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VFW SUPPORTS GOLD STAR FAMILIES

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TO RIDICULE A GOLD STAR MOTHER IS OUT-OF-BOUNDS WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has a history of lashing out after being attacked, but to ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds, said the new national commander of the near 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary. “Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression,” said Brian Duffy, of Louisville, Ky., who was elected July…

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STATEMENT FROM JOHN McCAIN REGARDING THE KHAN FAMILY

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The Republican Party I know and love is the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan. I wear a bracelet bearing the name of a fallen hero, Matthew Stanley, which his mother, Lynn, gave me in 2007, at a town hall meeting in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. His memory and the memory of our great leaders deserve better from me. In recent days, Donald Trump disparaged a fallen soldier’s parents. He has suggested that the likes of their son should not be allowed in the United…

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Editorial Elections 

Raskin Deserves To Go To Congress

Michael Kuster

I am requesting that readers support Senator Jamie Raskin’s bid for Congress in the 8th district of Maryland.  He is an ethical and dynamic legislator, and deserves your backing. He has fought to protect not just the citizens of Western Maryland, but all the citizens of Maryland should there be fracking. As the co-sponsor of SB 361, The Hydraulic Fracturing Liability Act, with Senator Bobby Zirkin, he testified in front of the House Committee, and pushed hard to get it passed in the General Assembly. SB 361 provided a victim with…

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Editorial Elections 

McHenry Resident Urges Votes for Raskin in 8th Congressional District

Michael Kuster

Although I am not a resident of the 8th Congressional District in Maryland, I am writing to urge you and your readers to support Senator Jamie Raskin in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, April 26. I live in Garrett County in Western Maryland. if the fracking industry is allowed to operate in Maryland, it will first do so here. There are many people in Western Maryland who do not want the pollution, heavy truck traffic, severe health problems, environmental and economic devastation that occurs wherever fracking takes place. Unfortunately, the…

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Elections 

Blaine Taylor – Democrat for U.S. Senate

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GladeValley.net invited all candidates for Congress and Senate to provide information to our readers leading up to next week’s Primary Elections in Maryland. Those that responded will be featured leading up to the Primaries. GladeValley.net does not endorse any one candidate, but encourages all to be informed and involved. Blaine Taylor Democrat for United States Senate Maryland Primary Election Apr. 26, 2016 Biography: Age 69, BA HIST Towson University 1972, published book author 20 books worldwide 1993-2016, US Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade Vietnam War 1966-67 under enemy Communist Viet Cong…

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