“Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos.”

The source said they were from a crash site. He presented photographs showing himself in company with others digging around obvious aircraft debris.

I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago.

During the mission, Walter Jones, a team member was given a package containing bone fragments by a Lao.

The fact is that Americans were sent to Russia that have not been returned.

I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue.

The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973.

From education to broadband, from building roads and bridges to supporting the military, Barack Obama is delivering for North Carolina. And he is delivering for America. A growing middle class is the foundation for a strong America.

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

The world spends two trillion dollars a year on military, and of that two trillion the United States spends one trillion. We have a bigger military than the rest of the world put together. We have 150 foreign military bases.

The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.

I think it’s criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they’re paid.

Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.

If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.

Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.