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You should know, dear reader, we are not among those who despised ADM Jeremy "Mike" Boorda. In fact, we did and always will admire this fine man, who went all the way from Seaman to Chief of Naval Operations. No one has done it before, and it's very likely no one else will accomplish such a feat in the future. ADM Boorda deserves our respect and remembrance as a great leader who deeply cared about his sailors and country. On this, the 16th anniversary of his mysterious death, we should mourn his loss, but also demand the Pentagon come clean...

Retired Army Col. David Hackworth, a decorated Vietnam veteran who spoke out against the war and later became a journalist and an advocate for military reform, died Wednesday in Mexico, where he was receiving treatment for bladder cancer, his wife said. He was 74. "He died in my arms yesterday morning," his wife, Eilhys England, said Thursday. Hackworth, a syndicated columnist for King Features, advocated a streamlined military and improved conditions for troops.

Today, Christians around the world celebrated their Savior's rising from the dead almost 20 centuries ago. In 1996, the leader of the Free World went to an Easter Service at his church in Washington, D.C. dutifly carrying his Bible. What he did later, however, proved that this disgusting piece of human garbage used our White House for his own whore house. He even did it on Easter Sunday. We are all failed human beings to be sure, but we actually endured a perverted sociopath for eight long years. We suffered 9-11 because this man did not pay attention to foreign...

n an ordinary news day, CNN is like a sip of iced tea. Fox News is a gulp of Jolt Cola. It is the favorite news source of conservative-minded viewers, but Fox's anti-liberal sensibility is not its only draw. Even on matters as uncontested as the weather, Fox News's heart ticks to a faster, louder beat; it is a network that presents the news with pizazz and a frisky tone. ("Back to you, guys" is how reporters in the field address the anchors in the studio.) And its top commentators express a righteous indignation - mostly at the mainstream media,...

KERRY ON BOORDA The current dispute over Kerry’s medals is a good time to recall the tragic suicide of the Navy's Admiral Mike Boorda in 1996. Kate O’Beirne summarized it well: “In 1996, a left-wing news service raised questions about two small "V" clips that the chief of Naval operations wore over two of the medals on his chest full of them. The clips are awarded for valor under fire, and there was some doubt about whether Boorda's two tours in Vietnam aboard combat ships qualified him for the awards, although the Washington Post reported that a 1965 Navy manual...

Amid questions about one of John Kerry's combat "V" decorations, unearthed remarks by the senator eight years ago reveal he judged an admiral's allegedly false awards as a serious offense that disqualified him from leadership. After the suicide of Adm. Mike Boorda in 1996, National Review columnist Kate O'Beirne notes Kerry gave his response to two Boston papers. "In a sense, there's nothing that says more about your career than when you fought, where you fought and how you fought," Kerry told the Boston Herald. "If you wind up being less than what you're pretending to be, there is a...

S.RES.255 Title: A resolution to honor Admiral Jeremy M. "Mike" Boorda. Sponsor: Sen Lott, Trent [MS] (introduced 5/21/1996) Cosponsors (44) Latest Major Action: 5/21/1996 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COSPONSORS(44), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date) Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] - 5/21/1996 Sen Biden Jr., Joseph R. [DE] - 5/22/1996 Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 5/21/1996 Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 5/21/1996 Sen Bradley, Bill [NJ] - 5/21/1996 Sen Bryan, Richard H. [NV] - 5/21/1996 Sen Bumpers, Dale [AR]...

John Kerry (version 2004) says it is wrong to question how a vet got his medals. President Bush agrees. But John Kerry (version 1996) had a different viewpoint:In 1996, a left-wing news service raised questions about two small "V" clips that the chief of Naval operations wore over two of the medals on his chest full of them. The clips are awarded for valor under fire, and there was some doubt about whether Boorda's two tours in Vietnam aboard combat ships qualified him for the awards, although the Washington Post reported that a 1965 Navy manual appeared to support Boorda's...

KERRY ON BOORDA [08/27 03:53 PM] The current dispute over Kerry’s medals is a good time to recall the tragic suicide of the Navy's Admiral Mike Boorda in 1996. Kate O’Beirne summarized it well: “In 1996, a left-wing news service raised questions about two small "V" clips that the chief of Naval operations wore over two of the medals on his chest full of them. The clips are awarded for valor under fire, and there was some doubt about whether Boorda's two tours in Vietnam aboard combat ships qualified him for the awards, although the Washington Post reported that a...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The nation's top Navy officer, Adm. Jeremy Michael Boorda, died Thursday from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after learning Newsweek magazine was raising questions about the legitimacy of some of his combat medals........in the typewritten note to the sailors, Boorda explained that he took his life because of the questions raised about his wearing of "V" for valor medals on his combat ribbon from Vietnam. http://www.cnn.com/US/9605/16/boorda.6p/

Eight years ago, an admiral with a distinguished career took his life over questions on two "V" pins for valor that he wore. Admiral Boorda did not take a camera with him for a photo-op. He put his heart and soul into defending this nation. He was pursued by Col. David Hackworth, who was determined to get to the truth. Well, Col. Hackworth, what do you say about John Kerry? Did he wear medals he didn't deserve? Are you going to sit this one out or do something about it? Why don't you demand the full release of Kerry's military...

The London Sunday Times, May 19, 1996 LAST POST FOR A HAUNTED 'HERO' IT WAS probably the loneliest journey of his life. Admiral Jeremy "Mike" Boorda, the four-star chief of American naval operations, left his sandwiches untouched on his huge, mahogany desk, picked up his hat and ordered his driver to take him to his home in the Washington naval yard. Moments earlier he had heard the news that he had been expecting for a year. Rear Admiral Kendall Pease, the navy information chief, told him that two reporters from Newsweek magazine would be arriving in two hours to question...

From Service Academy thread...get bumped to the top to Hannity to Drudge..to Rush...get investigating An Opinion On John Kerry's Service In Vietnam Subject: usma1959-forum: Fw: John Kerry...You decide. I was in the Delta shortly after he left. I know that area well. I know the operations he was involved in well. I know the tactics and the doctrine used. I know the equipment. Although I was attached to CTF-116 (PBRs) I spent a fair amount of time with CTF-115 (swift boats), Kerry's command.Here are my problems and suspicions: (1) Kerry was in-country less than four months and collected, a Bronze...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Navy has quietly accepted that Adm. Jeremy "Mike" Boorda was entitled to wear combat decorations on his uniform -- the challenged Vietnam War awards that led to his suicide two years ago. Navy Secretary John Dalton put into Boorda's file a letter from Elmo Zumwalt Jr., the chief of naval operations during the war, which says it was "appropriate, justified and proper" for Boorda to attach the small bronze combat V's to the ribbons on his uniform. The Navy also modified Boorda's record to list the V's among his other decorations -- recognition that they were...