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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) again pressed former President Trump to cool down his rhetoric and focus on the election at hand, suggesting Friday that Trump will “pivot a little bit” from personal attacks if polling continues to shift away from him. Still, the governor warned that not focusing more his messaging could cost the former president the election. “Just don’t miss the opportunity. I think that’s the message,” Sununu told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Friday evening in an interview. “And if he does that, it’s the block and tackling of running a campaign. If he does that, he wins.”

“Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes…” ***** President Obama was quick to invite France’s Socialist president-elect to Washington for a visit, but the White House also had some rather perplexing advice for Francois Hollande: President Obama’s spokesman warned the new socialist president-elect of France not to implement his campaign agenda of ending austerity measures, indicating that such a reversal could damage the world economy. “A balanced approach . . . Both fiscal consolidation and efforts to boost the recovery is the right approach for Europe,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters today. “That’s an approach that he thinks...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2008 – When Navy Lt. John Pucillo enlisted after high school to be an explosive ordnance disposal technician, he knew the risks involved. Navy Lt. John Pucillo displays a tatoo on the remainder of his left leg, which was amputated following a bomb blast in Iraq in May 2006. Courtesy photo.  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Pucillo knew his choice in Navy jobs would eventually land him in Iraq and that he would be exposed to more danger there than with other specialties he could have chosen. No matter, the young Pucillo yearned for the...

by Chris Spangle ~ September 10th, 2008 Obama is apparently taking advice from Keith Olbermann these days. At 6:03 in this video, Olbermann implores Obama to start proclaiming ENOUGH, more. Start being angry So Obama took his advice, and proclaimed ENOUGH during his piggish press conference today. Go to the 1:45 minute mark.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2005 – The top enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army arrived here earlier this month to discuss soldier issues with Afghan National Army senior noncommissioned officers. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston met with two of the ANA's highest-ranking NCOs Oct. 11 and discussed themes universal to every nation's soldiers. Preston's visit corresponded with the ANA Corps Commanders Conference. As ANA commanders presented their topics, Preston and ANA NCOs talked about their soldiers. Preston's visit, he said, signified the importance of the ANA's NCO corps to Afghanistan's future and how NCOs are making a...