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Thank you to the men and women who answered the call

By Art Gallagher

matt-and-joshSince September 11, 2001, 1,000,000 American kids have answered the call.

Today, November 11, 2016 the mainstream media is focusing on a few kids who are protesting the outcome of the presidential election in their safe spaces.

I prefer to honor those 1,000,000 men and women who have sacrificed and experienced unimaginable horrors to protect our American way of life that gives those of us who are ridiculing the protesting kids from our own safe places the right to do so.

I recently had the privileged of beginning to get to know one of those young men, Staff Sergeant (Ret) Matthew O’Neil.  Matt is the eldest son of my friend Rick O’Neil, the Mayor-elect of Highlands.

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Posted: November 11th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Veterans | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

NYC bomb plot revealed in guilty plea of N.J. ISIS supporter

assetContentNEWARK–A third member of a close circle of friends tied together in an investigation spanning across New Jersey, New York and to the Middle East, pleaded guilty Thursday of attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Nader Saadeh, a 20-year-old from Rutherford taken into custody shortly after arriving Jordan last May, admitted in a court… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: December 10th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: New Jersey, War on terror | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on NYC bomb plot revealed in guilty plea of N.J. ISIS supporter

Christie gives fiery speech in Florida in aftermath of Paris attacks

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks that rocked Paris, Gov. Chris Christie offered one of his fiercest rebukes of President Obama’s strategy to defeat terrorism here and abroad, and vowed Saturday to be a president who puts the “safety, security and freedom” of Americans first before all else. The governor, speaking… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: November 15th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, War on terror | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Christie gives fiery speech in Florida in aftermath of Paris attacks