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He could be your son or mine . . . Perhaps you saw the photo of 24-year-old Bowe Bergdahl of Idaho posted on the Internet last week. Bergdahl, an American soldier, was taken prisoner by the Taliban in Afghanistan 18 months ago.
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by Randi Kreiss
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12/16/10
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Hundreds gathered outside Dees’ Nursery in Oceanside on Dec. 6 to mark the seventh year of DHL Operation Holiday Cheer, a charitable program in which holiday trees, decorations and encouraging …
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Tom Steinert
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12/15/10
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Famed Marine Sgt. William Bodette was welcomed at the airport and escorted by the Patriot Guard to the VFW in Lynbrook on Monday night, where members and residents stood to greet him.
“I personally served with him from 1991 to 1994,” said Post Commander Pat Cardone. “He’s visiting New York, and we’d like to give him a warm welcome.”
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Mary Malloy
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11/10/10
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I can’t remember the last time I picked up a copy of Rolling Stone, but I urge you all to read the article in which Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of our troops in Afghanistan, and his colleagues gave a candid interview to journalist Michael Hasting.
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Al D'Amato
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7/1/10
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According to official reports, six American soldiers were killed during the first two weeks of this month in Afghanistan, casualties of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Randi Kreiss
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5/20/10
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Lynbrook resident Patti Hauswirth has been collecting and sending boxes of “goodies” overseas since 2006 — but recently, she had an even better idea.
“I thought it would be nice for those in the military to send their own Mother’s Day cards home to their mothers and wives. “They get free postage [from the military], but they don’t get cards or stationery to send.”
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Mary Malloy
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4/1/10
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In the unwritten political bible, it is said that there’s a time to speak out and a time to remain silent, a time to tear down and a time to build up, a time to stay and a time to go. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is speaking out and tearing down when he should remain silent. And clearly, his departure from the public scene is long overdue.
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Randi Kreiss
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2/25/10
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Think about what you know now, January 2010, that you didn’t know a year ago. Standing on the threshold of the new year, we have a moment to look back at how those 365 days changed us, as individuals and as a people and as paid-up members of the human race.
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Randi Kreiss
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1/7/10
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As we batted around ideas for this week’s editorial, we agreed that a new take on an old idea — New Year’s resolutions — was in order. Rather than offer our own ideas, we decided, we’d ask the experts.
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12/24/09
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In a recent Time magazine column, Andy Serwer labeled the 2000s the “decade from hell.” I’d be more inclined to call it the decade from purgatory.
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Scott Brinton
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12/24/09
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