May 28 History Highlight and Fleet Remark
On May 28 2009 the day marked the 148th day of the year with a note of historical events. In 1588 the first of 130 ships set bound for the English Channel as part of the Spanish Armada expedition. A quoted line from Fogerty or Kylie references fading brightness and fleeting sweetness in a poetic fragment.
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English Channel
Republicans Split Between Purges And Inclusivity Debate
A Washington Times interview with Michael Steele after his election as GOP chair sparks debate over party image. Gallup data show a long term shift away from Republicans among churchgoing and other demographics, with insiders citing disunity and missed electoral opportunities including the New York special election loss.
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GOP
Republican National Committee
Michael Steele
Washington Times
Steele
Howard Dean
Maryland
Gallup
New York
Joe “Bunker” Biden
Curt
Abandoned veterans honored under New Jersey cremains law
Joseph Glass, an Army infantryman who served from 1942 to 1945 and fought at Normandy and the Rhineland, was cremated remains found at a Lodi funeral home helped spur New Jersey to pass a law allowing interment of unclaimed cremains. The Mission of Honor for Cremains of American Veterans coordinates ceremonies, with Glass’s interment at Doyle Cemetery in Wrightstown and a public procession.
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Joseph Glass
Normandy
Rhineland
Glass
Alesso
Lodi
N.J
Jessica Roth
National Funeral Directors Association
Missing In America Project
Roth
Jack Conners
Conners
Mission of Honor
Jim Alesso
Veterans Administration
George Wells
Brig. Gen
William C. Doyle
Wrightstown
Roman Niedzwiedz
Wells
Doyle Cemetery
Vietnam Veterans of America
New Jersey
Niedzwiedz
Volk-Leber
Teaneck
US aid and media strategy could aid Pakistan refugees
Column argues Washington should expand humanitarian aid to 1.7 million Swat refugees and fund refugee resettlement, infrastructure repair, and radio outreach. It spotlights FM stations and transistor radios to counter Taliban propaganda and suggests publicizing aid progress to bolster Pakistani trust in the United States.
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Pakistan
United States
U.S
Swat Valley
Islamabad
Taliban
Kashmir
Ikram Sehgal
al-Qaida
Hillary Rodham Clinton
United Nations
Tarikai
Swabi
Imtiaz Ali
Peshawar
U.S. Institute For Peace
Washington
Ali
Clinton
Swat
U.N
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