A little meeting in Bellevue

Coach is Right ^ | June 11th, 2011 | Jim Emerson, staff writer

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On June 3rd, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Neb) organizeda congressional field hearing near Offutt Air Force base in Nebraska, home of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM). The purpose of the gathering was to highlight the role of STRATCOM to justify building a new headquarters facility.

STRATCOM

A mission statement from the STATCOM Website reads as follows: “Detect, deter, and prevent attacks against the United States and our allies – join with the other combatant commands to defend the nation should deterrence fail.” Among its priorities are to deter nuclear attacks, maintain cyber security and respond to new challenges in space.

During this hearing the STRATCOM Commander Gen. C. Robert Kehler testified on the merits of his command by highlighting its involvement in the Bin Laden mission as well providing support in the Libyan no fly missions. Sen. Nelson stated that STRATCOM is “the glue that holds our war-fighting machine together.”

Warnings

[darkwing104]

Just look for the label

[Quix]

INDEED.

[Husker24]

That should be Ben Nelson, not Bill Nelson.

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On the same day as this tour, in another place:

New Al Qaeda Video: American Muslims Should Buy Guns, Start Shooting People
ABCNews ^ | June 3, 2011 | MATTHEW COLE
Posted on 6/5/2011, 8:12:49 AM by stevie_d_64

In a new video message released on the internet Friday, American-born al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn calls on Muslims living in America to carry out deadly one-man terrorist acts using fully automatic weapons purchased at gun shows, and to target major institutions and public figures.

“What are you waiting for?” asks Gadahn in English, and then adds that jihadis shouldn’t worry about getting caught, since so many have been released. “Over these past few years, I’ve seen the release of many, many Mujahideen whom I had never even dreamed would regain their freedom.”...