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Stories by Gabe Ledeen

Gabe Ledeen is a fellow with the Vets For Freedom Educational Institute. He served two tours in al Anbar, Iraq, as an officer with a Marine infantry battalion.

Honor Murtha?

Gabe Ledeen wrote on March 19th, 2009 at 5:15 am

Congressman John Murtha was recently awarded the Department of the Navy’s highest public service award for non-employees by the Secretary of the Navy.  This is an outrage.  As you probably know, John Murtha has been the worst of a bad lot in Congress who exploited those serving in combat for political purposes.  He was the   more

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Obama Forgets Victory

Gabe Ledeen wrote on March 1st, 2009 at 10:18 pm

Watching President Obama’s address at Camp Lejeune, I was struck by the significance of the moment. This was it. This was truly the transition point, when George Bush’s war became Obama’s war, and by extension, all of ours as well. This was the moment when those who opposed the war and those who believed in it would   more

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Sderot, Israel Is Iraq Without The Body Armor

Gabe Ledeen wrote on January 27th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

I am no stranger to the danger of rocket and mortar fire.  As a Marine officer serving in Iraq in 2006, a 122mm rocket landed roughly 50 feet from where my Staff Sergeant and I were walking through our motor pool.  Thankfully it was a dud and didn’t explode, but the experience of hearing the   more

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