Marine Corps

Tell John McCain to Stand Up For Our Troops and Veterans

Alex Cornell du Houx | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

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Alex Cornell du Houx

When I joined the Marines, I didn't rely on the educational benefits advertised because I knew Congress hadn't fulfilled the promise of the G.I. Bill. It's disheartening to watch McCain cozy up to Bush at the expense of fellow veterans.

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Do We Value Service to Our Country? Why We MUST Support the 2008 GI Bill

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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Sean Gilfillan

We servicemen depend on Congress to be our union, to fight for us, to set the standard for the rest of the country as to how we are perceived, how we are respected within society, and how we are valued.

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For Shame: U.S. Army Failed To Properly Test Our Troops' Body Armor

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Louise Slaughter

In April of 2006 I sent a letter to the Pentagon requesting a review of their procurement processes for body armor. I received their report this week. Its contents were pretty astonishing.

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Bureaucrats' "Gross Mismanagement" Blamed For Hundreds Of Marines' Deaths

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 02.16.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent r...

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Hillary Tried To Join The Marines

Washington Post | John Solomon | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

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SURE, HILLARY CLINTON HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW . . . 1.It's a story she seldom tells, not even in he...

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Resilience and American Security

Adam Elkus | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Maritme Strategy, A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower, War on Terror, Marine Corps, War in Iraq, Pakistan, Politics News
Adam Elkus

For all of the talk of how much the September 11 attacks changed American conceptions of security, policymakers have still not realized its true significance.

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