text: Chuck Hagel Nomination: An Interview With Senator Hagel on His Vietnam Combat Experience and Vision for the War's Commemoration Vietnam magazine 10/12/2012 40 Comments During Chuck Hagel's tour in Vietnam, he served side by side with his brother Tom for 10 months. They both walked point almost always together. Our democracy can only work when there is confidence in our leaders. Now that Chuck Hagel has officially been nominated by President Obama as his Defense Secretary, the focus of both politicians and media have turned to the Republican Nebraska Senator, especially his views as they pertain to the military. The two-term Republican senator from Nebraska drew the ire of his party and the Bush administration when he raised objections to Iraq and Afghanistan war policies before choosing not to run again in 2008. Today, Hagel remains an important voice on domestic and foreign policy as chairman of the Atlantic Council, co-chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and in other advisory roles across Washington. His views on war have been shaped by his own experience in combat as a rifleman with his brother Tom in Vietnam in 1968. In this interview with Vietnam editor Roger L. Vance, Hagel recalls that experience and its impact on his views. Did you grow up thinking you would be in the military? Growing up in a little Nebraska town in the '50s, with a father who'd served overseas in World War II, and where the VFW and American Legion clubs were the center of activity, there was an expectation that each has a responsibility to serve. How it would play out was uncertain. I'd never focused on being a soldier or in the military, but as events unfolded, Vietnam came along when I was at draft age. Why did you enlist rather than remain in school? I'd been in and out of a few colleges when I was informed by my draft board in early 1967 that levies were coming down and they were taking everybody. They said they would give me six months to get myself back into college. I told them: "I think I'd like to volunteer for the draft. How soon can I go?" They said, "The next bus leaves for Omaha in 30 days and we could probably get you on it." I said, "Put me on that bus," and they did. That was in April 1967. And your brother Tom wasn't far behind? Tom graduated from high school two weeks later, and two weeks after that he was on the same bus. He was a couple of months behind me everywhere I went. But you still were not Vietnam bound? After Fort Bliss for Basic Training and Fort Ord for Advanced Infantry Training, I was selected for the first class trained to use the Army's newest top-secret weapon, the first shoulder-fired heat-seeking missile, the Red Eye. We were to be placed in units in Europe to bring down low-flying Soviet aircraft. We trained at White Sands missile range, and I was among the trainees to demonstrate the Red Eye for President Lyndon Johnson. What was that like? Well, I missed the first target. The generals and colonels couldn't believe it. An idiot should be able to hit the target; after all, it was heat-seeking. I did hit the second one. How did you get to Vietnam instead of Germany? I knew the Red Eye wasn't for Vietnam but I thought the training would be helpful. So I knew that when I got my orders for Germany I had to make a decision. I left White Sands for two weeks at home before shipping out, but I figured if I said then that I wanted to go to Vietnam, it was very likely they would not let me go. So I waited until we were back at Fort Dix, and about two hours before the bus was to take us to catch the plane for Germany, I took my orders and quietly slipped out of the barracks and went to the orderly room. I told them that I had orders for Germany but wanted to volunteer to go to Vietnam. The room went silent as everybody turned and stared at me. They said, "Wait a minute," and came back with a captain. They thought something was wrong with me, that I was loony, on drugs or had committed a crime and was running away. They sent in a chaplain, then a counselor. After about 90 minutes, they took my orders and sent me back to the barracks. When I got there, I lay down on my bunk. All the guys were saying: "What's wrong with you? What are you doing? The bus is coming!" I said: "I'm not going; I just volunteered to go to Vietnam." My buddies thought I'd lost my mind. One of the guys gave me his wristwatch, saying his brother had worn it the whole time he was a rifleman in Vietnam and nothing ever happened to him. "It kept my brother safe and I want you to have it," he said. "It will keep you safe." I still have the watch, but I have never been able to track down the guy who gave it to me. I waited at Dix for about two weeks until they gave me new orders, and on Dec. 4, 1967, I left for Vietnam. And Tom had a similar adventure? After training, he went to cooking school and had orders for Germany. We didn't confer on this, but at the last minute he volunteered for Vietnam, too. What motivated you to volunteer? Were you big supporters of the war? In 1967 neither of us was really analyzing the causes and ramifications of the war. We were inculcated with the idea that you had faith in your leaders and accepted things. We felt that if you've got to be in the Army and there's a war on, you go to the war. Before long, you were both in the same unit. How did you pull that off? Tom got to Vietnam in January 1968, a month after me. I went to the Mekong Delta with the 2nd Battalion (Mechanized), 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, and he went with the 11th Armored Cavalry near the DMZ. We both put in transfers for each other's units, figuring it would never happen, but by the end of January, Tom showed up at our base camp and for the next 10 months we served side by side. What about the Sullivan brothers rule? Because we both volunteered to be in a combat zone at the same time, the Army didn't resist. I know of a similar situation while we were there, but it was very rare. (Library of Congress photo)So you were just in time for Tet? We were called up for security at the rubber plant around Long Binh as Tet broke out. Our company was the first into Long Binh. Nobody knew what was going on when we got in around 6:30 a.m. The place was blowing up everywhere. Two tracks right in front of me just vaporized. Nearly every officer and most senior enlisted men were killed or wounded by the end of the first day. I was a private, but for about a month I was one of the company's acting sergeants while we did a lot of the house-to-house fighting before moving back to the delta. And you and Tom were soon on track to rack up a combined five Purple Hearts. The first time we were wounded was in March on a search and destroy mission in the jungle. Tom and I walked point most all the time. We just thought we were a bit sharper than the other boys. Did your mother know about this? She knew we were together, but she didn't know a lot of the stuff. No point in burdening her with a lot of that. Well, another squad took point to give us a break. We were following a waterway in thick jungle where we knew the VC were. The guys walking point hit a trip wire that detonated big Chinese mines in the trees, killing three guys and wounding a bunch more, including Tom, who got shrapnel in his neck and arms, and me, who got it in the chest. Then the VC opened up on us. When the situation stabilized, medevacs came in and dropped baskets through the canopy for the dead and wounded. It was getting dark and we needed to get out of there fast, so the captain asked Tom and me to get back on point. It was then that Tom found another grenade, hidden in another tree, that we damn near activated. Your second wounds were more serious? In April we went into a village where we knew the VC were. My track was the first in. We swept the village, had a little firefight and took some prisoners. My track was also the last going out, and we hit a land mine, killing one guy and wounding others. Tom was unconscious. I knew the track itself was going to blow, so I started throwing everybody off. Tom and I had our eardrums blown out, and I had bad burns on my face. We were dusted off and spent a few days in a field hospital. I had bandages on my face for six weeks. Soon you were back in Saigon? In May, during mini-Tet, Tom was wounded a third time. During a firefight, our battalion commander, Lt. Col. Frederick Van Deusen, was above in his bubble chopper when he was shot down over the Saigon River. When Tom swam into the river to rescue him, he was shot. Van Deusen, who was General William Westmoreland's brother-in-law, drowned. That was the only time Tom and I were ever separated during a firefight. Thankfully, his wounds were not life-threatening. After getting his third Purple Heart, wasn't Tom headed home? He didn't want to go. But as our time grew short, they didn't want to take a chance with us; they didn't make us go out on any more patrols. So, at Dong Tam, I was put in charge of the enlisted men's club—a tent with a little sandbag bar—and Tom was put in charge of the PX. I got home in December 1968 and Tom in January 1969. And you two stuck together after the war. I'd been to three colleges before Vietnam. Tom hadn't been to college at all. We decided to go to school at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, one of the premier bootstrap universities in the country. A lot of active duty guys were finishing their school there. We worked full time—I tended bar and worked at a radio station, Tom worked as a postman. We lived together for the first year. Tom graduated in three years and went on to get his masters degree at Ohio University and then went to law school at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He was a public defender in Lincoln for three years before going to teach at Temple University law school. This year marks his 30th year as a law professor at the University of Dayton, where he is also a municipal court judge. What was your area of interest in college? Before Vietnam I had majored in history and taken journalism courses and had attended a radio and television school in Minnesota, the Brown Institute. I finished school in May 1971. Because I'd gone to so many other schools and got credits for serving in the military, I ended up getting a bachelor's degree in general studies. Could you tell how the country had changed when you came back? I knew what America had just gone through in 1968 when we were in Vietnam: the assassination of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the riots and upheaval. It was a different place. But we didn't have it as bad in Nebraska as on the East or West coasts. I never experienced the same kind of treatment as others did, but I read and knew what was going on and heard from buddies who were treated badly. Did people understand what was actually happening in Vietnam? It is astounding. Today I can't fathom that this country would allow something like that to happen—16,000 young men killed in one year. I think America was confused and off balance. People didn't know what it was about, why we were losing so many kids. Unlike today, it was a draft war, and that draft seeped out into all of society so it forced people to deal with it. I don't think most people were concerned with the whys and the whats; it just got to the point where enough was enough, let's just get out. After college you worked at a radio station, then found your way to Washington. I was always interested in journalism and that led me toward politics and government. When I first went to Washington, Congressman John McCollister from Omaha, whom I had interviewed on the radio, was the only person I knew there. He let me job-hunt out of his office. Through him I probably visited 100 offices, but nobody had any openings. Finally, Congressman McCollister made me a deal: He'd give me a part-time job, pay me 200 bucks a month and let me live in his basement while I looked for a job. So I loaded up my '57 Chevy and moved to D.C. A year later I was Congressman McCollister's chief of staff, the youngest on Capitol Hill. I worked for the congressman for five years, until he ran for the Senate in 1976 and lost. I then went to work for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, where I was the youngest manager of government affairs of a major corporation in D.C. I was very lucky. But you had caught the eye of some top Republicans and were pulled back into politics. In 1980, Sen. Bill Brock of Tennessee asked me to a take leave of absence from Firestone and help out with the Ronald Reagan presidential campaign. That is when I became acquainted with Reagan and his top people. After the election, in 1981 I was asked to serve as deputy commissioner general of the Knoxville world's fair. Later in 1981 I was nominated by President Reagan to be deputy administrator of the Veterans Administration. Your tenure there was cut short by a disagreement you had with the Reagan administration? I resigned in July 1982 because I had a significant disagreement with the administration on veteran programs. They wanted to cut Agent Orange studies and programs, and they wanted to do away with the veterans centers that had been started by former VA Administrator Max Cleland. I thought they were going in the wrong direction. The VA administrator at the time was Bob Nimmo, a fine man, World War II vet and a friend of Reagan's from California, but he was not sympathetic to Vietnam veterans. He went on a morning news show and called them "crybabies" over their claims about Agent Orange. I didn't want to cause problems for the president, so I resigned. And that's when you left politics for the business world? I was offered some other positions in the administration, but turned them down. I really had no prospects; I just jumped. After a couple of months, some old friends who were in the cable TV business wanted me to join them in this new technology called cellular telephony. I had to cash in my life insurance policy and sell my 1978 Buick Skylark to come up with the $5,000 to make my investment. Three years later the company was one of the largest nonwire cell telephone companies in the country. So your success with Vanguard Cellular allowed you to pursue other opportunities? I was serving on the world USO Board of Governors. The organization was going bankrupt and the board asked me to take over as president in 1987. It took about three years, working full time, but we turned the USO around. I was still on the Vanguard board, but wanted to take some time off. That's when Brent Scowcroft called me to the White House to meet with President George H.W. Bush and James Baker. They asked Republican Party official Fred Malek and me to put together the G-7 economic summit in Texas in July 1990, pro bono of course. It was great fun. Then I was named president of the Private Sector Council in 1991, and in 1992 I moved back to Nebraska to be president of McCarthy Company, a private investment banking firm. And a few years later, you took the leap to run for the Senate. I ran for the Senate in 1996. I was not supposed to win the primary, or the race against two-term Governor Ben Nelson, but I won the election by 14 points. In the 2002 election, I won with the highest percentage of victory in Nebraska history, with 84 percent of the vote. Why did you decide not to run again in 2008? I did not run for a third term partly because I had said I would only serve two terms. I had a lot of encouragement to run, but by then I also felt I was out of step with my own Republican Party. I saw where it was going and I didn't like it. I decided I could do more good on the outside. Serving in the Senate was the greatest honor and privilege of my life. I enjoyed it, but enough was enough. So I'm doing other things now and have never been happier. I have been very lucky in my life. You also spoke out about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in a way that was not particularly popular within the Bush administration and your party. Unfortunately, much of what I warned about is coming true. I said early on that Iran would have more influence in Iraq than the U.S. does and there would be a tendency toward dictatorship. The fact is we didn't need to invade, Saddam didn't control 60 percent of his country, he was withering on the vine. I'm not sure we enhanced the situation in Iraq in any way although we paid a terrible price and undermined our influence in the Middle East, and our standing after the invasion was the worst ever. When you add it all up, I'm not sure how we made it better, other than for Iran. But the history is not completely written yet. We do know that it is not at all what the Bush administration and those who were for the war told the people and Congress—not even close In Afghanistan, we lost our way. The reason we are losing Afghanistan is that it wasn't ours to win or lose. I even question the concept of winning or losing in that situation. The whole frame of reference was wrong, and then we invaded Iraq and mindlessly took our eye off ball in Afghanistan and took all of the resources and focused on Iraq—before the mission in Afghanistan was done. But we hung on and had to reinvest and come back in and it was a mess by then. Trying to run two wars, when so much was beyond our control, ended in disaster for both. After 10 years in Afghanistan, what are we going to have when we get out? What have we done here? So far more than 2,100 dead and thousands wounded, spent a trillion dollars, and we undermined ourselves and enhanced Iran. The secretary of defense recently tapped you to serve as chairman of the Vietnam War Commemoration Advisory Committee. How important is that to you? I am honored by the appointment and looking forward to doing all I can to help the effort. While in the Senate I cosponsored the bill creating the commemoration and brought it forward. It will be a formal, official recognition of a war we can't celebrate, that people don't like to talk about except as an example of a failed decision or failed experience. So it is a way to acknowledge those who sacrificed and unflinchingly served their country. It is overdue and it is important to do now. What should Vietnam vets think as the nation begins to mark the 50th anniversary of the war? They need to recognize that one's service to country always counts, even when there is a lack of clear purpose and agreement. That personal sacrifice and commitment still matters, and it is the mark of character to honor out nation's commitments with service. And yes sometimes it's fair and sometimes it's unfair, and that's why there must always be a national debate before going to war. But we should never diminish one's service to his or her country. Vietnam vets did their duty honorably and well. Those who went to Vietnam had no voice in forming the policy. They did what the policy of their country asked them to do. Later we found out that policy was often dishonest and misguided, but our democracy can only work when we have confidence in our leaders. We must never again let our leaders fail our country that way. That is what drove me so much on the Iraq and Afghanistan debate. I was involved in big decisions on war, and I didn't want ever to be accused of having failed to speak up and question these decisions. Vietnam veterans must do the same. Challenging, probing and questioning is what is patriotic. Not to question is unpatriotic. After Vietnam you had an extraordinary business and political career. How did your experience shape your thinking? We are each a product of our experiences, and my time in combat very much shaped my opinions about war. I'm not a pacifist; I believe in using force, but only after following a very careful decision-making process. The night Tom and I were medevaced out of that village in April 1968, I told myself: If I ever get out of this and I'm ever in a position to influence policy, I will do everything I can to avoid needless, senseless war. I never forgot that vow I made to myself, and I tried to live by it during my time in the Senate. This interview appeared in the December 2012 issue of Vietnam magazine. www.vietnammag.com 40 Responses Rudy 10/12/2012 This is an amazing story. Reply William Pearson 10/13/2012 Welcome Home! Reply Dennis 10/14/2012 Indeed welcome home and thank you for your service, honour and dedication. Reply Rick Fulton 11/2/2012 Thank you Chuck. You do us all proud! You say so well why the Commemoration is important. Welcome home to you and your brother. Reply Bill, SGM, A.U.S., Ret. 11/5/2012 Senator, I respect your decision to buck your parties direction especially with regard to the Middle East wars. If there were more like you I could possibly support their candidates and some of their policies instead of having only one party to choose from. As it is now, I cannot. My wife and I where invited guest and attended the Commemoration kick-off ceremony on Memorial Day 2012 at the Wall and I got to exchange pleasantries briefly with the Army Provost Marshall sitting nearby. I was moved at the event because it was great to hear what the President pointed out, that we had not lost a major battle in the war and that we should have gotten more recognition and better treatment after our service, (not that we served to get any of that). The Huey flying overhead almost brought to my eyes those things we as boys of our generation were taught unacceptable, namely, tears. Great idea whoever thought of the flyover! I wish you much sucess in the comming years, especially with your new endeavor! Welcome home, Vet! P.S. I ended my Vietnam service as a SP4 with the 199th Light Infantry in April, 1967, when I was wounded by a grenade. Reply Potential Obama nominee favors massive defense reductions | Washington Free Beacon 12/12/2012 […] has been a proponent of an accelerated withdraw and maintains that Americans "lost our way" during the […] Reply Richard Holaday 12/15/2012 I wish to comment on the above, specifically page 19 of the Magazine Article and the paragraph here that starts: Soon you were back in Saigon." He refers to LTC Van Duesen, General Westmoreland's brother-in-law. LTC Van Duesen was shot down 3 July 68 and not in May 68. It was not a bubble helicopter but a C&C Huey. It was shot down in the Vam Co Dong River and southeast of the Ben Luc Bridge and not the Saigon River. There were 10 Americans on board with 3 survivors. I was one of the survivors. SGT Curtis Buck swam out and helped me get ashore. Chuck says Tom was shot trying to swim out to rescue LTC Van Duesen (his 3rd purple heart). I did not see another swimmer in the water. In another interview with Vietnam Veteran's History Project, Chuck expressed frustration with invisible leadership and about not being impressed with battalion leadership. Since Chuck is confused on dates and locations, it is possible that he was the invisible one. He is quoted as saying: "I never had much confidence in a lot of the officer corps." In another interview, Experiencing War, he reveals that : you had guys getting all drunked up or drugged up and then going out on patrol….they were worthless to you." He refers to a "bait patrol" he was on where he, in effect, let his radio and claymores get into enemy hands. I am also told he has been invited to speak at the 47th Infantry Reunions. He has not attended any of them. Is it possible that his war stories just won't hold up when faced with soldiers who were there at the same time. Reply RichAZ 12/22/2012 I was an officer on Advisory Team 86, Long An Province, from March 68 to March 69. Ben Luc is in Long An. Huey's went down all the time. I just missed going on an operation in May 68 where 5 Hueys landing were shot down. "Bubble" helicopters were the tiny Cayuse, mostly glass, with guns. The 9th Inf. Div. used them. Sen. Chuck's brother days later may have thought later that the people he was swimming to were the well-known/publicized LtCol. Van Duesen's. Col. Hank Emerson, Brigade CO, got shot down, too. It is true that C&C choppers were always Hueys at that time. Reply RichAZ 12/22/2012 I wish to add that Sen Hegal describes the drug situation of the 9th Inf. Div. in 1968 pretty well. I and a major went to Dong Tam (9thID HQ) ONCE after the King and Kennedy assassinations. The lack of discipline was enormous; blacks and whites were almost at war. It was a scary place. We had planned to check out the O Club, but we just said "Let's get out of this F'n place." I am a Democrat, btw, and disagreed with Sen. Hegal's votes most of the time. On war we have no disagreement, including his honest and correct views about Vietnam. Roy Moseman 1/10/2013 To RichAZ. I must take exception to your comments about the 9th ID having a lack of discipline. I served with C co. 4/47th 9th ID from Oct 1967 to Oct 1968. In my opinon we were one of the most disciplined units in Vietnam. Just how long did you stay in Dong Tam. Did you see enough to make an honest opion. There may have been some problems with the rear echelon people as there were in most units but the infantry units were well disciplined and there were no problems between the blacks and whites even after the MLK assasination. You sound like another typical democrat trying to make the Vietnam War sound worse than it was. . I am a proud combat veteran of the 9th Infantry division with a Silver Star, and three purple hearts. You should be ashamed of your uninformed comments. RichAZ 1/10/2013 You were in a line outfit, not the 9InfD HQ at Dong Tam. Dong Tam was like a piece of the USA. Different world to a line outfit! You are right; I only spent a couple of hours at Dong Tam but the major from my AT who was with me was a West Pointer, and had served in combat arms in Korea and Europe. He had been on many installations. He was disturbed by what we saw there at Dong Tam—"Black Power" signs, Confederate flags, all sorts of signs of Army decay. At the Advisory Team's TOC we received almost all the comm traffic from 9th ID. We saw the messages to all troops warning soldiers to always be accompanied on the Dong Tam base by at least one other soldier, because there had been race-based attacks on single soldiers. Perhaps you were back home before such warnings went out. Personally, I think that soldiers not in combat or under threat fall apart, and go to "pot"–pun intended— and get in trouble. I'm sure that this holds true even today. T?? trâ?n Mâ?u Thân t??i Ngu? Gia?c ?a?i? | doivien_xu 12/18/2012 […] vâ?n trên ba?o My? (historynet.com) vê? chiê?n tranh Viê?t Nam gâ?n ?ây, ông Bâ?m Chuck Hagel kê? ông ????c huâ?n luyê?n la?m xa? thu? b??n ho?a tiê?n Red Eye (du?ng ca?m ??ng […] Reply T?? trâ?n Mâ?u Thân t??i Ngu? Gia?c ?a?i? « Chuy?n Hóa 12/19/2012 […] vâ?n trên ba?o My? (historynet.com) vê? chiê?n tranh Viê?t Nam gâ?n ?ây, ông Bâ?m Chuck Hagel kê? ông ????c huâ?n luyê?n la?m xa? thu? b??n ho?a tiê?n Red Eye (du?ng ca?m ??ng […] Reply Laurence Lewin 12/20/2012 This is the kind of thinking that we need at the most responsible levels of government. As a liberal Democrat, I completely concur with everything that Senator Hagel said in this interview. He would make a fine Secretary of Defense, and dare I say this…. a fine President. Reply Daniel 1/7/2013 Thank You Senator Hagel for your service and dedication to this country. I have the utmost profound respect for the Vietnam Veterans and all who continue to serve. You sir continue to give me faith in our government leaders as I continue to look around and not find too much of it lately. You will make a great secretary. God Bless. -An old Redleg Soldier. Reply ED HINOJOSA pfc e-3 1/7/2013 i served with captain joe calloway ,mekong first light landed dec 3rd 1966 at vungtau i also served same areas chuck hagel served in dec 3 rd 66 to nov 25,1967 i went from c,company 2/60 to 9 s n t driving night convoys tough roads to drive on those duce and a half s bogged down in mud up the bottom of the truck bed ,drivng wasnt easy at 1am inthe morning sleeping in back of the trucks constnatly on the move moving suipplies over the ben luc bridge to tan an and mytho and back .iserved with 2/60 from july 66 to may or june of 67.we engaged the 143rd or 141 st nva regiment i believe io heard the platoon commanders or company commander as point man i soaked in every thing .every bit of info wesawour first fire fight feb 27,1967 theysaid we got 76 vc and 46 in another firefight or operation ,wewereattached to 5/60 mech like the 47th we were 3rd bdge they were 1st or second brigade they took up the slack when we rotated home i was gland to get out ,with my ass intact cause b co snt and getting hit nov 1967,i asked not to go out any more driving the diesel tanker Reply ED HINOJOSA pfc e-3 1/7/2013 my platoon leader and fire team leader were both kia feb 27,1967lt ray roland wooldridge houston texas, and fire team leader santiago guadalupe rodriguez gonzales acting jack e-4 san antonio.texas e-4 robert aguilar both buried sam houston,2/60 members of the go devils 3rd bdge 9th inf div Reply Mike Bronner 1/7/2013 I am trying to get a feel for Chuck Hagel but now I am confused as to facts, bs, etc. Seems to be some different opinions on the same situation. We damn sure do not need another Fraud like John Kerry high up in our government. Kerry is despicable to say the least. I think after reading these comments that Chuck Hagel is a good guy and truthful and he definitely did his part in the Nam. Kerry is a major POS in my opinion. We all tend to lose a few details on various things we were involved with, after all these years. If Kerry ends up as the Secretary of State that will be as much of an embarrassment to this country as Obama is. Both completely incompetent POS in my opinion. I think Chuck Hagel will make a great Sec. of Defense. Doc, 173rd Airborne Brigade May 68 to May 69 Reply George Dahl 1/8/2013 The Truth shall set you free, be it now, today or in the future, but if it is now we shall all be better off rather than arguing in the future about what everyones reality is. The only thing the Vietnam War/police action/conflict did was make a lot of people rich and a lot of people dead. Reply Mike Bronner 1/8/2013 George, And the rich people and dead people are the lucky ones possibly.I was called a "baby killer" as recently as this week. Anyone who is under the impression that the Vietnam Veteran is not longer despised by mostly Liberals in this country, is sadly mistaken. Reply RichAZ 1/8/2013 Are you George Dahl from NTHS? Navy deep-sea diver? Reply George Dahl 1/8/2013 C/2/22 Mechanized Vietnam 66-67 4 ID/25 ID Curious: What is exactly the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War to mean to me? An Apology 50 years too late??? Reply Mike Bronner 1/8/2013 I agree George. There is nothing anyone can say to me at this late date that would make any difference whatsoever about anything regarding the time I personally spent in the Nam. I guess there are some people who feel bad and want to "make it up to us" but like you said, not at this late date, not for me anyway. Doc Bronner 173rd Airborne Brigade, (Separate) THE HERD, Sky Soldiers 68/69 Reply Bill Rambow 1/9/2013 I would invite all interested parties, skeptical and otherwise, to see what is being discussed on the 47th Infantry Facebook page. I awoke this morning proud that a fellow "Panther" grunt of the 2/47th Infantry was being considered for the SOD post. After reading the Facebook posts and Senator Hagel's interview from Vietnam Magazine I have done a complete about face. I was at Long Binh/Bien Hoa during Tet '68 when Hagel claims to have been there. I say "claims" because there are so many obvious falacies in his stirring description of his actions during the battle that I seriously question everything he says. I've laid out some examples in the Facebook discussion, so I'll leave it to those who don't accept everything a career politician utters as truth to read it there and check it out further. I, for one, will be contacting my Senators to urge them not to approve this appointment. Bill Rambow C Co 2/47th Infantry (Mechanized) March '67 – March '68 http://www.CIBtheBook.com Reply Steve Unzueta 1/10/2013 As a republican, my views on Vietnam can be summed up best by RRR quote: "It was a noble effort." There is much concern about Hagel's liberal views concerning Israel and other issues as well. Whenever the left embraces a Vietnam Veteran there is room for much concern. Well put brother, a possible Kerry fraud. It says in the old book "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (The Lord God to Abram-father of Israel) Genesis 12:2,3. Steve Unzueta lst MarDiv 1967-68, Tuy Loan, South Vietnam Soldier of Jesus Christ Reply RichAZ 1/11/2013 Old Testament gibberish. Pretty lame. Try something from the New Testament. Reply McDonough's Elevation and the Obamians' Ascent | Monsters Abroad 1/21/2013 […] Kerry are decisively colored by their military service in the Vietnam War. As Hagel puts it in a recent interview in Vietnam magazine, "We are each a product of our experiences and my time in combat very much […] Reply Nick Turse: The Hagel Hearings : freedomluchador.com 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Nick Turse: Chuck Hagel and murder in Vietnam — War in Context 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Nick Turse: The Hagel Hearings | Tiggio Blogs and More 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Nick Turse: The Hagel Hearings | News Talk One 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Nick Turse: The Hagel Hearings | Elm River Free Press 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Nick Turse: The Hagel Hearings | Political Ration 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Nick Turse: The Hagel Hearings | Irascible Musings 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply The Hagel Hearings - Military News | Military News 1/31/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Nick Turse: The Hagel Hearings - Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics 2/1/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Chuck Hagel and Murder in Vietnam | TomDispatch Or The Damaged Psyches Of The US' Best And Brightest « The Scarlet Pimpernel 2/2/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply Chuck Hagel 2/5/2013 […] worth noting that the Hagel brothers left Vietnam just as their commanding general, Julian Ewell, launched a six-month operation in the Mekong Delta […] Reply cj cunningham 3/16/2013 If Tom trained as a cook, what was he doing out in the bush? Also it was very commenplace in 1967 for guys to volunteer for Vietnam. Thousands of guys even volunteered to either extend their tours or re-upped for additional tours. It's funny though, a lot of news organizations have claimed that Sen. Hagel was an officer and led and infantry platoon in VN. Just shows how the mainstream press can screw up a story. I wish The Senator good luck in his new position. Reply McDonough's Elevation and the Obamians' Ascent | Foreign Policy Blogs 11/27/2014 […] Kerry are decisively colored by their military service in the Vietnam War. As Hagel puts it in a recent interview in Vietnam magazine, "We are each a product of our experiences and my time in combat very much […] Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Name* Email* Website Comment


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Had it not been for the war, Christmas 1914 would have been straight out of a fairy tale. On 24 December the weather changed abruptly. Along the Front it turned bitterly cold, and the sun that shone all afternoon was too weak to unfreeze the puddles of muddy water that stretched everywhere. Rats and rabbits skittered on the ice, and even the lice--as dug in as we were, in our hair and clothing--seemed lethargic in the cold conditions. It was a better day than most for scratching. That night a thin cloud cover formed but the temperature didn't ease up and a light snow fell, dusting the desolate landscape with a fine layer of crystals. The branches of dead trees--what trees remained standing--became lit in an unnatural way, rather like actors onstage are lit from reflected light below. What was beginning to be familiar terrain suddenly took on a strange, eerie appearance and I remember wondering whether I had, in fact, been shot and killed and was now looking onto the other side--a version of hell that had indeed frozen over.
But no, the eeriness was all too real. That night, as midnight approached, when it was already Christmas by their time, but not with us, we heard movement in the German trenches. Where we were, they were about eighty yards away--no more--so sounds carried. First one, then another small fir tree was hoisted on to the lip of their trenches, lit by candles. One of our sharpshooters fired at one of the trees, and knocked it back down out of sight. This normally would have brought a burst of answering fire from the Germans, but not this time. All was quiet. I barked an order, the sharpshooter made no attempt to fire at the second tree, and we waited. After a delay, there was a small commotion on the German side and another candelit tree was positioned on the lip of their trench. This time we left it alone.
Again we waited. Some minutes afterward we heard the strains of a mouth organ, a trembling, unassertive--even vulnerable--sound, which only just carried across the distance. Its tone was plaintive, melancholy. The musician played a few bars and then voices joined in. The song, which I recognized, was Die Wacht am Rhein, The Watch on the Rhine, based on a nineteenth-_century German poem. The clouds had gone by now and the Front had a stark beauty in the clear moonlight. On our side we had all but forgotten the cold.
As the song ended, one of our men shouted, Guten singing, Fritz or something very like it. We all laughed and cheered. After a short silence, the mouth organ started up again, and the Germans gave us Stille Nacht, Silent Night, which of course allowed us the opportunity to join in with English words. What a scene Two groups of men, in ditches eighty yards apart, who hours before had been doing their level best to slaughter one another, singing in unison. Well, almost.
Everyone sensed that this was something historic. It was one of those moments in life when everyone--everyone--raised his game, and no one who was there will ever forget it.
I was twenty-_three then, and a second lieutenant in the Forty-_seventh Gloucestershire Rifles. I was born and grew up in Edgewater, a tiny Cotswold hamlet not far from Stroud. My school career had its moments--mostly wrong moments. I was good at languages but that was about it. I was caught smoking twice and fighting twice. These fights weren't brawls but midni
When British soldier Hal Montgomery is invalided back to England during World War I, he carries out the promise he made to a German soldier and passes on a message to the man's English girlfriend, only to fall in love with her.
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During theChristmas Truce of 1914, Hal Montgomery makes a pact with a German soldier that will change his life--he promises to find his enemy's English girlfriend, Sam, and let her know her fiance isalive. But things take an unexpected turn when Hal falls in love with Sam himself. As their romance blossoms, she shares her most private confidence: Her newborn son is of German lineage, information that threatens herreputation and her job as a schoolteacher. Fearful that he will lose Sam, Hal holds tight to the secret that brought them together. But fashioning a family life proves precarious when it is founded on alie.
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The activity launched this week will see River Island become one of the first fashion brands to globally stream a live concert from their Facebook page as they provide exclusive access to Rihanna's secret 777 London gig. The intimate gig held onNovember 19this part of a 7 cities, 7 countries across 7 days tour, that has created worldwide buzz since news of the event was leaked, and River Island will be reporting on every step of the tour from its Style Insider blog riverisland.com/styleinsider.
In the lead up to the anticipated gig and live performance of Rihanna's new album material, River Island will also be offering customers the chance to receive an exclusive never-released bonus track of Rihanna's Number 1 single, 'Diamonds'. Downloads will be on offer from the 19th November and promoted heavily in store including the distribution of 1.5 million promotional cards. River Island will also stock and sell CD copies of the album in 12 of its leading stores and has created exclusive Rihanna t-shirts for purchase both in-store and online at riverisland.com.
A series of online competitions will launch, giving customers a chance to win tickets to the secret 777 London gig, with River Island offering 250 'money can't buy' tickets to the concert via their Twitter feed and Style Insider blog.
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River Island's live stream of the Rihanna 777 London gig is showcased live on the River Island Facebook page on 19th November from 9pm. For more information on the upcoming Rihanna for River Island collection visit the website.
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Description: The ProCon Industrial Parts Washer Conveyor Belt Systems are designed to satisfy the most difficult part cleaning applications, with 120 standard combinations. The combinations include wash, wash/rinse and wash/rinse and seal and are offered in a wide range of belt widths and part height openings
- Type: Complete Machine / Turnkey System
- Machine Type: Degreasers, Spray Washers
- System Options / Component Types: Tanks / Tubs
- Application / Operation: General Cleaning / Surface Prep
Supplier: Applied Industrial Technologies
Description: precision grade bearings, and where a superior seal is required to retain lubricant and keep the bearing free from dust and dirt. This double sealed bearing is grease packed as standard and is provided with a snap ring groove, with the snap ring assembled on the bearing as an included option.
- Bearing Type: Radial Ball Bearing
- Bore Size: 0.5000 to 1.25 inch
- Outside Diameter: 1.75 to 2.56 inch
- Overall Width: 0.7500 to 0.8750 inch
Supplier: Caterpillar Machines
Description: ) (no forks or teeth) 1642.0 lb Extendible Stick 659.0 lb Backhoe Dig Depth – Standard 14.3 ft Dig Depth – E-Stick Extended 17.9 ft Transmission Power Shuttle Transmission – Standard: Forward – 1st 3.4 mph Power Shuttle Transmission – Standard: Forward – 2nd 5.5
- Type: Backhoe Loader
- Horsepower: 68 HP
- Operating Weight: 24251 lbs
- Travel Speed: 405 in/sec
Supplier: Caterpillar Machines
Description: serviceability. Feature Dry-type axial seal air cleaner with integral precleaner, automatic dust ejection system, and filter condition indicator. Feature Direct electric, 12-volt starting and charging system with 880 CCA Group 31 maintenance free battery. Feature Standard glow plug starting aid system
Supplier: IHS Product Design
Description: STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR DETERMINING AUTOMOTIVE GEAR OIL COMPATIBILITY WITH TYPICAL OIL SEAL ELASTOMERS - INCLUDES STANDARD + REDLINE (PDF)
Supplier: Arizona Sealing Devices, Inc.
Description: Arizona Sealing Devices, Inc. Compound Designation: Neop Standard Color: Black Description: One of the earliest of the synthetic materials to be developed as an oil-resistant substitute for Natural Rubber, Neoprene is a homopolymer of chloroprene (chlorobutadiene). Key Use(s): Numerous component
- O-ring Sizes: Other
- Inside Diameter (ID): 6.98 inch
- Outside Diameter (OD): 7.5 inch
- Synthetic Rubber Materials (Thermosets): Polychloroprene (CR) (Neoprene)
Supplier: Moog Components Group
Description: through the use of double seals and an intermediate vent between passes. It has also proven itself in non diving applications such as centrifuge, indexing tables, and floating oil production swivels where product quality is paramount. The Model 70 is available in several standard port configurations
- Pressure Range: 3000 psi
- Speed Range: 10 rpm
- Number of Ports: > 8
- Application / Media: Hydraulic Fluid, Chemical
Supplier: Baldor Electric Company
Description: alignment under load. Dodge Maxum XTR offers larger diameter shafts for added strength, all heavy duty tapered roller bearings, standard, double lip taconite seals with an HNBR oil seal and contact excluder seal to keep lubricant in and contaminants out. Maxum Reducer overhung load capability
- Gear Ratio: 57.67 (X : 1)
- Reducer Style: Integral Base
- Reducer Input: Solid Shaft
- Shaft Alignment: Parallel Offset
Supplier: Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH
Description: leading special design of this pump helps to minimize dead spots. Technical Features Housing stainless steel • tantalum • titanium • hastelloy Gears DIN 1.4112 standard • examples of optional materials include ferralium • DIN 1.4571 • hastelloy • ferro titanite &bull
- Maximum Discharge Flow: 120 to 1200 GPH
- Maximum Discharge Pressure: 145 to 1900 psi
- Power Source: None, Pump Only
- Pump Type: Dosing Pumps, Gear Pumps, Positive Displacement Pumps
Description: with shafts Lubrication: Oil splash standard, external or integral pressure lubrication available Largest oil capacity of any blower in its class Seals: Mechanical/Labyrinth on rotor shafts; lip seal on drive shaft Available in special materials such as: Stainless steel Carbon steel
- Applications: Pressure / Pressurization Blower
- Design Configuration: Positive Displacement / Rotary Lobe
- Air Flow Rate: 370 to 3758 SCFM
- Static Pressure: 2 to 18 psi
Calibration Instruments - P3125-PSI - Fluke P3125-3 Hydraulic Dual-Piston Deadweight Tester, 100/16,000 psi -- GO-68587-05Supplier: Cole-Parmer
Description: • Standards laboratories and many instrument shops and calibration labs • Standard accuracy of 0.015% of reading (optional accuracy of 0.008% available) • Calibration document supplied by the manufacturer • 1-year guarantee against normal operating failure • 1⁄8", 1
- Process, Environmental, Thermodynamic Properties: Pressure / Vacuum
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Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies
Custom and Standard Oil Seals and Grease Seals
Standard. View Radial Shaft Seals Brochures. 40,000 tooled inch and metric sizes. Both metal and rubber O.D. designs. Low, medium and high pressure designs. Special large-diameter seals. Specialty materials in standard sizes. Metric and inch sizes. Custom. Seal integration into carrier/cover. Industry leader in high pressure pump/motor applications. Unique cassette/unitized designs. View ESS Energy Saving Seal flyer. View CASSCO Cassette Seal Flyer. Designs and materials specifically formulated... (read more)
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Daemar Inc.
Oil Seals
Daemar® stocks thousands of oil seals in many varieties and materials. No matter what the application, be it a new manufacturer or for maintenance, the right seal is a phone call away. With shaft sizes ranging from 1/4" to 40" our 4 stocking facilities are ready to supply your JIT production or maintenance requirements. DMR Rotary Shaft Seals. Since the introduction of synthetic rubber in 1938, seal manufacturers have researched the proper elastomeric properties required for effective sealing... (read more)
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EnviroPump and Seal, Inc.
Labyrinth Oil Seals vs Ordinary Lip Seals
Why Labyrinth Oil Seals. The main shaft in process equipment such as pumps, agitators, mixers, motors and compressors can be costly items to replace. Ordinary lip seals, commonly used on such process equipment, have both an extremely limited life and also cause considerable amount of damage to the shaft. Protect Investment. An EnviroPump and Seal labyrinth oil seal protects your investment in several ways: No shaft or sleeve damage or wear. Antifriction bearings operate longer in a cleaner... (read more)
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Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies
Custom and Standard Compression Packing Seals
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies manufactures custom and standard compression packing seals to match your specifications. (read more)
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JETSEAL, Inc.
Lever Seal: Metal E-Seal
JETSEAL is on the cutting edge of sealing technology with the uniquely designed and patented Lever Seal. The Lever Seal is superior to other "high deflection " seals available. Due to its unique stress-distributing design, the Lever Seal can handle three times the flange movement of a single-ply standard E-Seal with the same sealing capability without modifying the original cavity. The Lever Seal is a good choice where thermal relaxation is a factor. This seal can be used in any... (read more)
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Increase Mechanical Seal Life - Hot Oil Fryer Pump
EnviroPump and Seal Testimonial: The mechanical seal life in our Hot Oil Fryer pump has increased from an average of six months to more than three years. The pump upgrade has significantly improved our operating uptime. -Major snack food manufacturer. Enviropump and Seal ZL Series Cartridge Mechanical Seals. The most advanced range of production cartridge mechanical seals available for rotating equipment, including centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, agitators... (read more)
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Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS)
technical association organized for development and improvement of industry, national and international codes and standards for: Valves. Valve Actuators. Valve Modification. Pipe Fittings. Pipe Hangers. Pipe Supports. Flanges. Associated Seals . MSS Valve and Fitting Standards are in use around the world in a wide variety of facilities, including Nuclear Power Plants, and in virtually every industry, from Waste Water to Oil Refining. MSS currently includes 106 Member Companies that work in 25... (read more)
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CT Gasket & Polymer Co., Inc.
Custom Seal Design
spring energized seals and sealing systems. Spring Energized Seals can be used in static, reciprocating and slow to medium rotary applications. Unlike many other seals where you must size your seal application around standard size seals,the CTG Spring energized seal can be manufactured to your product. While standard size seals are something we make everyday, we make seals in any size needed. Used as piston, rod, or face seals, the CTG spring energized seal is engineered to meet your exact... (read more)
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ARI Valve Corporation
Bellows Seal Valves
cushion between bell and housing. Bellows of chrome-nickel steel. Internals (stem, disk and seat of stainless steel). Disk flexibly attached to stem for easy replacement and to prevent vibration transfer to bellows. Sealed Mediums: Standard: Steam, gases, hot water, thermal fluids, hot oil, process water, vacuum facilities, ammonia etc. Stainless Steel: Process water, aggressive media, etc. (read more)
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JETSEAL, Inc.
JETSEAL Metal E-Seals
E-Seals are designed for low to moderate force conditions and high spring back. JETSEAL manufactures two standard types of metal E-Seals, the JE series and JH series. We offer E-Seals capable of sealing both liquids and gases in almost any diameter and in single or two-ply cross section. E-Seals are also available as Multi-Convolution Seals. JE series E-Seals are intended for sealing hot combustion gas and aggressive acid or base liquids. JH series E-Seals require higher loads to compress than... (read more)
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Felt Seals
a function of density. However, about 78% of the volume of a felt seal serves as oil storage. Felt seals maintain constant sealing pressure in spite of wear, end play, minor misalignment, or out-of-roundness of metal assemblies. Top speed for felt seals is usually 2,000 fpm. There are applications
Gas Spring Technical Info: Gas Spring Mounting (Horizontal Use)
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The College World Series will be a little greener this year. The Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority, which operates TD Ameritrade Park, says it will buy renewable energy certificates from the Omaha Public Power District to offset electricity used during the 11-day event, which begins June 13.
Wind energy gets into the game at College World Series
Colo. should expand RPS and target wind for EPA carbon rule — report
Colorado's wind energy sector has generated $5 billion in direct investment and created between 6,000 and 7,000 jobs, or nearly 10 percent of the wind industry's national workforce, according to data released yesterday by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national business group that tracks clean energy trends. But the group asserts that for Colorado to maintain its wind energy sector growth, lawmakers in Denver should extend the state's renewable portfolio standard, which is set to expire in 2020, and use wind energy as a compliance tool in meeting requirements under U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.
Calif. Senate passes climate package aiming for 50% renewable power, halving petroleum use
California's Senate yesterday accelerated the state's push for clean energy, passing a bundle of climate bills that aimed to shrink sharply greenhouse gas emissions, increase renewable power to 50 percent of electricity and chop in half petroleum use by 2030. The upper chamber's set of 12 measures also included one calling for two state pension funds, which are the nation's largest, to divest from thermal coal. Another bill sought to ramp up transit and inner-city rail. There were multiple measures looking to develop plans to help the state adapt as climate change proceeds. The bills still must pass the state's Assembly, and similar ones from that chamber must be reconciled with Senate versions. But Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D) cast the effort in momentous terms, calling the climate legislation "the most far-reaching not just in California history, but in U.S. history."
Berkshire Hathaway Energy seeks Democratic support for utility proposal
Berkshire Hathaway Energy is hoping to win more Democratic support for its bid to ease purchase requirements for utilities under a 1970s law aimed at boosting renewables and efficiency, even if that means tweaking the language. Jonathan Weisgall, the company's vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs, made another pitchbefore the House Energy and Power Subcommittee to change the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, or PURPA.
One senator's crusade to combat a McConnell anti-EPA onslaught
"Mr. President," he said, standing over a small dais in the back of the chamber in April, "the distinguished majority leader, the senior senator from Kentucky, is resolutely opposed to any serious conversation about climate change." Four months into Sen. Mitch McConnell's quixotic effort to return the U.S. Senate to consensus-building, the Democrat from Rhode Island laid a shot across McConnell's bow. Whitehouse chastised McConnell for an open letter he sent to governors urging them to ignore a proposed U.S. EPA rule that would require states to build a plan for slashing power-sector carbon emissions.
N.Y. outlines plan for replacing renewable standard, awards 7 storage grants
Precisely how the Empire State will approach distributed generation and energy storage under its "reforming the energy vision" process has begun to take shape with major announcements this and last week by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority on both fronts. NYSERDA, which is officially billed as a public benefit corporation but operates much like a state-run utility, has filed a proposal with state regulators detailing how it wants to approach renewable energy after the state's renewable portfolio standard ends later this year.Separately, the organization last week announced awards to seven companies looking to scale up or invent new approaches to energy storage.
Missouri panel questions adding multistate wind energy line
"I do not see the benefit to Missourians," Kenney said. A majority of members on the Public Service Commission must vote to allow Clean Line to construct the line, and three of five members spoke against it. That means the project likely will not muster approval when it comes up for a final vote, which could occur as early as a scheduled June 11 meeting. Regulatory agencies in Kansas and Indiana already have approved the Grain Belt Express, and an application for construction in Illinois still is pending.
IKEA Pledges 1 Billion Euros to Help Slow Climate Change
IKEA, the world's biggest furniture retailer, pledged on Thursday to spend 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion) on renewable energy and ways to help poor nations cope with climate change, in a new sign of companies upstaging governments on the issue. The investments will be "win, win, win. It's good for customers, good for the climate and good for IKEA too", Chief Executive Peter Agnefjall told Reuters in an interview.
California lawmakers boost climate change bills
Continuing the state's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, California lawmakers approved expansive legislation Wednesday that will require ambitious new renewable energy and pollution standards over the coming decades. In the Senate, the effort was led by President Pro Tem Kevin de León and fellow Democrats, who touted the economic benefits of building a green economy.
Texas renewable standard survives bumpy session for enviro groups
"We are pleased that the policy framework that existed before the legislative session, which is helping us to advance our clean energy goals in the state, is largely intact," said John Hall, Texas director of clean energy for the Environmental Defense Fund. Still, the mood was mixed among Hall and other environmental advocates. Cyrus Reed, conservation director at the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter, said he was "extremely disheartened and disappointed" by two energy bills that made it through.


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The heated washer module under the hood could overheat due to excessive current draw. Under certain conditions, this could result in an under hood fire. This previous recall attempt in 2008 to repair this concern did not have the expected success. Dealers will now permanently disable and remove the heated washer module to correct this concern. This recall is expected to begin on June 20, 2010.
The wiring to the washer system heater may overheat due to a failure in the heater module. This could cause other electrical features to malfunction, smoke to develop, and an electrical fire could result. Dealers will install a wire harness with an inline fuse to protect the washer heater module. This recall is expected to begin on September 12, 2008. The General Motors recall number is 08048.
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This is a broad question with long answer so maybe take a seat.
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Our first guest post from another Bike Shop Girl, Sarah Matchett. Sarah is a USA Cycling coach based out of my shop, Cool Breeze Cyclery in North Carolina. Sarah recently competed in the UCI World Duathlon Championships, placing 10th overall in women (non-elite.) I'm often asked how I keep doing
Grease Monkey Wipes : Intial Review
There is a buzz online about a couple different individual packaged wipes. The first one we are going to talk about and get into a review is Grease Monkey Wipes. Designed originally for cyclist these degreaser wipes claim to even clean crayon off the wall.
Rain Gear for Women
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