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Patriotism - last refuge of scoundrels, and undoing of Democratic candidates 5 Jul 2008 23:31 GMT
... "Swift Boat" campaign managed to turn decorated Vietnam war hero John Kerry (below) into a slippery ... their man John McCain, tortured prisoner of war in Vietnam, is the embodiment of patriotism, you could bet ...
Independence Day, War And Hope - And Response (2) 5 Jul 2008 23:30 GMT
... heartsick. The war exhausts our world resources and creates more hate and violence. The Vietnam War even haunts my generation as never before. War is claiming a part of our soul. ...
Love or hate, Helms left mark for local residents 5 Jul 2008 23:15 GMT
... Cold War. They saw the threat to the U.S. after the loss of the Vietnam War and went to work. "A lot of people in the country, were looking at the cold ...
Parading for veterans 5 Jul 2008 22:50 GMT
... served in the U. S. Air Force for 22 years and fought in the Vietnam War. Both were on hand Thursday morning in Bella Vista for the second annual Fourth of ...
Afghanistan dangerously off the radar 5 Jul 2008 21:50 GMT
... It's hardly an anniversary many will register, but last week marked 30 years since President Jimmy Carter authorised ...

The rise of self-reference, the demise of reverence 5 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT
... re-election of a president who served in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War and a vice president who dodged service altogether. Delegates at the GOP convention even mocked Kerry's ...
AP Interview: Troy's Hawkins considers gov's race 5 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT
... he served as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps, leading a platoon in the Vietnam War. Later, he began his climb up the educational ladder at the University of Alabama at ...
War veterans, brothers homeless in Kenosha 5 Jul 2008 19:55 GMT
... Tim served in the first Gulf War, and Ken is a veteran of the Vietnam War. And, for the last month, all three have been homeless and living on the streets ...
Canadian Refugee Board Ordered to Rethink U.S. Army Deserter's 5 Jul 2008 17:13 GMT
... U.S. in the 1970s to avoid the Vietnam War draft. In turning down several similar asylum ... were reviewing the court decision. During the war in Vietnam, thousands of Americans fled to Canada to avoid ...
Gen. Clark's Attack By Rober Novak 5 Jul 2008 16:30 GMT
... with other Obama surrogates, followed the campaign's line of downgrading McCain's performance as a Vietnam War POW. But Clark was particularly insulting. ("I don't think riding in a fighter plane and ...
Military Unit Combs World for Remains of U.S. Soldiers 5 Jul 2008 16:30 GMT
... Korean War and, after Vietnam, added a new urgency. "There was concern when the Vietnam War ended that there was potentially live POWs," Holland said. Renamed JPAC in 1991, the unit's ...
Canada to rehear US Army deserter's asylum bid 5 Jul 2008 15:52 GMT
... U.S. in the 1970s to avoid the Vietnam War draft. In turning down several similar asylum ... were reviewing the court decision. During the war in Vietnam, thousands of American fled to Canada to avoid ...
Russell "Andy" McDonald 5 Jul 2008 15:37 GMT
... Russell �Andy� McDonald, 60, lifetime resident of the Dresslerville-Gardnerville ... U.S. Army for three years during the Vietnam conflict. He was a very respected man of ...
82-year-old Navy vet receives honorary high school diploma 5 Jul 2008 15:35 GMT
... the Navy during three wars – World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He described with a smile and a small laugh his life aboard a minesweeper and being ...
Seeking patriotic meanings 5 Jul 2008 15:15 GMT
... Fireworks explode above Jesse Hall at the University of ... Navy and endurance as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. But not everyone feels the need to wear ...
Canada Board Told to Rethink Okla. GI's Asylum Bid 5 Jul 2008 14:55 GMT
... U.S. in the 1970s to avoid the Vietnam War draft. In turning down several similar asylum ... were reviewing the court decision. During the war in Vietnam, thousands of Americans fled to Canada to avoid ...
True patriots ask questions 5 Jul 2008 12:56 GMT
... used, inaccurately, as synonyms for loyalty. It's a tactic that became popular during the Vietnam War, and it's seen its apogee with members of the Bush administration, who all too often ...
Citizen hopefuls are sworn on 4th of July 5 Jul 2008 12:36 GMT
... a member of the National Park volunteer artillery group. The elder Whalen is a Vietnam War veteran. The men joked that although they had been practicing to fire the cannon for ...
American civility goes AWOL 5 Jul 2008 12:15 GMT
... re-election of a president who served in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War and a vice president who dodged service altogether. Delegates at the GOP convention even mocked Kerry's ...
Graham's role growing as McCain political confidant 5 Jul 2008 12:00 GMT
... It was Graham who on Tuesday criticized retired Gen. Wesley Clark�s claims that McCain's Vietnam War service as a Navy pilot and prisoner of war for five years "isn�t a qualification ...
Japanese documentary on Vietnamese AO victims on screen 5 Jul 2008 11:35 GMT
... death of her husband, Greg Davis, an American soldier who came back from the Vietnam war in 1968. After the war, Davis became a photographer and journalist for Time magazine. He died ...
Graham's role growing as McCain traveling buddy and surrogate 5 Jul 2008 11:17 GMT
... It was Graham who on Tuesday criticized retired Gen. Wesley Clark�s claims that McCain's Vietnam War service as a Navy pilot and prisoner of war for five years "isn�t a qualification ...
Canada to rehear U.S. soldier's refugee claim 5 Jul 2008 11:16 GMT
... U.S. in the 1970s to avoid the Vietnam War draft. In turning down several similar asylum ... were reviewing the court decision. During the war in Vietnam, thousands of American fled to Canada to avoid ...
Sullivan Hopes Sub Experience Can Help Beat Courtney 5 Jul 2008 11:16 GMT
... Weicker's endorsement to attend the U.S. Naval Academy in , Md. It was the post-Vietnam War era, when military service had lost its luster for many American youth. Upon graduation Sullivan ...
Wesley Clark moving on' 5 Jul 2008 11:15 GMT
... John McCain's fitness to be commander in chief.” Presidential campaigns have been re-litigating the Vietnam War since, well, the Vietnam War, in which Clark served as an infantry commander while McCain ...