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...Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq in 2003-2004, has written a new memoir, Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story, an account of his life and his service in Iraq. Sanchez was a three-star general - and the military's senior Hispanic officer - when he led U.S. forces in the first year of the war. He was relieved of his command by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2004 following the revelations of the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. In 2005, Marine General Peter Pace, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...important way, because it was our families that were affected,” Barrios said. Mass. State Rep. Elizabeth A. Malia, who is lesbian, said it is imperative to have both LGBT allies and straight allies who are willing to embrace LGBT issues. Diego Sanchez, a transgendered person and the former co-chair of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, said LGBT politicans must engage in conversation or “we’re never going to come to a solution together.” “If you do have an immediate political aspiration, pursue, pursue, pursue...
...Today, when most horror films seem to follow senseless plots that provide more blood than brains (“Saw IV,” anyone?), films like “The Orphanage” show how much the American horror-film industry has to learn from writers like Sergio Sanchez, who crafted the film’s excellent script. Is this eerily heart-wrenching production a masterpiece alongside the ranks of del Toro’s critically acclaimed brainchild? Not quite, but “The Orphanage” comes surprisingly close. Expect much from this director in the future...
...allies still have wide-reaching powers that include control over the legislature, the judiciary, the state oil company and nearly every state government. The students say they know their battle is far from over. "The student movement has said that December 2 isn't an end date," Ricardo Sanchez, a student leader at Venezuela's Central University, said on Sunday at opposition headquarters. "On the contrary, it's a beginning. It's a beginning point for the good things that can be coming for this country...
...Perhaps the most surprising moment of nuance came when Bush responded to a question about the scathing criticism leveled against the Administration by the former top commander in Iraq, Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who said recently that national leaders had been incompetent in their prosecution of the war. At first, Bush seemed to give the ex-General a pass, saying, "I admire General Sanchez's service to the country." But then he said, "The situation on the ground has changed quite dramatically since he left Iraq." If you wanted to be generous, you could read that as meaning Sanchez' criticisms...