Gregory Wallace:
"(CNN) — Were Ronald Reagan in office today, some Republicans would “start looking for a ‘real’ conservative to challenge him in a primary,” Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote in an op-ed published Saturday evening.
The former California governor said that the man who held that office 30 years before him — before becoming president — is becoming more a distant memory than a model to some Republicans on the “extreme right.” They are playing the role of “ideological enforcers” rather than seeking inclusion and solutions, wrote Schwarzenegger, himself a Republican.
“What’s important is our shared belief in the broad Republican principles of free enterprise and small government,” he said in the op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times. “If we continue to fight one another without being willing to compromise, we will keep losing to big-government advocates.”
Schwarzenegger encouraged his party to embrace a “big tent” mentality rather than exclude Republicans who are willing to compromise and, like Reagan and others, occasionally “buck their party....”
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April 8, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: KDVR Fox 31 "Dozens of soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan"
"...About 70 members of the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat team arrived back at Fort Carson Friday.
They were reunited with friends and family who they haven’t seen for about a year.
Members of the unit spent that time training Army and Police in Western Afghanistan. It’s a key part of the U.S. effort to turn over security to the Afghan people.
One Sergeant said although there were definite challenges, language being one, the reactions he got from Afghans were mostly positive.
“They appreciate us being over there,” says Sgt. Brian Linley. “They appreciate our support. You always get onesies and twosies that don’t want us there but, hey, that’s the risk we have to be willing to take.”..."
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They were reunited with friends and family who they haven’t seen for about a year.
Members of the unit spent that time training Army and Police in Western Afghanistan. It’s a key part of the U.S. effort to turn over security to the Afghan people.
One Sergeant said although there were definite challenges, language being one, the reactions he got from Afghans were mostly positive.
“They appreciate us being over there,” says Sgt. Brian Linley. “They appreciate our support. You always get onesies and twosies that don’t want us there but, hey, that’s the risk we have to be willing to take.”..."
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