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07 Jan 2012

You’re Welcome, Iran.

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Oh the irony of the dramatic rescue of Iranians held hostage on their own fishing vessel by Somali pirates by seamen from the U.S. Navy’s John C. Stennis Battle Group. (more…)

05 Jan 2012

Raucous Caucusing in Iowa

Written by Thomas Graham, Posted in Government | 2 Comments

I “caucussed” for Governor Perry. Just so you know, I intended the misspelling to include “cuss” because this year’s Iowa caucuses seemed to have a unique element to them that (more…)

01 Jan 2012

The Best Birthday Present Ever!

Written by Thomas Graham, Posted in Health & Medicine, Miscellaneous | Leave a comment

I was born in Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas at 10:56 p.m. January 1st, 1965, the last baby born on the first day of the year in 1965. Forty-seven (more…)

26 Dec 2011

What’s Rick Perry’s Path To The Nomination? South Carolina

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As a Texas businessman who works around the country and talks to members of the media on a regular basis, I am asked more and more frequently whether Rick Perry (more…)

01 Dec 2011

Arizona “breaks its own news” with coaching announcement

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Kudos to youthful Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne who announced his new head football coach via Twitter with this tweet: As the ubiquitous social media (more…)

10 Nov 2011

PEOPLE helps to “Put a Face With the Name

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Thank you to PEOPLE magazine for joining in the efforts of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to help put a face with every name on The Wall. The photographic (more…)

07 May 2011

Visualizing the power of a single Tweet

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The world’s major media outlets staff The White House press office from the moment it opens at 6 a.m. each day to when it closes at the end of any (more…)

26 Apr 2011

A war correspondent talks about covering wars

Written by Thomas Graham, Posted in Defense & National Security, Media | Leave a comment

I am honored to count among my friends Joe Galloway, the author of “We Were Soldiers Once…And Young” and one of the world’s best known war correspondents. We’ve talked (more…)

21 Apr 2011

"RESTREPO maker killed in Libya by RPG"

Written by Thomas Graham, Posted in Defense & National Security, Media | 1 Comment

I got the news via text message. From a guy I’ve known only a couple of years, but he’s earned a lifetime of my respect for his service in Iraq (more…)

17 Apr 2011