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WWI Medal Finally Awarded
Nov 3, 2010
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U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones, a longtime advocate for injured veterans, knows combat trauma can haunt a soldier and generations of his family to come. His grandfather was gassed during World War I.
More than nine decades after Sgt. Walter G. Jones' lungs were scorched by phosgene gas on a battlefi...
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Editorial: Cargo Act for security
Nov 3, 2010
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Given the divisive nature of the recent midterm election, it may be too much to hope that lawmakers returning for the Nov. 15 closing of the 111th Congress might make progress on some unfinished business before adjournment. U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones, of North Carolina's 3rd Congressional Distric...
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Backdoor Draft Winding Down--For Now
Oct 13, 2010
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Don't call it an all-volunteer army.
Over the nine years and counting that the United States has been at war, about 145,000 members of the military have had their service extended against their will. About 4,000 are still serving involuntarily, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Pentagon's "stop...
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Wild Horses in North Carolina, Western States Face Uncertain Future
Sep 20, 2010
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They've survived in the wild for half a millennium, but now a development boom is threatening the very existence of the wild horses that roam the Outer Banks of North Carolina. And life isn't much better for the horses and burros that roam freely in the western United States, either.
On the East Co...
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