It looks like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be the choice.
Speculation about who John McCain would name as his running mate focused on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin after reports circulated early Friday that two short-listers — Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty — were out of the running.
Adding fuel to the Palin possibility was a report [...]
Very interesting today. Minn. Gov. Pawlenty all of a sudden canceled all of his appearances.
Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain stayed mum about his pick of a running mate Thursday and one top prospect, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, abruptly canceled numerous public appearances.
Without explanation, Pawlenty called off an Associated Press interview at the last minute, [...]
We’re holding your regular seat in Tikrit.
On some bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, ‘What time is it?’
The tower responded, ‘Who is calling?’
The [...]
Army Greets New Osprey
Story by Pfc. Benjamin Watson
CAMP MACKALL, N.C. – On a cloudless summer day at Camp Mackall Airfield, the U.S. Army reached a new milestone in its airborne operations capabilities with the MV-22 Osprey aircraft.
The July 22, 2008 operation marked the first official use of the Osprey by the Army for training purposes, [...]
Pelosi Backs Obama on Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
Friday, August 01, 2008
By Josiah Ryan, Staff Writer
On the Spot (CNSNews.com) – If Barack Obama is elected president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will support him in fulfilling his vow to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which currently protects states from having to recognize [...]
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“I just hope these guys’ wives and their children understand how courageous their husbands and dads were,” said Sgt. Jacob Walker. “They fought like warriors.”
Soldiers recount deadly attack on Afghanistan outpost
By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, July 19, 2008
Everything was on fire. The trucks. The bazaar. The [...]
HPV Vaccine Blamed for Teen’s Paralysis
A month after 13 year old Jenny Tetlock was vaccinated against the HPV virus, she missed the lowest hurdle in gym class. It was the first sign of a degenerative muscle disease that 15 months later left her nearly completely paralyzed.
Her father, Philip Tetlock, a professor at UC-Berkeley, has embarked [...]
