Troops pay cost for Pentagon mismanagement
Frontiers of Freedom
by Diane M. Grassi
10/27/05
Staff Sergeant George T. Alexander, Jr. suffered injuries in an October 17, 2005 explosion in Iraq. He died of his sustained wounds on October 22, 2005 in San Antonio, TX near his home of Killeen, TX. Unfortunately, his death will be earmarked as the 2,000th United States soldier confirmed dead, serving in the War in Iraq. There have also been approximately 12,000 wounded soldiers who have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them now permanently disabled. The U.S. military has called upon the media to refrain from making a political issue of the number of dead service members, but it is expected to remain a political hot potato on Capitol Hill...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Diane M. Grassi
10/27/05
Staff Sergeant George T. Alexander, Jr. suffered injuries in an October 17, 2005 explosion in Iraq. He died of his sustained wounds on October 22, 2005 in San Antonio, TX near his home of Killeen, TX. Unfortunately, his death will be earmarked as the 2,000th United States soldier confirmed dead, serving in the War in Iraq. There have also been approximately 12,000 wounded soldiers who have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them now permanently disabled. The U.S. military has called upon the media to refrain from making a political issue of the number of dead service members, but it is expected to remain a political hot potato on Capitol Hill...
http://tinyurl.com/byx5x
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 28. Okt, 18:07
