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Country star tips hat to troops (Toby Kieth!!!)
Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Sgt. Sky M. Laron

Posted on 05/24/2007 5:23:53 PM PDT by SandRat

Country music star, Toby Keith, speaks on-air during an interview on Armed Forces Network Iraq’s Freedom Radio at the Combined Press Information Center Tuesday. Keith’s visit to Baghdad is part of his fifth United Service Organizations (USO) tour. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Carl N. Hudson, Combined Press Information Center.
Country music star, Toby Keith, speaks on-air during an interview on Armed Forces Network Iraq’s Freedom Radio at the Combined Press Information Center Tuesday. Keith’s visit to Baghdad is part of his fifth United Service Organizations (USO) tour. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Carl N. Hudson, Combined Press Information Center.
BAGHDAD — Country music star, Toby Keith, visited troops stationed in Baghdad Tuesday.

Singing songs and playing guitar are a few things Keith, an Oklahoma native, does quite well. Visiting troops in combat is another activity he takes pride in.

Keith’s visit to Baghdad is part of his fifth United Service Organizations (USO) tour.

If you are going to talk the talk, then you’ve got to walk the walk and that is why he is back in Iraq and performing for the Soldiers, he said.

USO celebrity entertainment tours bring volunteer celebrities to entertain, lift morale and express the gratitude and support of the American people, according to the USO website. (www.uso.org)

A strong supporter of the military, Keith has always respected the sacrifice and dedication to duty that Soldiers display when they are far from home and their families.

Keith says that it is easy for him to come over to Iraq for a few weeks every year because he does not have to stay the entire year. The Soldiers are the ones making a huge sacrifice with their long deployments.

Keith has seen some of the same Soldiers several times, sometimes two or three years in a row, he said.

“It’s a huge sacrifice for the families too,” he said.

The high opinion he has for the troops started early in life and serves him well today.

“My father was a Soldier, and I was raised in a family where if your dad was a Soldier, you’ve got to respect your veterans,” he said.

Having sold more than 30 million records, success is something that Keith knows a little something about, but performing for the military and shaking hands with Soldiers is what motivates him.

Keith will continue his USO tour throughout the Persian Gulf and later into Germany.

“It doesn’t matter where in the world our Soldiers are, I’ll be there,” said Keith.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hat; iraq; tips; toby; troops

1 posted on 05/24/2007 5:23:54 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: StarCMC; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ...

Toby Keith


2 posted on 05/24/2007 5:24:30 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

No better entertainers for our troops than Toby & TED!

http://www.usa-patriotism.com/stars/tnugent.htm


3 posted on 05/24/2007 5:27:04 PM PDT by RasterMaster (BUILD THE WALL, ENFORCE THE LAW! Duncan Hunter - President 2008)
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To: SandRat


"Kieth!!!"

Just teasin' ya!


4 posted on 05/24/2007 5:34:39 PM PDT by jdm
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To: SandRat

Now if Toby would only smackdown the liberal Tim McGraw whenever he surfaces in politics.


5 posted on 05/24/2007 5:35:03 PM PDT by jrooney (The democrats are the friend of our enemy and the enemy of our friends. Attack them, not GW!)
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To: jrooney

I’d love to see Toby Keith kick Tim McGraw’s skinny little a$$.


6 posted on 05/24/2007 5:44:39 PM PDT by FarRightFanatic ("I'm Barack Hussein Obama...and I approved this taqiyya.")
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To: SandRat

Dale “Suzie Q” Hawkins also supports the troops. He’s battling cancer but still rocking on. He may not have the name recognition but he’s been rocking since the 50s and just put out a new album.

http://dale4hawkins.topcities.com/

He may be able to be talked into some sort of performance for troops stateside or overseas (I see him listed as playing in Spain this year).


7 posted on 05/24/2007 5:55:48 PM PDT by weegee (Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
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To: SandRat

God Bless him and his travel.


9 posted on 05/24/2007 7:03:38 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
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To: SandRat
“My father was a Soldier, and I was raised in a family where if your dad was a Soldier, you’ve got to respect your veterans,” he said.

Yes. It just WAS. It wasn't preached, no one gave fancy schmancy lessons...It. Just. Was.

You KNEW that you did some things...one of them that. You respected the vets and the military.

10 posted on 05/24/2007 7:34:55 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (See HiJinx's tag line....then DO it!!!!)
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To: SandRat

Time for Mom to brag!! I opened an email from my son earlier this week and by golly there he was standing next to and shaking hands Toby Keith!! Thank you Mr. Keith you made our families day.! Spreading sunshine to my soldier spreads sunshine to his entire family.


11 posted on 05/24/2007 7:39:45 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: armymarinemom

Funny how things like that seem to tie to FR threads.


12 posted on 05/24/2007 8:11:31 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Yep! It’s killing me not to post the pix but I can’t.


13 posted on 05/24/2007 8:20:29 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: armymarinemom

Just keep doin’ what I know you are doin’ looking at the photo, cluthcing it close to you tightly to send hugs your son’s way then doin’ it all over again.


14 posted on 05/24/2007 8:22:45 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
My son got his cover signed last summer on the fourth tour Toby did. He said at the time it was the best thing to being home.
15 posted on 05/24/2007 9:07:20 PM PDT by weldgophardline (Proud Father of Lpcl Victor P USMC.)
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To: BOBWADE; zip

ping


16 posted on 05/24/2007 10:55:59 PM PDT by Mrs Zip
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To: SandRat

Friday, May 25, 2007 7:22 a.m. EDT

Hillary, Obama Vote Against Funding U.S. Troops

Courting the anti-war constituency, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both voted against legislation that pays for the Iraq war but lacks a timeline for troop withdrawal..

Excerpt

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/5/25/72454.shtml?s=lh


17 posted on 05/25/2007 6:44:49 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: armymarinemom

My DIL called me and said my son was going to see him also.
Cool.


18 posted on 05/25/2007 6:50:33 AM PDT by MarineMom613 (My Son is My Hero!!!)
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To: MarineMom613

Ya gotta love it! My son said he was down to earth face to face and very supportive.


19 posted on 05/25/2007 7:01:01 AM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: KeyLargo

Both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama as well as all who voted against the appropriation bill are “POLTROONS!”


20 posted on 05/25/2007 4:03:38 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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