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Marine Commandant Defends Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer

Everything about Dakota Meyer's service was honorable; and then everything went to hell in a handbasket after he reported BAE's attempt to sell military hardware to Pakistan.

(SALEM) - A McClatchy Newspaper reporter alleges in a series of articles, that the government beefed up the story of U.S. Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor in September.

This is not sitting well with Marines, particularly the top Marine officer, the Commandant, Gen. James F. Amos.

North Korea`s Kim Jong-Il, Dies at 69

In Korea, he was known by a number of nicknames, they included the "Dear Leader", "our Father", "the General" and "Generalissimo".

(SALEM) - The controversial political leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, died yesterday. He was the supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In April 2009, North Korea's constitution was changed and the leader's title was implicitly deemed the "Supreme Leader".

As the commander of the 4th largest army in the world, Kim Jon-il has been nothing less than a controversial figure in his lifetime.

Poetry: Medal Of Honor & The $1 Value Meal

A British military contractor has been on the offensive with slanderous and libelous statements about this hero of the highest order.

(CLEVELAND / SALEM) - As we reported in a recent article, a Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic rescue of 36 human beings, has been under assault by a British military contractor for alleged "drinking" problems and also for supposedly for having "mental" problems.

Of course none of this was on the radar of the contractor BAE Systems, until after former Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer blew the whistle on the company's attempt to sell high-powered sniper scopes to the Pakistani military.

Marine Medal of Honor Recipient, Nation`s Best- Faces Retaliation as Whistleblower

The Medal of Honor reflects the gratitude of the entire nation. Here's the rest of the story...

(SALEM) - Marine Corps sergeant Dakota Meyer was awarded the Congressional medal for saving 36 lives in the heat of extensive combat, in Afghanistan.

But now, instead of being honored, Dakota Meyer is experiencing retaliation for having blown the whistle on a former employer based in England, military defense contractor BAE Systems, that he believes was trying to sell military hardware to Pakistan that could in turn be used against U.S. forces.

Once Again, War is Prime Time and Journalism`s Role is Taboo

The role of respectable journalism in western state crimes — from Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Libya — remains taboo.

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - On 22 May 2007, the Guardian’s Iran’s secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq." The writer, Simon Tisdall, claimed that Iran had secret plans to defeat American troops in Iraq, which included "forging ties with al-Qaeda elements."

Nominate a Hero for a Citizen Service Before Self Honor, One of Our Nation`s Highest Civilian Honors

More heroes needed from Oregon, which had a finalist 2 years ago (bio below)—Jason Faler. There has not been a national winner from Oregon.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation today announced it is now accepting nominations for the Citizen Service Before Self Honors, which recognizes and honors those ordinary Americans who become extraordinary through their indomitable courage and selflessness.

Citizen Service Before Self Honors are unique, because they are presented to unsung heroes by our nation’s most honored heroes—the fewer than 90 living recipients of our nation’s highest award for valor—the Medal of Honor.

Ending the War in Afghanistan

It is time to bring our sons and daughters home and hand over security in Afghanistan to the people of Afghanistan.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - After 10 years, more than one hundred thousand American troops remain in Afghanistan, at the cost of over $100 billion a year and the lives and well-being of too many of our young men and women who wear the uniform.

America has accomplished the goals that were originally set out in Afghanistan: eliminating al Qaeda's safe haven and bringing to justice those responsible for 9/11.

America Keeps Forgetting its Heroes, but California Remembered Daniel Foster

Apple pie, Chevrolet, and a government that cashes in on heroes before throwing them to the curb.

(COSTA MESA) - Here we are on Thanksgiving Day in America. While we are among the most fortunate in this world in a general sense, for some, America has become a place of increasing hardship. For some, it has been much worse than that.

London Calling: Time for Sri Lanka`s Release of Post-Conflict Report

Foreign Office Minister calls on Rajapaksa regime to take the opportunity to show cooperation.

(SALEM) - Britain's Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt is calling on Sri Lanka's government to publicly release the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee's report on post conflict issues in Sri Lanka.

A long-running feud between the minority Tamil population in the country's north coastal region, and the Sinhalese Buddhist government, came to a head two summers ago and culminated in the brutal extinction of large numbers of Hindu and Christian Tamils.

Sugar coating bitter realities with laughable theatrics

Sri Lanka's compromised police, prosecutors, judiciary and public institutions.

(COLOMBO) - The moderates must claim the discussion to be predominantly about the abolition of the Executive Presidency. The debates must be about Sri Lanka's compromised police, prosecutors, judiciary and public institutions.

Sugar coating these bitter realities with laughable theatrics at international treaty sessions or putting forward reports of Commissions of Inquiry and unworkable National Action Plans on Human Rights must be rejected with the contempt that they richly deserve.