Hillary said WHAT?!

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Tuesday October 23, 2007 · 9:26 PM PDT

2007/10/23 · 21:26

Michael Tomasky writes in the Guardian: "Hillary Clinton would launch a policy review as president with an eye towards giving up some of the executive powers accumulated by George Bush, she tells Guardian America in an interview today. . . .

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Thursday July 05, 2007 · 6:43 PM PDT

2007/07/05 · 18:43

"Each of these heroes stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live and grow and increase in its blessings." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President Roosevelt's words have provided comfort to the families of servicemen and women through many more wars after he first spoke them.

Let us hope that his heartfelt praise of those who put their lives on the line at the behest of this nation will offer comfort today for the family and friends of

Lance Corporal William C. Chambers

Lance Corporal Jeremy L. Tinnel

1st Lt. Christopher N. Rutherford

Spc. James L. Adair

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Thursday June 21, 2007 · 1:13 AM PDT

2007/06/21 · 01:13

I've been living in Albuquerque for a while now, an Air Force town where I am not shocked (but always, always saddened) when I see the flags lowered to half-staff -- that inevitable signal that our city has lost another soldier. Lord knows, we've given our share to the grim harvest.

I might find out tomorrow, or the next day that one of the men and women in Mexico's National Guard or from Kirtland Air Force Base is lost to us. But not today, not tonight.

My neighbors have been spared the dreaded knock on the door, at least for this moment.

And so tonight, I ask you to join me in honoring the courageous young men from Maine, Nebraska, California and two from my home state, New Jersey.

Their families, neighbors, cities and states are the poorer for their loss.

No less is the nation.

American Daughter

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Wednesday June 06, 2007 · 11:19 PM PDT

2007/06/06 · 23:19

This is only the third diary I've written for this series, and I've already learned how quickly the names turn up of the DoD list of casualties, and how hard it is not only for we who write the diaries but the media to uncover information about these young men; information that would change a DOD casualty list into a memorial.

Who are they, what did they look like, who did they leave behind? Did they dream of, what did they hope for?

They died too quickly and in such numbers! And even in this age of electronic communication, the news of who they were arrives so slowly.

Still, there's something they all had in common. You can find it if you look between the lines.

American Daughter

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Wednesday June 06, 2007 · 1:35 AM PDT

2007/06/06 · 01:35

Three days after she learned that her husband had been killed in Afghanistan, Jennie Allgaier received flowers and a card for their wedding anniversary. Her husband had remembered.

He had remembered the wife he loved, and so shall we remember him; him and the others who died when their helicopter went down on May 30th.

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Thursday May 31, 2007 · 2:17 PM PDT

2007/05/31 · 14:17

In 2004 I might well have been the only person in the country who hadn't heard a word or note of the soundtrack to of the magnificent play affectionately known as LE MIZ.

Then one autumn day as my DH and I were driving around town doing errands, we sat at a red light and BRING HIM HOME began to play on the radio. I think I was sniffling by the end of the first verse,and out and out weeping at the end of the song.

As I prepared this diary the song was playing in my head. It's a prayer, one that is answered for some and not for others.

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I GOT THE NEWS TODAY - God on high, hear my prayer