.

Perry also wants the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to inspect facilities housing immigrants, especially children, who entered the U.S. illegally.

The missive came as the Obama administration announced it will open new detention facilities to house immigrant families. The federal government has been overwhelmed by waves of unaccompanied minors — mostly from Central America — who have been entering the United States in recent months. An estimated 47,000 unaccompanied children so far this budget year have crossed the border from Texas to Arizona in what Obama has himself called an “urgent humanitarian situation.”

< Dallas News >