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Josh Olson, left, who lost a leg to a rocket-propelled grenade while serving with the Army in Iraq, talks with ROTC cadet Shannon Rutledge, right, at the Gonzaga University ROTC center Thursday. Olson, originally from the Spokane area, is still active in the military as a member of the Army’s marksmanship team. He is stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. He came back to Spokane to present an award to Rutledge as an outstanding senior cadet. SR story by Kevin Graman here. (Jesse Tinsley/SR photo)
Question: Do you think the U.S. is finally accomplishing its goals in Iraq?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Arpie on March 05 at 10:29 a.m.
I generally like it that Idaho allows for people to take the place of Legislators that have to miss time during the session. I think things should change though for positions of leadership. Sending someone brand new to take the place of a leader of JFAC does not feel in the best interest of my representation or well run government. There are too many important decisions that a newby doesn’t have the background to make. If it’s just a vote in the legislature, he’s one of 35 or seventy some votes. I can handle that, but Chairs and vice chairs get to decide what bills receive hearings on their own. They are the chairs because they’ve been around a while and know how the sysem works.
TheContrarian on March 05 at 1:15 p.m.
What exactly are the goals? They’ve changed so much over the years