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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 12:43 PM
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Strongly recommend hearing testimony of Cpl Rick Reyes today (Afghan & Iraq vet)
Edited on Thu Apr-23-09 12:48 PM by Muttocracy
http://c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-R-17734

If you don't want to listen to the whole thing, Reyes starts about 18:30 in

He talks about trying to find the Taliban among civilians as "hunting ghosts", and creating enemies.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 12:49 PM
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1. advises against sending more troops to solve what is a political problem. nt
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 12:59 PM
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2. thanks for the heads up
i have it on now.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 01:45 PM
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3. other witnesses were really good too - good to hear from this set of veterans. nt
Edited on Thu Apr-23-09 01:45 PM by Muttocracy
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 02:44 PM
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4. They actually had various opinions
which made for a very interesting hearing. (Although it had to be weird for Kerry to constantly hear the phrase "young John Kerry".)
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 03:48 PM
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5. yeah, sometimes I wondered if he was really taking notes or just absorbed in his own thoughts...
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 04:14 PM
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6. I think he was taking notes - likely to refer to with his questions
His questions did a lot of referring to what had been said. He had to be affected, but he is a professional at this. He also seems to have real bad allergies again.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 04:27 PM
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7. yeah, he definitely referred to specifics each person said
I guess after this much time in the limelight he doesn't blush much!
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