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Death of Bin Laden: SEALs are heroes but Team Obama should have shut up about mission details
Nov 13, 2014
Column
Navy SEALs are disciplined, tactical and menacing warriors within the U.S. Special Forces community. They are often at the tip of the spear, operating in the shadows and conducting dangerous missions worldwide, and they have achieved much success:...
Hunter: Obama Fiddles While Marine Sits In Mexican Jail Cell
Aug 27, 2014
Column
In a jail cell in Mexico sits Andrew Tahmooressi, a former Marine Corps Sergeant who served honorably and survived two combat tours in Afghanistan. For almost five months, Andrew has languished in prison for simply taking a wrong turn into Mexico....
Hunter: Mexican officials violated rights of Marine in Mexico—offers possible fast-track for case
Jul 22, 2014
Press Release
Washington DC—U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter said today that Mexican officials violated the rights of Andrew Tahmooressi in the hours and days immediately following his arrest for mistakenly crossing the border with three legally-owned firearms...
Terry, Hunter write to Mexico Court to show bipartisan support for Andrew Tahmooressi ahead of today’s hearing
Jul 9, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Lee Terry (R-NE) and Duncan Hunter (R-CA) today wrote to Mexican Judge Victor Octavio Luna Escobedo who today is presiding over the hearing of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, the U.S. Marine who despite having served...
The New York Times Owes the Military and Veterans an Apology
Apr 18, 2014
Column
The New York Times is no stranger to sensational journalism, routinely focusing on provocative subjects and storylines, but a new low was reached this week—even for the New York Times. An essay written by Kathleen Belew, a quintessential...
It’s Time to Award More Medals of Honor for Iraq Vets
Mar 19, 2014
Column
Eleven years ago this week, America’s military began the assault on Saddam Hussein’s forces in Iraq. A coalition led by the United States outmaneuvered and overwhelmed the Iraqi army, breaching the gates of Baghdad in just twenty-one days. The...
Cutting the Defense Budget While Protecting Pay and Benefits for Currently Serving Troops
Dec 10, 2013
Column
Depending on who is doing the talking, the national defense budget is either too big or not large enough. Both sides have fair points, but what seems to be dangerously lacking from the two perspectives is a true sense of budget realities. To those...
An Honor Long Overdue
Oct 15, 2013
Column
America's military is still fighting in Afghanistan – a fact that has been overshadowed by the state of dysfunction amid the ongoing government shutdown and approaching debt limit. For the first time in a long while, Americans will be reminded of...
Honor where honor is overdue
Sep 27, 2013
Column
In more than a decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Medal of Honor — the highest award for combat bravery — has been awarded five times to living recipients. On Oct. 15, the Medal of Honor will be presented to another living recipient,...
Congressman Hunter statement on Army Capt. Will Swenson MOH
Sep 17, 2013
Press Release
Washington DC—Today, U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and member of the House Armed Services Committee, praised the announcement that Army Captain Will Swenson will receive the Medal of Honor. Hunter...
