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mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 05:39 AM
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Marco Rubio in Afghanistan, gets "rare glimpse" of Afghan National Army unit
Edited on Mon Jan-17-11 05:42 AM by mfcorey1
The whole bunch of them are showboating in the war zone. I wonder if Allen West wants him to be on the battle field with the troops like he sugggested the President do.


NATO Training Mission Afghanistan reports that the Florida senator and six other Republican senators got to see an Afghan National Army unit demonstrate "its proficiency to a multi-national audience" -- Sunday at the Kabul Military Training Center.

The site says the senators "took the opportunity to interact with the ANA soldiers that had staged the proficiency demonstration. The attendees included Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.



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LawnKorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 06:35 AM
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1. This line says it all
that had staged the proficiency demonstration


The Republicans staged the whole thing to extract political gain using Tax Payer money.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 06:58 AM
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2. would sure like to see marco miss his plane home and remain stranded for the next couple of years
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 11:07 AM
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3. The whole bunch - many of the leading asshats of the (R) potty. nt
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