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President Barack Obama Calls for Seamless ...
Continue Reading →It is fashionable these days to pick on people or institutions that promote a “political” agenda. Mind you, there are plenty of targets worthy of scorn and outrage, but righteous indignation and self-promotion discourages meaningful dialogue.
As a 501 (c)3 non-political educational foundation, Stand For The Troops (“SFTT”) often focuses on the shortcomings of military and political institutions that fail to meet their obligations to support military personnel and Veterans.
In particular, SFTT has been most critical of the level of care provided ...
Continue Reading →Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
Drop me an email at info@sftt.org if you believe that there are other subjects that are newsworthy.
President Obama Faces Tough Questions from Military and Veterans
Obama was at this Army base near Richmond to take part in a ...
Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage our readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
Drop me an email at info@sftt.org if you believe that there are other subjects that are newsworthy.
President Obama Says 8400 Troops to Remain in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama gave up Wednesday on ending the war in Afghanistan ...
Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage our readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
Drop me an email at info@sftt.org if you believe that there are other subjects that are newsworthy.
Military Suicides: Most Appear Before Combat
“We found the highest rates of suicide attempts were among never-deployed soldiers and those in ...
“There are no two words more harmful in the English language than ‘good job,'” according to J. K. Simmons in his riveting role as a jazz instructor in Whiplash.
With all due respect, “good job” now must take back seat to “chipping away,” as President Obama declared in a recent visit ...
Continue Reading → The Obama administration is once again immersed in a political tragedy in Egypt largely of its own making. How it will play out is largely anyone’s guess, but President Obama seems destined to make the same silly mistakes in international diplomacy that have plagued previous administrations. Mind you, his motives may be well-intended, but trying to be on the “right side of history” often leads to the blood of others to be shed.
Other than politicians who have no ...
Continue Reading →With great fanfare, President Obama “told a crowd of disabled veterans on Saturday that his administration has made headway with efforts to battle a longstanding backlog of disability claims.”
As reported in the Washingon Post, “’Today, I can report that we are not where we need to be, but we’re making progress,’” Obama said during a speech at a Disabled American Veterans’ convention in Orlando. “’In the last five months alone, it’s down nearly 20 percent. We’re turning the ...
Continue Reading →In regards to the highly touted release of the administrations review of Afghanistan, one-step up and two-steps back.
One-step up, “strategy is showing progress”; two-steps back, no new information on how soon Afghan Security Forces will be able to assume responsibility for security and when the “rat-lines” coming out of Pakistan can be severed.
One-step up, “we are on track to achieve our goals”; two-steps back, gains are still “fragile and reversible” and ...
Continue Reading →The overall commander on the ground in Afghanistan is saying one thing on the lack of overall progress of the war, while the commander-in-chief and Pentagon officials trumpet a “more optimistic message”. But the tactical and operational commanders on the ground are telling the blunt truth on the situation. Grunts don’t like mixed messages, which is what they are getting. Grunts especially don’t like when senior commanders hedge when ...
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