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The assault on the US military continues unabated.  The long term goal of the Obama administration has always been to reduce America’s military power consistently and systematically, and they are doing it at a time when China, Russia, Iran, and Al Q’ieda military strengths are increasing.  In the below listed article you can read how the Obama administration continues its assault on military personnel who have repeatedly put their lives on the line in defense of the Republic, and many have been maimed for life.   The deepest and most draconian cuts in military pay and benefits in 40 years is being proposed by Obama’s civilian appointees at the Pentagon in their new budget.  It includes:

(1)   Increasing health care costs for retirees & military families (Tricare deductibles and co-pays are being increased)

(2)   Massive cuts in commissary benefits so the cost…

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In the 7 years, from 2001 to 2008, US Military Personnel engaged in combat in Afghanistan operated under the “standard” Rules Of Engagement (ROE) that the military always operated under; during those 7 years, 630 US Military Personnel were Killed In Action (KIA).  In 2009, Obama imposed new and “dangerous” ROE on US Military Personnel operating in combat in Afghanistan, over the next 5 years, from 2009 thru 2013, 2,292 personnel were KIA.  The increase in KIAs for Combat personnel who had previously operated under the “standard” ROE, jumped from 90/year during the first 7 years, to 458/year over the next 5 years employing Obama’s new and “dangerous” ROE-----an increase in 458% in KIAs.

 

According to CNS News.com, 19,080 US Military Personnel have been casualties in Afghanistan since 2001; CNS News.com further reported that 73% of all casualties in Afghanistan occurred…

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 With Obama removal 200+ highly qualified and combat tested senior and flag officers from key positions, we are now witnessing comments by some of the officers who were appointed to replace those Flag Officers.  Admiral Locklear, CINCPAC,  an Obama appointee, recently made another troubling statement, that can be read by clicking on the below listed link; he said he believes China will help the US Military with its security requirements in the Pacific region.  He previously stated “the greatest threat to the US in the Pacific is Global Warming.” 

http://cofda.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/pacific-command-adm-locklear-says-china-is-eclipsing-u-s-in-asia/

Obama also appointed former Chairman Adm. Mullen who surprised most Naval Academy graduates, who… More

The Obama administration, with the acquiescence of the Republican leadership in Congress, continue to reduce benefits and protection for US military personnel; when billions of dollars were voted today to go to Illegal Immigrants for food stamps, medical benefits, education in tax payer funded schools---the financial support for illegals increased again this year, and every year, and there are still tax loopholes for Illegal Immigrants while military personnel taxes increase each year.  

The Republican Congress led by Boehner not only approved the Balance Budget Act that allowed a 1% COLA cut of earned pensions benefits for military retirees that the US government executed a contract to guarantee (yet the Republicans led Congress did not cut the bloated government union retired pay by 1%).  In the below listed article, you can see how Obama’s civilian appointees at DOD is…

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We are occasionally asked, why should American citizens elect endorsed Combat Veteran For Congress. 

Combat Veterans know the vital importance of discipline, understands what teamwork can accomplish, understand the unshakable importance of loyalty, have demonstrated perseverance in the face of extreme adversity, have accomplished difficult missions in the face of armed opposition, and have repeatedly demonstrated their support for the defense of the Republic, like very few Americans have ever been called upon to do. 

 

If you click on the below listed link, you will be able to watch a video about US Marines in combat----the message one takes away from that video is that military personnel  are hardened on the battlefield in combat---all military personnel who served in the defense of the Republic over the last 238 years have been tested in the cauldron of combat…

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This Op-Ed by Admiral James A Lyons’52 USN (Ret) is on the strategic overview of the military defense of the Republic.  I first served with Admiral Lyons in 1967, when he was the Commanding Officer of the USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-698) and I was the ship’s Weapons Officer; SPERRY deployed to the Middle East in response to the “Six Day War”.  When Admiral Lyons was the Commander-in-Chief US Pacific Fleet, I was given command of a newly commissioned unit, COMUSFACSUBICBAYDET119.  We were tasked from June 1986 thru May 1988, to complete a series of security assessments in the Philippines, and make recommendations to the COMMANDER, USFACSUBICBAY, in order to contribute toward improving the Navy/Marine Corps defenses against NPA terrorist who were attacking US military personnel stationed in the Philippines.  Periodically, when directed to do so by his staff, I reported directly to…

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This afternoon, the below listed letter was hand delivered to Speaker of the House, John Boehner, it was delivered on behalf of millions of Americans, including three family members of the 4 fallen heroes of The Battle of Benghazi in Libya on September 11, 2012.  The three family members who signed the letter are Charles Woods, father of SOSC Tyrone Woods, USN (Ret) (SEAL): Patricia Smith, mother of Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, (USAF/Vet); and Michael Ingmire, the uncle of Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith.  The full text of the letter, co-signed by 78 Patriotic Americans, demands that Speaker Boehner and his Republican colleagues in the House use their Constitutional powers of oversight and investigate to extract the full truth of why Hilary Clinton repeatedly turned down desperate requests for security from the personnel…

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In 1997 Orson Swindle was appointed as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and remained in that position until 2005. 

The Honorable Orson Swindle is reminding the American people that the Federal Trade Commission is the federal government’s principal Law Enforcement Agency for enforcing antitrust and consumer protection laws.  The FTC deals with mergers and acquisition; with fraudulent, deceptive, & illegal business practices, and information system privacy & security.  In the below listed article, former Commissioner Swindle outlines a number of illegal aspects, in the Obama Health Care Web site’s (http://Healthcare.gov ),  and how the Obama administration has been promoting the Obama Healthcare Law; he points out how the Web site runs afoul of Federal Regulations of the…

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One year and nearly four months after the Battle of Benghazi in Libya on 9/11/12 the American people still do not know:

 

Why Hillary Clinton cancelled the contract for the Ambassador Steven’s personal security detail and refused to fund a new contract?  

 

Why 8 desperate request for additional security to Clinton by the Ambassador Stevens from March to September 3rdwas turned down by Hillary Clinton?

 

Why Ambassador Stevens was sent into the Al Q’ieda terrorist caldron in Benghazi on the most dangerous day of the year without proper security?

 

Why the live video feed of the attack taken by aerial drones and cameras on the walls of the US Mission was withheld by Hillary Clinton, and are still being withheld by Obama & Kerry?  Those videos will prove there was never a demonstration against a YouTube video.

 

Why Susan…

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The following link is an mp3 audio file of an live radio interview by Larry Elder on his KABC Talk Radio Show after he read the below listed article published by WND.

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 WND EXCLUSIVE

'PURGE SURGE': OBAMA FIRES ANOTHER COMMANDERNaval Commanding Officer alarmed by 'relentless' attack on Armed Forces

BY  F. MICHAEL MALOOFF. Michael Maloof, staff writer for WND and G2Bulletin, is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense.  WASHINGTON – After multiple top generals described to WND what they regard as a full-scale “purge” of the U.S. military by the Obama administration, the commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan was summarily relieved of duty and his civilian deputy reassigned, pending a “misconduct” investigation.Nine generals and flag officers have been relieved of duty under Obama just this year – widely viewed as an extraordinary number – and several sources put the total number of senior officers purged during the five years of the Obama… More

Rear Admiral Lee displays the type of LEADERSHIP graduates of all the Service Academies are taught to emulate in their LEADERSHIP Courses over a 4 year period.  LEADERSHIP traits are further brought home to all newly commissioned officers in all branches of the Armed Forces by example in the course of operations by Senior Officers and Senior Enlisted personnel.   The US Military places great emphasis on LEADERSHIP, and one of the basic tenets that is instilled in all personnel is to “never leave a man/woman behind.”

Rear Admiral Lee’s discussion of the Freedom of Religion, guaranteed to all members of the US Armed Forces for 238 years in the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution, and his expression of opposition to the new Restrictive Regulations on Freedom of Religion will probably result in disciplinary action, because in the video, “he crossed the line.” If you never watch…

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The Free Enterprise System has prospered because US military personnel thru the last 238 years have fought to preserves our way of life, have given their precious lives in defense of liberty, and endured hardship away from their families to ensure that the American people would be able to maintain the precious FREEDOMS in the Bill of Rights that our Founding Father gave to their generation and future generations.  Please click on the below listed link to listen to what President Reagan has to say about the freedoms military personnel secured for us.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/rKsW6c_CgFY?feature=player_detailpage%20%5b1

The premeditated policies of the Obama…

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 Please click on the below listed link to listen to an old friend.  For a brief period, he will help you receive some relief from the lies emanating from the Obama administration on the Battle of Benghazi, Obama Care, Fast & Furious, and so much more. 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=wrRTau5jusU

 

As the famous movie title states, how “Green Was My Valley”, it was so for all Americans when President Reagan and all the previous occupants of the Oval Office were Patriotic Americans who had the best interest of American citizens at heart, protected members of the US Armed Forces by ensuring reinforcements would be sent to Americans under attack, guaranteed Freedom of Religion in the US…

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 On Veterans Day of each year, America remembers the men and women who answered the call to duty, donned the uniform in one of the branches of the US Armed Forces, and served faithfully in far off lands and/or at home.  We thank them for their loyal service in defense of the Republic, and encourage all Americans to thank a Veteran you may know today and every day. 

 

The military is one of the few remaining institutions producing the caliber of men and women needed to restore this nation to the greatness that our Founding Fathers envisioned.   A Veteran is a Patriot who at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount “up to and including his life.”  Many military personnel gave the last full measure of devotion in defense of the Republic, we honor them and all Veterans today and every day. 

 

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 Thousands of Patriotic Veterans, from all over the country, made A historic descent on Washington DC arriving at 8:00 AM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to demonstrate their opposition to the Obama administration’s cruel attempt to deny American Veterans access to open air war memorials and for playing politics with Veterans and deceased Combat Veterans!!   Through the below listed link you can view revealing photos that the left of center liberal media establishment will cover up to prevent the American people from knowing how deep the opposition is to the Obama administration’s treatment of Veterans, combat personnel “Killed In Action”, and the families of fallen heroes who had financial support intentionally stripped from them.  In the below listed photos, you will be able to see a Veteran without legs taking down the illegally placed barricades erected by the Obama administration at…

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 We strongly support the Million Veteran Memorial March supported by Special Operations Speaks; we encourage each of you who receive this E-mail to pass it on to those in your address book who would help generate a large turnout in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 9:00 AM.  The Obama administration has restricted American Veterans from visiting War Memorials for the first time in 238 years; it is unconscionable. Those same War Memorials had previously been open 24 hours a day with no requirement for admittance.  A Park Ranger, who was assigned along with extra manpower to erect barricades to keep American Veterans and US citizens out of national parks and from visiting War Memorial sites, told the press that they had been instructed to “make things as difficult as possible on the American people”. 

The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified on July 9, 1868…

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 By clicking on the below listed link, you will be made familiar with the “Soldier’s Pledge” referred to in the recording!  In the face of the current assault by the Obama administration on the US Constitution----specifically in its violation of the 1st Amendment’s Freedom of Religion for members of the US Armed Forces by Obama’s civilian appointees at DOD, its violation of the 2nd Amendment’s Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms by Obama instructing Kerry to sign the UN Small Arms Treaty that was rejected by the US Senate, and its violation of the 4th Amendment’s Unreasonable Search and Seizure by the actions of Obama’s appointees at the IRS and NSA.   In the recording, you will be able listen to what a true patriotic US President believed in.  President Reagan supported the Free Enterprise System, the economy was booming with 10 million new jobs, his firmness & resolve…

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      The below listed article discusses the makeup of the rebels forces fighting Assad in Syria; many of the rebels were armed with weapons from Libya.   For over a year, the Obama administration was collecting the flood of arms in Libya taken from Gadhafi’s arsenals, the administration perpetrated another gun running operation to supply the rebels in Syria with the Libyan arms; the Libyan arms were first sent thru Qatar to Syria, then they were sent thru Turkey to Syria and delivered by a third party to the rebels.  There are 1000 different rebel groups in Syria, arming those rebels thru a third party, that the US has no controls over, proved to be a very dangerous and uncertain proposition, but the Obama administration did so anyway, just as they armed the Mexican drug cartels in the Fast and Furious Operation.  Because the Free Syrian Army continues to ask for the arms that the…

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NAVAL ACADEMY TRADITIONS BEGAN IN THE US NAVY IN 1776; MANY OF THOSE TRADITIONS LIVE ON IN THE BRIGADE AND IN NAVY FOOTBALL!

 The below listed video depicts one of the ways the NAVY football team is motivated; MIDSHIPMEN ARE TOLD. “NEVER LET ANYTHING HOLD YOU BACK!”

 

THE MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE IN THE BELOW LISTED VIDEO IS VALID FOR ALL AMERICANS----ESPECIALLY IN OUR REPUBLIC TODAY. 

 
The video is another of the motivational messages delivered to the Navy Football Team, it was shown on the Friday night before the big ten football game against Indiana.  
 

Results of Saturday’s Football Game: Navy 51   Delaware 7 

http://bit.ly/1au18nv?

 

 


 Despite the ongoing cover up by the Obama administration, the below listed article summarizes what we have been able to dig up after one long year of painstaking research, about the attack on the US Mission and the CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya on the 11th Anniversary of 9/11.  That event is now referred to as the “Battle of Benghazi.”  I presented the below listed information in a speech to a large gathering of real American Patriots at the Bahia Hotel in San Diego on September 9, 2013.  I have been asked to speak about the “Battle of Benghazi”again before a much larger gathering of American Patriots in Redlands, CA where there will be 400 American Flags brought by some of the participants on the 12th Anniversary of 9/11.  It will also be the one year anniversary of the “Battle of Benghazi,” that event should be properly termed as  another “Day that will live in Infamy.”

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For over 3 years Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts have been to support and train the Free Syrian Army; their goal has been to topple Assad’s brutal regime that has killed over 100,000 Syrians, created 2 million Syrian refugees, and used chemical weapons to kill unarmed civilians multiple times.  If the Free Syrian Army created by Saudi Arabia is unable to succeed, Iran will be strengthened in its strategic control of the “crescent”, that area that encircles Saudi Arabia with its militant proxies in the countries of Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan (Iran already has the military advantage on the ground in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq).  Prince Bandar’s strategy would only be successful, if Obama ceases being indecisive, and finally demonstrates that he will take a strategic, sustained, and long term approach to defeating the Assad regime and only under the following…

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 After Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood came to power and took control of Parliament, they didn’t practice the democratic form of government they were elected to conduct in Egypt; they were co-opting the laws of the nation and were slowly destroying all possible opposition.  During their rule basic necessities became scarce, electricity became sporadic, long lines of autos at gas stations were common, poor Egyptians were being hurt by the decline in value of the Egyptian Pound, food became scarce, Morsi polarized the once-united people & incited violence against Christians, and unemployment was rampant.  Finally 30 million Egyptians took to the streets to demonstrate that they had had enough (when Obama demanded Mubarak be replaced by Morsi only 1 million Muslim Brotherhood supporters were demonstrating in the streets).  The Egyptian military had were having difficulty…

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The below listed critical important information was submitted by Admiral James A. Lyons, Jr., USNA 52, USN (Ret), formerly Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet and Senior Military Representative at the United Nations; his dire warning should be paid attention to by members of Congress who care about the National Security. It is imperative that all Americans oppose the gang of eight flawed Immigration Bill; that bill must be defeated at all cost. Ever US Senator or US Congressman who supports this Obama administration bill is contributing toward opening the US border at 106 land sites to every Al Qieda terrorist, Hezbollah terrorist, drug cartel member, and Norco terrorist permitting them to enter the US unopposed and allowing them not to be fingerprinted. Provisions of the bill would permit them to reside in the US for 3 years and apply for amnesty in accordance with provisions of… More

The occupant of the Oval Office repeatedly said when he was running for re-election “Osama bin Laden is dead and Al Q’ieda is on the run.”   Al Q’ieda was not on the run then, and is not on the run now; in fact the Al Q’ieda terrorist organization is much stronger than it was when Obama was inaugurated in 2008.  The Republic is in a less secure position from an Al Q’ieda terrorist attack than it has been in for over 12 years.   Gregory D. Johnson, a Princeton Scholar and author of “The Last Refuge,” a book on Al Q’ieda said the numbers of Al Q’ieda terrorists have increased.  The numbers of Al Q’ieda’s terrorists are increasing in Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, and Afghanistan.  The reason Al Q’ieda is much stronger today than it was in 2008, is because there has been no national comprehensive policy being executed to defeat and dismantle Al Q’ieda overseas (Tactical…

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 Another Combat Veteran For Congress, Cong Michael Coffman, Maj-USMC (Ret), (R-CO-6), is helping Veterans, in this case, Veterans Owned businesses by simplifying the evaluation system.  Please read the below listed article about another bill authored by another Combat Veteran For Congress, in this case by Congressman Coffman, to help Veterans.  We ask you to please support the re-election of Cong Coffman, all the currently elected Combat Veterans For Congress listed following the article below, and the election of a new slate of Combat Veterans For Congress who we will be endorsed over the next 16 months to run for election in the 2014 mid-term election.

Cong Coffman’s Bill would strip VA of vet-owned business verification

A new bill unveiled in Congress would strip the Veterans Affairs Department of responsibility for verifying veteran-owned small businesses, a…

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 Many of the 26 million Veterans in the nation were notified, that on Saturday, the Republic lost a unique American Patriot and loyal supporter of the US military establishment, Col Bud Day, USAF (Ret) (Vietnam POW) (Medal of Honor) (Air Force Cross) (Air Force Distinguished Service Medal) (Silver Star Medal)(Legion of Merit) (Distinguished Flying Cross) (4 Bronze Star Medals with Combat “V”) (Defense Meritorious Medal) (4 Purple Heart Medals) (10 Air Medals) (Prisoner of War Medal) (44 other medals were awarded for dedicated combat service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam).  Col Day was a very early financial supporter of the Combat Veterans For Congress PAC; he called from time to time to provide us with his leadership skills, and valued advice.  He is the only American who ever made a donation to “every” endorsed Combat Veteran For Congress, regardless of the state they were…

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 The parents, wives, children, brothers, sisters, extended relatives, Team Mates, and the majority of caring Americans do not consider the abandonment of 4 brave Americans in Benghazi, that facilitated  their murder by Al Q’ieda terrorists a “Phony Scandal.”  The American people want to know what the occupant of the Oval Office was doing for the 8 hours, while over 125 to 150 well-equipped and disciplined Al Q’ieda terrorists were prosecuting a well-coordinated and rehearsed attack against the Special Mission Compound and the CIA Annex in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11.  The American people and the press were certainly informed in detail, with plenty of photos, what Obama and Hillary were doing for 8 hours when SEAL Team SIX took out Osama Bin Laden---then we watched in horror while the occupant of the Oval Office exposed Top Secret operational information to the world…

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  Obama is targeting another endorsed Combat Veteran For Congress who he believes is vulnerable, Cong Chris Gibson. Col-USA (Ret) (R-NY-19); Obama’s intent is to take 17 seats away from the Republican led House of Representatives.  Last year, Obama mobilized leftists’ organizations, flooded the district with thousands of union volunteers, employed the left of center media establishment, and got wealthy liberal donors like Soros to donate over $4 millions in donations to defeat Congressman Allen West, LTC –USA (Ret) (R-FL-18), an endorsed Combat Veteran For Congress.  Obama’s supporters employed ACORN tactics; they got more people to vote in the 18th Congressional District than were registered to vote, so voter fraud was employed to defeat Congressman West at the polls.  Those same tactics that worked so well against Cong West will be employed by Obama against Congressman Gibson and…

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 While the below listed attack was underway and Obama and Hillary were kept informed, what were they doing for the next 10 hours until 2 SEALs were killed.  Now 10 months later, the American people, the Congress, and personnel in the US Armed Forces have no idea.  No one in the left of center liberal media establishment has even tried to find out?

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2013/08/Benghazi-book-fred-burton-samuel-m-katz

August 2013

40 Minutes In Benghazi

When U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was killed in a flash of hatred in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, the political finger-pointing began. But few knew exactly what had happened…

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