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In a time when it's hard enough to meet recruiting numbers in the military, why would you want to kick out more soldiers that are willing to sacrifice their life for this country?"
I don't really want to have to deal with all of the headlines and everything going on about my service,
It is insulting to the families to try to tie this to some sort of political agenda,
The Department of Defense is responsible for casualty notifications. There were no Virginia National Guard personnel on that Black Hawk that collided with the jetliner on Wednesday evening.”
She continued by reading a statement You have a lot of time to think when you're very hungry and very, very tired,
I saw the conservative party moving in a direction that didn't align with what I considered to be conservative values,
she told Smerconish, adding I grew up homeschooled. My parents felt that a Christian education was very important,
she told Smerconish on his podcast I got married, bought a house, helped raise a stepdaughter, played drums in the church band, and adopted a dog. All the things I believed a good man should do,
Which is not something I would have thought I would move toward, but something just feels like it's calling me in that direction,
I don't know what else to say other than I have shown that I am capable of doing my job. I want to continue doing my job,
Some craziness has happened on the internet and I’m being named as one of the pilots of the DC crash,
I understand some people have associated me with the crash in D.C. and that is false,
Ellis said in a video on her Facebook profile It just could have been.”
At a White House briefing on Thursday, when pressed about his claim DEI was responsible for the crash, Trump responded The Biden Administration egregiously rejected merit-based hiring, requiring all executive departments and agencies to implement dangerous ‘diversity equity and inclusion’ tactics, and specifically recruiting individuals with “severe intellectual” disabilities in the FAA,
We must have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system,
Because common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t.”
When one reporter pressed the president for an explanation of his diversity claims during the press conference, Trump again failed to provide evidence, responding simply Only the highest aptitude, they have to be the highest intellect and psychologically superior people, were allowed to qualify for air traffic controllers,