whitehouse.gov - 1/7/2009
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President Bush on Tuesday said, "The valor of America's Armed Forces have made our nation safer. Because you've taken the fight to the terrorists abroad, we have not had to face them here at home. And the world has seen something that almost no one thought possible: More than seven years after ...
washingtonindependent.com - 1/9/2009
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washingtonindependent.com —
Thursday’s announcement of the new senior subcabinet leadership
at the Dept. of Defense was conspicuous for a...
name it didn’t include: Richard Danzig. Danzig, a former secretary of the Navy, has been one of President-elect Barack Obama’s chief defense ...
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Obama Defense Picks Hint at Gates’ Influence
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Omitted: Soldier Tells Bush 'Next Time, Pick Up the Shoe and Throw It Back'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... The armed forces held their traditional ceremony honoring the departing Commander-in-Chief Tuesday morning at Fort Myer in Arlington. President Bush received a standing ovation of gratitude. A big laugh came when Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, read some hand-written letters to Bush: ...
The Rude Pundit —
... At least according to Admiral Mike Mullen, Chair of the Joint Chiefs, who, during Tuesday's military parade in "appreciation" of President George W. Bush, said in his lubricious hummer of a speech, "After this nation was attacked by a rising evil, the same evil which later murdered many others in places like London, Madrid, Islamabad and Mumbai, you quickly led us from the grip of fear to a serenity of purpose and unity of action - serenity well beyond our dreams on September 12th, when all thought further attack was not only likely, but gravely imminent. And through your ...
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