When was first elected to Congress, a story “Base Closures a Top Concern For Incoming GOP Lawmakers” profiled John Kline (R-MN-02) : As they begin to establish their presence on the House Armed Services Committee, incoming Republicans are gearing up to fight for their local military bases. In anticipation of a round of base closures [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02), a 25-year veteran of the Marine Corps, took time this morning to enjoy breakfast with Minnesota DAV I appreciated hearing from fellow veterans this morning at the #Minnesota DAV breakfast. #veterans twitter.com/repjohnkline/s… — John Kline (@repjohnkline) February 27, 2013 What was discussed is unknown; yet, most likely the subject of the impending [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02) is rightfully proud of his work championing “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” legislation as stated in his press release : As the father of an Army Blackhawk pilot, the husband of a retired Army nurse, and a 25-year veteran of the Marine Corps, John Kline considers it a personal priority to ensure government [...]
The military’s mission is to fight and win. “The Army is focused on the short term — ‘I need a warm body manning a gun in a Humvee. That’s great — until that warm body is crazy and eats his gun.” – Peter J.N. Linnerooth, a Bronze Star-winning Army psychologist, who took his own life [...]
Voters will go to the polls with a choice … Mitt Romney advocates increasing the military by 100,000 (without explaining what their mission would be although he acknowledges that he agrees that American and coalition troops will be out of Afghanistan in 2014) … or Barack Obama who has used Executive Orders to force changes [...]
Republicans continue to amaze … Todd Akin has (R-MO) his moment in the sun … before that it was Joe Walsh (R-IL-08) who complained about his opponent’s military service saying, “unlike most veterans I have had the honor to meet since my election to Congress, who rarely if ever talk about their service or the [...]
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll taken after the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the heart of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) finds a majority of Americans (56 percent) now say they would like to see the law’s detractors stop their efforts to block its implementation and move on to other national problems. And the Senate has told [...]
There was a moment during the Fox News-Google GOP Presidential debate on September 22, 2011 when the audience turned ugly … rekindling memories of the Vietnam era. Memories that should have been repressed …. the emotional conflict of Vietnam impacted America when not every soldier was greeted as they should have been. “I was in [...]
MPR’s Mark Zdechlik and Tom Scheck report that John Kline (R-MN-02) has commented on his thoughts on the GOP Presidential nominee : Kline said he wasn’t prepared to back GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign. Bachmann represents Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District which borders part of Kline’s district. Kline called Bachmann “a friend” who “has certainly been [...]
It’s a busy week in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) as it addresses the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, but first thing first. First up is not agreeing with the Pentagon on cutting MEADS , no, it was re-establishment support for some old issues. For example, the Pentagon proposed increase of [...]
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