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As a military officer for 30 years, I came to recognize the necessity of good leadership. When I retired from the military in 1998, I became active politically in the Republican Party. Since that time, I've been elected to two National Republican Conventions, acted as a military spokesperson for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2004, and served as national veterans coordinator for Fred Thompson's presidential run. In 2007, I ran for Minnesota GOP party chair as a reform candidate, and lost. Over the years I have raised tens of thousands of dollars for GOP coffers, donated many thousands of dollars to...

Joe Repya, who organized a 2003 effort that produced 30,000 "Liberate Iraq -- Support Our Troops" signs, has a new plan, this time focused on expected protesters to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Repya and a coalition that includes Minnesota's American Legion and Disabled America Veterans plan to distribute at least 3,000 signs saying "Victory Over Terrorism -- Let Our Soldiers Win." Repya hopes to have people line the streets around the Xcel Energy Center as an expression of support for the war in Iraq to counter war protesters, who plan to march to the Xcel Center from...

Retired Lt. Col. Joe Repya will be joining the Fred Thompson campaign. Repya has taken a National position and will help head up the Vets for Fred arm of the campaign. Repya held a similar position with President Bush in 2004, and has been on the wish list for the Republican candidates in the 2008 cycle. With 2 months to go until the voting begins in the POTUS sweepstakes, Fred! is gathering strength and gathering his troops for battle. Repya will bring with him experience and knowledge that has been called upon by the current Commander in Chief. If you...

"I'm Tired" Two weeks ago, as I was starting my sixth month of duty in Iraq, I was forced to return to the USA for surgery for an injury I sustained prior to my deployment. With luck, I'll return to Iraq to finish my tour. I left Baghdad and a war that has every indication that we are winning, to return to a demoralized country much like the one I returned to in 1971 after my tour in Vietnam. Maybe it's because I'll turn 60 years old in just four months, but I'm tired: I'm tired of spineless politicians, both...

EAGAN, Minn. - For a guy who has flown military helicopters in the Middle East, the World War II jeep Joe Repya struggles to fire up is particularly low-tech. "Everything works on this vehicle," he says as the Go Devil four-cylinder engine turns over, sputters, bellows, jumps to life and then dies. Well, almost everything works. Repya, 60, fiddles with the choke and turns the engine over again; this time, it starts for good. A smile sprouts across his face, and now the man who earned a reputation as one of the Army's oldest soldiers in Iraq and one of...

.....Support Our Troops in America's Fight for Freedom with FreedomDog's Smart Shirts!ORDER NOW 1-651-238-7227 FREEDOMDOGS HOME Photos from February 22, 2003—St Paul Minnesota—Capital Building. Col Joe Repya distributes 5,000 Signs! Colonel Repya      Here's why it all started:The Proliferation of the brown "SAY NO TO WAR" signs in the Minneapolis/St Paul metro along with the protests every week got us a little bothered. You see—I have a simple policy: I don't bother you if you don't bother me—In short: the golden rule. But, when I and Colonel Repya (the founder of the Liberate Iraq sign campaign) saw these brown signs pop...