As a Navy wife, my life’s faced some tough roads. In 11 years, my beloved spent nearly 5 years away from San Diego, away from me and our friends, away from everyday life as an American. He missed Sept. 11 and the madness in the days, weeks, months following. He missed holidays, birthdays, anniversaries. He missed buying Christmas trees, family …
POLITICO: GOP taps Hunter and other GOP veterans for Afghan advice
As a Marine lieutenant in Iraq in 2004, Duncan Hunter was poised for an assault on Fallujah when the order came down from Washington to pull out instead. It was the kind of top-down military decision — which in this case had to be reversed when security in Fallujah later deteriorated — that Hunter hopes will not be repeated in Afghanistan.
Now, five years later and a freshman congressman from California, Hunter is in a much better position to have his voice heard. As an Iraq war veteran, he has been enlisted by the House Republican leadership to help make its case that President Barack Obama should support Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for more troops in Afghanistan — and do it soon.
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