Tag: Afghanistan
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Colorado veterans worry about safety of Afghanistan interpreters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ayebee fears for his life. The former interpreter for American troops, now married with kids, desperately wants to get his family out of Afghanistan. “He is terrified of being beheaded right now,” said Eric Sebastian, a former infantryman who served in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz Province from…
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Colorado mother, daughter stuck in Afghanistan; family pleads for help
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ali Kazemi’s family moved to Colorado Springs when he was a baby after his father was killed by the Taliban. Now, his mother and sister are stuck in the country as the terrorist group gains…
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Biden draws criticism from fellow Democrats over deadly Afghanistan withdrawal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Congressional Democrats aren’t sparing a president from their own party of criticism over the chaotic U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan as the Taliban seized control of the country and images of fleeing Afghans at Kabul’s airport surfaced worldwide. “There’s no way to hide it. The situation…
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Military veterans look back on 20 years of war in Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dustin Gray had already served three years in the Army when 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airplanes, flying two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon outside Washington D.C. with the fourth crashing in a…
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Analysis: Army vet Kendall well-positioned for Space Command decision | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Biden administration’s pick to lead the Air Force is a West Point graduate well-versed in the high-tech demands of the Space Force. Frank Kendall III, nominated last week as Air Force secretary, was one…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space…
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Veterans getting attention they deserve at the Colorado Capitol | INSIGHTS
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Americans owe a large debt we can never repay, besides the national debt. At the Colorado Capitol, at least a few are trying to cover some of the costs of service. My friend Leroy Garcia…