Category: Military
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Shame: Gosar Votes Against SIVs
Special Immigrant Visas The House overwhelmingly passed a bill to make it easier for Afghans who assisted the American military to relocate to the U.S. The Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs Act (ALLIES) Act was approved by a 407-16 vote on July 22. The 16 “no” votes were all from Republicans.…
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Shame: Biggs Votes Against SIVs
Special Immigrant Visas The House overwhelmingly passed a bill to make it easier for Afghans who assisted the American military to relocate to the U.S. The Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs Act (ALLIES) Act was approved by a 407-16 vote on July 22. The 16 “no” votes were all from Republicans.…
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Comedian Parnell X Darnell
“…. we were talking about growing up on farms, I was hoping to work in that my grandfather had a pony, on which I became quite the trick rider. I could even pick up a handkerchief in my teeth. Now when I ride, I have to pick up my teeth in a handkerchief.” – Parnell…
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The American War in Afghanistan: A History
The American war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001, is now the longest armed conflict in the nation’s history. It is currently winding down, and American troops are likely to leave soon ― but only after a stay of nearly two decades. In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history…
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Finally, A President That Can Admit Defeat
Don’t Send Our Young Men and Women into a War We Cannot Win “With Taliban fighters poised to rout the U.S.-backed Afghan government — and with it the 20-year, multibillion-dollar effort to root Western-style democracy in Afghan soil — President Biden over the weekend first offered compassion for those left behind. “Our hearts go out…