Gurkha – 30, Taliban – 0, from Daily Mail (UK):
Corporal Dipprasad Pun defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters single-handedly
Used the tripod of his machine gun to beat away a militant after running out of ammunition
A Gurkha
It would appear that the rock Obama is going to continue looking for another commerce Secretary. The senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his name for consideration. From a news release on his site, we find the following:
Sen. Gregg
Now, it starts…ABC News is reporting:
President-elect Barack Obama took big money from a man at the center of a federal probe that has forced one of Obama’s top Cabinet picks to withdraw.
Financial records show the Obama campaign
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New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new administration of President-elect Barack Obama.
With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his inauguration
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