RandomGuy
12-14-2010, 04:11 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_spoint/birther-faces-court-martial-for-refusing-deployment-orders
By Jade Walker jade Walker – Tue Dec 14, 8:35 am ET
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A court martial proceeding against an 18-year Army veteran who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan will begin today at Fort Meade in Maryland.
According to The Associated Press, Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin disobeyed orders to report to a Kentucky base earlier this year because he doubts whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States and questions his eligibility to be president. Click here to view the charges.
Lakin served in Afghanistan, Korea, Bosnia, Germany, Honduras and El Salvador before taking up an occupational and environmental medicine residency in Maryland. In 2009, he became the chief of primary care at the Army's DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic at the Pentagon. If Lakin is found guilty, he faces a dishonorable discharge, several years in prison and a forfeiture of his pay, which totals nearly $8,000 a month, CNN reported.
FactCheck.org, a non-partisan, nonprofit consumer advocate site for voters, debunked the claims of the "birthers" back in 2008, and even posted a copy of Obama's birth certificate online. State officials in Hawaii have repeatedly checked the files and confirmed that Obama was born in Honolulu.
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Wheee. No conscientious objector for you!
Go directly to civilian, do not pass "retire", and we don't have to worry about paying a pension to an idiot.
By Jade Walker jade Walker – Tue Dec 14, 8:35 am ET
The Starting Point is a snapshot of the news that occurred overnight and a preview of the stories we expect to cover today.
Featured story
A court martial proceeding against an 18-year Army veteran who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan will begin today at Fort Meade in Maryland.
According to The Associated Press, Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin disobeyed orders to report to a Kentucky base earlier this year because he doubts whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States and questions his eligibility to be president. Click here to view the charges.
Lakin served in Afghanistan, Korea, Bosnia, Germany, Honduras and El Salvador before taking up an occupational and environmental medicine residency in Maryland. In 2009, he became the chief of primary care at the Army's DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic at the Pentagon. If Lakin is found guilty, he faces a dishonorable discharge, several years in prison and a forfeiture of his pay, which totals nearly $8,000 a month, CNN reported.
FactCheck.org, a non-partisan, nonprofit consumer advocate site for voters, debunked the claims of the "birthers" back in 2008, and even posted a copy of Obama's birth certificate online. State officials in Hawaii have repeatedly checked the files and confirmed that Obama was born in Honolulu.
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Wheee. No conscientious objector for you!
Go directly to civilian, do not pass "retire", and we don't have to worry about paying a pension to an idiot.