Lawmakers with family serving in Iraq
The USA Today published a piece today about members of Congress who have loved ones serving in Iraq:
Profiles in Courage: Saluting Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham – RIP
I briefly mentioned the story of Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, who was killed in an IED explosion in Iraq back in April of 2004, in this post of misc. links a few days ago, but wanted to create a separate thread about him, considering today was the day he was posthumously presented with the Medal of Honor. The NYT has a nice write up about the ceremony, and Marine Cpl Dunham:
From a father to his son
Your eyes won’t be dry after reading this. It’s written by Dana Canedy, an editor at the New York Times who was the fiancé of First Sgt. Charles Monroe. Sgt. Monroe was killed in Iraq on October 14th, but he left behind some words to live by for his son, who at the time was not yet born. Canedy writes:
The reception Jon Carry received in Iraq
WDAY’s Scott Hennen has a photo and report from a friend of his who is serving in Iraq on the reception Senator John Kerry received in Iraq.
Good news from Afghanistan
The AP is reporting this morning that the US military has killed a top Taliban commander who they describe as a “close associate of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar and Afghan insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar” earlier this week.