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""I know you, you know me. One thing I can tell you is you've got to be free, Come Together, right now."" - John Lennon
Why I’m Here

I served in the US Military as an Infantry Squad Leader  and was tasked with training and employing 12 men in Fallujah, Iraq.

 

My experiences in Iraq have greatly changed my perspective on the importance of friends, family, and the value of a strong community. 

 

I am a pre-law student at Georgetown University, and undecided about the next president of the United States.

 

We have found ourselves in this paradox: it was in violation of the natural rights of the Iraqi people that we entered, but it will also be in violation of their natural rights to leave them with no security. Honestly, I do not know what is the best - or right - move.

 

Check out my blog for more of my thoughts and experiences.

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Discuss your reactions to Choose or Lose Presents: Clinton & Obama Answer the Vets
Tags: politics  Iraq  Barack Obama  Hillary Clinton  Election 2008  Afghanistan... 
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Fighting the Good Fight
I am always reluctant to claim my disability it is a slippery slope. While on patrol in Fallujah, in 2004, my convoy was attacked by insurgents. The very first rocket fired landed at my feet, but it was certainly not the last. My left leg was blown off above the knee, my right leg looked like chopped...
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Lessons From Iraq
I was doing very well in my pre-law studies at Mount Union, but there came a point when I realized that I wasn't sure "who I was" and "what I stood for." I began to believe that I was put here for something more meaningful than getting a corner office some day at a powerful law firm, and frankly I knew...
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