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3 Reasons the Senate Should Reject Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense | Common Dreams

Jan 14, 2025 | commondreams.org | Ann Wright

On January 14 at 9:30 am, the Fox News commentator and Army National Guard Major Pete Hegseth is scheduled to be questioned by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in a confirmation hearing on President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for him to be Secretary of Defense. I, along with many other women and men military veterans, will be at the hearing to strongly protest Hegseth's nomination and demand that the committee refuse to send the nomination forward for a vote of the entire Senate.
F**k You Al, I Am Resigning; Say the Same to Blinken!!!

Nov 24, 2024 | laprogressive.com | Ann Wright |Rob Maurer

Resignations from the U.S. war on Viet Nam, the U.S. war on Irag to the U.S. Complicity in the Israeli Genocide of GazaIn the November 21, 2024 Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training’s (ADST) weekly newsletter, the editors included a 1995 oral history interview with William Watts, White House Staff Secretary for the National Security Council (NSC)) during Nixon’s war on Viet Nam.
Events celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Sep 20, 2024 | gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright

Two events in the coming days will welcome the community to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The first event will be from 5:30–8:30 p.m. tonight in the plaza at Colorado Mesa University and is organized by the Western Colorado Latino Chamber of Commerce. It will be followed by another event from 3–6 p.m. on Saturday in the festival area at Las Colonias Park that is being organized by the Latin Anglo Alliance, according to the City of Grand Junction’s fall activity guide.
The Israeli and U.S. Governments Know the Name of the Israeli Soldier who Assassinated Peace Activist Aysengur Eygi

Sep 12, 2024 | covertactionmagazine.com | Ann Wright

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was working to “gather the facts” about the killing by Israeli military forces of U.S. citizen Aysenur Eygi. Blinken does not need time to “gather the facts.” The facts are already known to the Israeli military, the U.S. military and the U.S. government. They know exactly who assassinated International Solidarity Movement (ISM) member and U.S. citizen Aysenur Eygi on September 6, 2024.
NATO’s Obscure Relations with Israel

Jul 22, 2024 | transcend.org | Ann Wright

Ann Wright | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service On the arms flowing between members of the military alliance and Israel, which despite its small size, ranks as the 15th top weapons importer in the world. 20 Jul 2024 – NATO has a long, close and relatively unknown relationship with Israel that in 2016 resulted in the establishment of an Israel office in the Brussels headquarters of the military alliance.
Getting closer: Details coming together for LDS Grand Junction temple

Jun 30, 2024 | gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright

Larry Robinson/The Daily SentinelThe sun shines off he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Grand Junction temple on Friday night. The temple has been under construction for more than a year. There is currently no timeline for when the temple will be complete, according to project missionaries at the temple. Larry Robinson/The Daily Sentinel And in the morning, the rising sun sends out its rays and lights up the Portugal granite.
Is NATO Taking Over the Pacific?

Jun 27, 2024 | covertactionmagazine.com | Ann Wright

As the United States increases its military confrontation with China through new military bases on Guam and the Philippines and more land, sea and air exercises with countries in the Asia-Pacific, the world’s largest naval war exercises are going to be held in the mid-Pacific from June 26 to August 2, 2024—and NATO is in the middle of it.
WWII patches bring back memories for veteran

Jun 8, 2024 | montrosepress.com | Ann Wright

There aren’t many folks around these days who recognize the collection Robert Rodowsky created more than 80 years ago. It’s a variety of patches attached to the thick pages of a scrapbook worn by time and storage in a basementU.S. Army and Army Air Forces, Navy and Marine Corps patches, any that the 6- and 7-year-old Rodowsky could get his hands on back in the early 1940s. His mother’s cursive with a few identifying words next to many of the patches is now barely visible.
Is NATO Taking Over the Pacific?

Jun 6, 2024 | znetwork.org | Ann Wright

30% of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Naval Forces are from NATO EuropeAs the United States increases its military confrontation with China through new military bases on Guam and the Philippines and more land, sea and air exercises with countries in the Asia-Pacific, the world’s largest naval war exercises are going to be held in the mid-Pacific from June 26 to August 2, 2024-and NATO is in the middle of it.
Why Did the US Spend $320 Million on a Rube Goldberg Pier For Gaza?

May 17, 2024 | smirkingchimp.com | Ann Wright

While in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves for 29 years, I thought I had seen some pretty stupid things the military was told by politicians to do. It always begins with politicians deciding the easiest, most sensible solution to a problem would have too much political baggage and cost them votes in the next election. So, they look for a politically expedient solution, one that is invariably very expensive and convoluted.