President Barack Obama had lunch Friday with a man from Fayetteville and three other winners of an online contest for his campaign donors. Bill Blackwelder is a 31-year-old Afghanistan war veteran who lives in Fayetteville. The U.S. Army reservist is c... »
The presidential contest turned into a war of written words when President Barack Obama came to Fort Bragg to thank the troops. First, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wrote and open letter to Obama highlighting high unemployment for veterans. The ... »
Mitt Romney, a contender for the GOP presidential nomination, wrote an open letter to President Barack Obama today, lambasting him for the state's unemployment rate. Obama was at Fort Bragg today to welcome troops home from Iraq. Romney's letter was pu... »
Major cuts are ahead for the U.S. military; from personnel to bases to equipment. In the President's new budget, the armed forces would lose 100,000 troops in the next five years, most from the Army and Marine Corps. And, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta... »
