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Saturday, October 27, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan
U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan on Saturday. The coalition reported that four bombs were dropped on a trench line filled with Taliban fighters, which resulted in most of the deaths. Learn More .
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This Monday, October 22, 2007, President Bush on behalf of the Nation publicly honored fallen Navy SEAL Mike Murphy by presenting his grieving parents with the Medal of Honor - and privately honored their sacrifice by wearing a dog tag they'd given him moments before.
"He took his deployment personally. He was going after, and his team was going after, the men who planned, plotted against and attacked not only the United States, but the city he loved, New York," said his father. "He knew what he was fighting for." It is because of the character of men like Lt. Mike Murphy that our children live in safety and businesses prosper in a stable environment. And it is darn well time that we all (businesses included) start standing up like real men and real women for our neighbors like Mike Murphy who stand up for all of us.- Details
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan - 24 Taliban fighters were killed in a battle with U.S. Forces in Southern Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters attacked Afghan and coalition troops with rockets and gunfire Monday in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, sparking a four-hour battle, a coalition statement said. Learn More.
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A Tall Moral Obligation.
Remarks at Bill signing, Governor's office, Boise, Idaho, March 29, 2007. I am Martin Boire, chairman of Support Our Troops® A question: A neighbor leaves his family to go off and protect your family. Morally, what do you think you should for his family? For her family?
The thing is, everyone in this room already knows the answer. Witness your presence here and the nature of this gathering.
The Support Our Troops license plate
This license plate enables people to publicly state support for their troops and families, and to aggregate patriotic private money to bolster the families of their neighbors who are sacrificing to protect all of us.
Education, car repairs, medical, home needs, emergencies, and the like -- the kinds of things that dad or mom could do if they were home.
The Support Our Troops license plate is our gift to those who are serving, and those yet to serve. Those who preserve our liberties, livelihoods, and businesses --- and have families at home while they do.
Our message is simple: They Support Us Let's Support Them!
This is a tall moral obligation -- looking out for the families of those who are looking out for ours.
Thank you Roy Eiguren for shepherding this plate through the Idaho Legislature.
Thank you Sen. Lee Heinrich (R), Rep. Mary Shepherd (D), and Rep. Bob Nanoni (R) for sponsoring the legislation.
Truly great civilians.
And God Bless all of our amazing troops and their wonderful families.
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"Our Gift"
Remarks by Martin Boire at Media Announcement by Rep. Alan Hays, Capital Rotunda 4th Floor, announcing Support Our Troops specialty plate in Florida. March 28, 2007, 9:30 a.m.Good Morning! A question for you: A neighbor leaves his family to go off and protect your family. Morally what you should do for his family? For her family?Now is the time for all good Floridians to come together for the families of the active-duty troops who sacrifice to protect us.
A great charity, conceived by civilians in Florida and across this great nation, has been set forth upon the American landscape, and focused on those who protect all of us.
Support Our Troops®
This charity is from our families, to their families. They protect ours. We'll protect theirs.
America is a Visionary Nation. And Florida is a Visionary State.
We look to the future, not the past.
While some look ask and Why? We look and say Why Not?
And the men and women gathered here are just such people.
You and I stand surrounded by great people. People of great vision.
And their vision is establishing this year the Support Our Troops! plate in Florida.
The Support Our Troops license plate will enable people to show their support for their active duty troops and families, and provide a means of raising patriotic private money to bolster the families of their neighbors who are sacrificing to protect all of us.
Education, medical, car repairs, home needs, emergency transportation, -- the basic kinds of things that dad or mom would do if they were home.
This is a tall moral obligation looking out for the families of those who are looking out for our families.
Over 90% of Americans have never served in the military. I am one of them, representative of the rest.
And on behalf of all of those they protect, I am here to thank those who do.
Our message: They Support Us Let's Support Them.
This is our gift to those who are serving, and to those who yet will serve.
Those who preserve our liberties, livelihoods, and businesses -- and have families at home while they do.
Thank you Senator Carey Baker and Representative Alan Hays, and God bless our amazing troops and their families.