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A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh (video)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:11:01 +0000

Daniel Ellsberg (the man who helped end the Vietnam War when he leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times) and Matthew Hoh (the first known US officia...

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Bill Moyers Journal . Johnson's Escalation of Vietnam: A Timeline

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:46:49 +0000

The origins of the Vietnam War lie in 1945, when the British ignored Ho Chi Minh's declaration of independence and restored French rule to the country. After a protracted conflict with Ho Chi Minh's nationalist forces and a massive defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the French left Vietnam in 1954. ...

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On the Military Draft and True Patriotism

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:41:45 +0000

timely. appropriate, right

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Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:55:07 +0000

DANANG, Vietnam On the day his side lost the Vietnam War , Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer . Le piloted the USS Lassen on Saturday into ...

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America's Next Unwinnable War

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:45 +0000

Ted Sorensen, John F. Kennedy's closest adviser, says Afghanistan isn't threatening to become another Vietnam. It already is. America's unwise, unwarranted, and sadly unwinnable war in Afghanistan-hastily initiated and then abandoned for Iraq by...

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Daniel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh in Conversation (video)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:11:01 +0000

Daniel Ellsberg (the man who helped end the Vietnam War when he leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times) and Matthew Hoh (the first known US officia...

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Right-Wing Unleashes Racism on Rep Cao

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:58:25 +0000

Representative Joseph Cao is a freshman Republican who won 49.6 percent of the vote against a corrupt incumbent in a district that’s 64% black and has a median income of $25,000. I think it should come as no surprise that someone in that situation might want to break with the GOP ...

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Obama to mark Vets Day with wreath-laying at Arlington

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:07 +0000

President Barack Obama will mark Wednesday's Veterans Day holiday with a wreath-laying and speech at Arlington National Cemetary. The president will travel to the Virginia cemetary tomorrow, where he'll lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unkowns, the resting place for unknown veterans of World ...

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Alternate Academia

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:11:59 +0000

Briefly spotted at Harvard University this past week. Crittenden at the Weekly Standard: It was like a fleeting glimpse of an alternative world: the greatness of the past and what might be in the future, brought together for a moment at Harvard University last week. It was the 11th hour of ...

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Senator Kerry: Vietnam Could Not Have Been Won | Newsweek Politics

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:00:00 +0000

We must dispense with a dangerous myth. In an effort to pressure the president to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, armchair commanders have dusted off the old canard that "we could have won in Vietnam if only … " Some revisionists contend we could have won "if only" Congress had not ...

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Veterans’ Day / Armistice Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:31:00 +0000

CAP has the day off for Veterans’ Day, as does much of Washington DC though not, as best I can tell, the non-DC private sector economy. I sort of wish we called our November 11 observance Armistice Day like they do in other countries. Something that I think is missing from ...

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About « Eleven

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:00:24 +0000

The Eleven Eleven Campaign is a project of Beyond Tribute.org. The Beyond Tribute Coalition consists of 11 Charities that specialize in Direct Services and/or Advocacy for Veterans of all eras and conflicts (see below for Coalition partners), including veterans of World War II, the Korean War, ...

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A couple of Veterans Day notes

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:17:22 +0000

I have adopted a tradition of my Dad's (two tours in Vietnam) for Veterans Day. He works half a day because he is not a State or other government employee who gets a free day off, and then he heads...

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Government Recognizes More Illnesses Tied To Agent Orange Exposure -

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:45:00 +0000

Mike Forgach doesn't remember exactly when he was exposed to Agent Orange, but he knows the experience changed him forever. The 65-year-old Newington resident blames Agent Orange, a defoliant with a dioxin byproduct used during the Vietnam War , for the prostate cancer that he was diagnosed ...

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Rereading Vietnam May Help Prevent Same Mistakes | Newsweek Politics

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:08:57 +0000

Stanley Karnow is the author of Vietnam: A History , generally regarded as the standard popular account of the Vietnam War. This past summer, Karnow, 84, picked up the phone to hear the voice of an old friend, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. The two men had first met when Holbrooke was a young ...

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“Supporting the Troops,” Revisited

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:08:03 +0000

As is part of a great American tradition, a lot was said and written in honor of our veterans this past Veterans Day. And, as it has become customary during the past few years, a lot has also been said and written about our newest veterans, the troops who have served so honorably and bravely ...

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VA Health Care Eligibility

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:48:50 +0000

Veterans with 0% service-connected conditions, but receiving VA compensation Veterans seeking care only for disorders relating to Ionizing Radiation and Project 112/SHAD Veterans seeking care for Agent Orange Exposure during service in Vietnam Veterans seeking care for Gulf War Illness or for ...

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Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 14 November

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:28:48 +0000

There have been seven Medals earned on this day in history. Three of them on the exact same day. The first three are naval Medals, earned for lifesaving activities, as allowed by the law until the establishment of the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, which is the sea services highest ...

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Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:28:41 +0000

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Afghanistan: When On Earth Will Obama Make a Decision?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:11:42 +0000

President Obama faces a choice: a surge in Afghanistan, or the start of a withdrawl. What is delaying his decision?

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