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Ohio early voting and White House meddling

Jazz Shaw — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:01:27 +0000

Serving those who serve

Nothing is ever easy in Ohio, it seems, at least when it comes to politics and elections. The latest significant dust-up involves a pair of 2011 changes to the Buckeye State’s voting laws concerning early voting. Early voting previously was allowed right up until the day before the election, but has now been terminated on [...]

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Stolen Valor whistleblower fired

Jazz Shaw — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:35:34 +0000

For shame

This is one infuriating story which goes back a fair ways. Some years back, Xavier Alvarez was going around wearing a Congressional Medal of Honor [See EDIT below] – and bragging about it to anyone who would lend an ear – without ever having served a single day in uniform. Thanks to the alert senses [...]

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Video: Mother and child reunion, US Navy version

Ed Morrissey — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:45:05 +0000

Welcome home, Mom.

I defy readers to keep a dry eye through this video of a surprise visit to a 9-year-old girl in a Chino, California school by her mother. In this case, Mom is also First Class Petty Officer Toni Debem, who just spent the last five months in the Arabian Gulf on the USS John Stennis, [...]

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Report: Parts of 9/11 victims’ remains ended up in a landfill

Tina Korbe — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:50:54 +0000

Disgraceful.

A lack of oversight and proper training at Delaware’s Dover Air Force base led to the mishandling of both military and civilian remains, according to an investigative report from the Pentagon cited in National Journal today. According to the report, remains of Sept. 11 victims which could not be identified – either because they were [...]

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