Thursday, February 07, 2013

Dr Benjamin Carson Gives Keynote Address at Annual National Prayer Breakfast

Cropped-File White House photo by Shealah Craighead
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Thursday, February 07, 2013
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This morning at the annual National Prayer Breakfast that is held in Washington, D.C. every year… best-selling author and a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Ben Carson delivered the keynote address and what a GREAT speech it was. Lol… had President Obama looking down, around and with a frown at the end too!
Click it out below…
(Note: the best part of his speech to me was after about 17-18 minutes into his speech, Taxes and healthcare… Powerful stuff so check it out!)
This video courtesy of C-SPAN – Just under 27 minutes long
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AubreyJ………

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Algeria Hostage Crisis Updates - January 22, 2013


Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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* Fox News had the following report posted up on their website this past Friday evening and it starts off like this… Earlier Friday, the State Department confirmed there are still American hostages being held by an Al Qaeda-linked group at the gas plant, deep in the Saharan desert. When asked about a report that the group wants to trade hostages for terror figures jailed in the United States, spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said: “The United States does not negotiate with terrorists.”…
Read this report in full at link below…
* The New York Times reports… With more than 60 hostages still missing and many feared dead, Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament on Friday that the Qaeda-linked attack on a remote Algerian gas installation demonstrated the need for Britain and its western allies, including the United States, to direct more of their diplomatic, military and intelligence resources to the intensifying threat emanating from “the ungoverned space” of the North African desert, treating it with as much concern as the terrorist challenge in Pakistan and Afghanistan…
Read the full report at link below…
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* BBC had the following report posted up on their website Sunday evening and it starts off like this… At least 48 hostages are now thought to have died in a four-day siege at an Algerian gas plant, as reports say that 25 bodies found at the complex on Sunday were all those of captives… It had initially been unclear whether the bodies found were those of hostage-takers or staff at the facility… A day earlier, Algerian officials reported the deaths of 23 hostages, saying many more were unaccounted for… Five suspected Islamist attackers were reportedly arrested on Sunday… The Algerian authorities had said on Saturday that all 32 hostage-takers had been killed… The siege was ended in a raid by troops on Saturday. Officials say a definitive death toll will be released later…
Read this report in full at link below…
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* CBSNews.com has the following News report/Video…
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* CNN.com has this good read, (with lots of links to other great reads,) posted on their website this Tuesday afternoon and it starts off like this…
All eyes are on Algeria following the hostage crisis at a BP gas facility that left at least 37 hostages -- and dozens of militants -- dead. And while we're uncovering details of what happened at the remote desert complex at In Amenas and why, we must also scrutinize what this crisis tells us about security in North Africa, or the Maghreb…
Read the rest at link below…
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Yeah, Obama… you really got them Terrorist on the run,
shaking to death in their flip-flops...
AubreyJ………
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Obama says Fewer Troops in Afghanistan this spring setting New Mission Goal to Train, Advise and Assist Afghan Troops only


This News Video by PBS News Hour: President Obama sat down with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss the future role of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. While combat forces are scheduled to exit the region in 2014, the two leaders met to talk over a range of troop level options and responsibilities. Judy Woodruff reports.
Originally posted on Friday, January 11, 2012
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AubreyJ………
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Road Trip Coming For NASA's Mars Rover


Image Credit NASA
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* MSNBC.com brings us the following AP report that has this to say in part… Curiosity is being prepared for its first drilling operation, and then in mid-February it's off to Mount Sharp…
Read the full report at link below...
- More information about Curiosity can be found online at
- You can follow the mission on FaceBook at: http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity
and on Twitter at:
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AubreyJ
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf Past Today At The Age Of 78


General Norman Schwarzkopf official DoD file photo
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Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf died today, Thursday, December 27, 2012, in Tampa, Fla., at the age of 78. It’s reported he past away from pneumonia complications.
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Many remember him still today as ‘Stormin Norman’, the fierce, steadfast Desert Storm Commander.
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We thank you General Schwarzkopf for your decorated service in Vietnam and your history breaking liberation of Kuwait. We thank you for all that you have done over the years for this great country of ours.
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America has lost another great one today… He will be so missed.
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AubreyJ………
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Holiday Wishes 2012

Holiday Wishes *
Note: This Post on TOP till after first of year - Happy Holidays!
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Christmas Past

Christmas up at my Grandparents House over the years…
Enjoy!
Click link below for some of my Christmas stories I wrote over the years, plus photos, videos and MUCH more!!!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
AubreyJ………
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

NBC News Team Freed In Syria Five Days After Being Kidnapped

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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Image Credit Iran's Press TV website

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* Reuters brings us the following report and it starts off like this… An NBC news team was freed in Syria during a firefight at an Islamic rebel checkpoint five days after being ambushed and kidnapped by 15 heavily armed gunmen, correspondent Richard Engel said on Tuesday… Engel, 39, who along with production crew members Ghazi Balkiz and John Kooistra disappeared after crossing into northwestern Syria from Turkey on Thursday, said their kidnappers were members of a militia loyal to President Bashar al-Assad…
Read this report in full at link below…
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* The Sydney Morning Herald has this take on the news… NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said on Tuesday he and members of his network crew escaped unharmed after five days of captivity in Syria, where more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen dragged them from their car, killed one of their rebel escorts and subjected them to mock executions…
Read the full report at link below…
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NBC News Crew Unharmed After Kidnapping
 
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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AubreyJ………
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Taking a Moment to Honor our Fallen Heroes


Since that tragic day on 9-11-2001… many of our bravest have given their all while fighting for this great country of ours. Please take a moment to thank them, in your own way, for all they have done and were willing to do for you -- me and this great country of ours. May God bless each and every one of these fallen Heroes, all of those who have been wounded, all of their families, friends, loved ones and their comrades in arms who were at their side.
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Never forget those that protect us -- Each and every day...
AubreyJ.........