In Iraq, the last to fall: David Hickman, the 4,474th U.S. service member killed
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 18th, 2011 5:34 am by HL
In Iraq, the last to fall: David Hickman, the 4,474th U.S. service member killed
GREENSBORO, N.C. — To find Army Spec. David Emanuel Hickman on the morning after his unit returned to Fort Bragg from Iraq, you had to drive 100 miles north, to his home town. Up Highway 29, less than two clicks from the northeast Greensboro cul-de-sac where he grew up, Hickman was in Lot 54 in the Garden of Peace at Lakeview Memorial Park Cemetery.
Soldier’s gender identity issues raised in WikiLeaks case
Pfc. Bradley Manning was a deeply troubled soldier struggling with issues of gender identity whose alleged leaking of classified material to WikiLeaks could have been prevented by superiors.
He was also a gifted intelligence analyst who had received extensive training in proper handling of classified information and had been reprimanded once for breaching the rules.
Gingrich’s time of testing arrives
Newt Gingrich had planned a mostly quiet weekend, a short break from the rigors of the campaign trail after a busy week. Instead, he was on the phone all Saturday morning, holding a tele-town hall with Iowans and later a conference call with reporters. He apparently realized he cannot afford to rest when his candidacy is on the line.
Gingrich holds telephone town hall with Iowa voters
Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich held what he said would be the first of a series of telephone town halls with Iowa voters Saturday morning to confront directly what he called the “political attacks”and “hit pieces” that have filled airwaves and mailboxes in the crucial early-voting state.
