davidl on June 5th, 2011

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
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

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Eric Florack on February 12th, 2009

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  The senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his name for consideration.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

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2009

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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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

Top of the Ticket:

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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