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Politics: President George H.W. Bush (Weekly) Newsletter for Sunday January 22, 2023 ( 2 items )  

Afghanistan Critical Care Air Transport Team Mission a 'Not-So-Routine' Operation
LACKLAND AFB, Texas, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Robert Whetstone, Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs Aug. 26, 2021, was a terrible day of bloodshed and destruction near Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, when a suicide bomber killed an estimated 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members. That same day, shortly after the bombing, U.S. Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Dominick Vitale, Brooke Army Med  more

Desert Storm Anniversary: Veteran Recalls American Triumph
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service In the summer of 1990, then-Staff Sgt. Jim Gill stood in a hotel lobby and listened to President George H.W. Bush announce on television that the U.S. would send troops to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control and prevent a possible invasion of Saudi Arabia. Gill, a 25-year old infantry Soldier at the time, had just flown in to report to his new assignment at Fort Stewart, Georgia. In t  more