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Helping Hand for Hurt Bomb Squads
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2008 CommentIt has never been a great job, but in the Iraq war, where improvised explosive devices are a leading cause of injury and death, being a member of the military bomb squad is more dangerous than ever. Few know that better than Kenneth Falke, a former Navy Explosive Ordnance Device boss, and Sherri Beck, wife of an EOD veteran. They've helped to create a group to assist wounded EOD team members. The Virginia-based Wounded EOD Warrior Foundation raises money to provide $2,500 to those injured and their families "no questions asked," says Beck. Most use it to travel to the hospitals to visit their injured relatives, she says.
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Duke's Mute, but It's Obama for Kitty
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2008 CommentMichael Dukakis went from standard-bearer of the Democratic Party to black sheep after his landslide loss to George H.W. Bush. But he's not done with politics. The 1988 Democratic nominee says he's impressed with his party's current crop of candidates, but only his wife, Kitty, will name a favorite: Sen. Barack Obama. Still a student of politics, Dukakis has a fear about 2008. "None of the campaigns seem to understand the importance of precinct-based organizing," he says. That's why he's helping the party install a captain in the nation's 200,000 precincts. He has also learned to beat his critics to the punch with self-deprecating humor. "Now consider the source," he says. "If I was so smart, I'd have got myself elected. But you're supposed to learn from experience, as the Greeks say."
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Out Loud: January 3, 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2008 Comment"Not very fun, is it? The news today just conjures up some frightening possibilities. Happy New Year."
James Paulsen, Wells Capital Management chief investment strategist, on oil prices, the Dow's drop, and the slowing economy
"The older you get, the less clothes you need. Your blood thickens."
Bill Clinton, in Iowa, on how he survives the chills of campaigning in the winter
"Red Bull—that stuff's nasty."
John Edwards, offered one of the pep drinks while campaigning tirelessly in Iowa. He prefers Sprite.
"People ask me, 'Do you believe in resurrection?' Of course, I do. Dead people vote in every election we have in Arkansas. Resurrection is real to us!"
Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher, now a GOP presidential candidate
Sources: Washington Post, Examiner, ABC Political Radar, New York Times
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Cartoon: January 3, 2008
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Sen. John McCain, The Rebel Of 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook January 2, 2008 Comment (1)Poll: Left for dead, Sen. John McCain has surged back in New Hampshire to take on the sheriff of New England, Mitt Romney. Do you think McCain will beat Mitt or crash in New Hampshire?
