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Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM

How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words

"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."

Glenn Greenwald

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Sunday, May 11, 2008 03:18 PM

OT Obama secures grant to offer vets free college education

This is from my local paper today. The university is only thrree miles from my home.

To thank the U.S. military, Benedictine University is offering Illinois veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan a free education through its First Responder program, the school announced Friday. The university is the first in the country to offer this program.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama secured a $750,000 federal grant for the first year of the program, which is in the final stages of paperwork in Washington, D.C. Starting this fall, that money will go toward the extension of the program.

University President William Carroll said that even if the university does not receive federal grants after this year, the program will continue long-term.

"We will keep this program going no matter what because it is the right thing to do," Carroll said during a May 9 press conference.

—Retired Military Patriot Read Retired Military Patriot's other letters

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