My first cousin and his wife, Kenny and Jennifer, were killed 7 years ago today when the plane they were flight attendants on was hijacked and flown into the Pentagon at about this time of day. Watching the memorial services this morning has the harsh realities of that day and the pain swelling up again [...]

By now you’ve heard the surge is working. While I hate to use statistics to show just how much improvement there has been in Iraq, the stats really do show an impressive turnaround. For Iraq casualty figures visit the Iraq Coalition Casualties site. And let’s not forget about our family in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom). [...]