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San Francisco | Anti-War
BAY AREA Iraq Veterans Against the War burn the flag day.
The flag is a symbol of our unity and the blood sweat tears of those that came before us. The flag also has a purpose, some times it is a beacon or a message a warning that something is wrong. video 1min 32sec
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/11/15/142349930/the-citadel-faces-abuse-scandal-similar-to-penn-states
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Louis "Skip" ReVille, 32, a Citadel alum, is accused of sexually abusing boys he coached in Mount Pleasant. In 2007, as Charleston's Post and Courier reports, Citadel officials were told by a suspected victim that five years earlier ReVille had invited him and other boys to a dorm room on campus. ReVille, the boy said, showed them pornography and encouraged them to masturbate. The boy was 14 years old at the time.
ReVille went on to become a school principal and coach in Mount Pleasant. Local WCSC-TV reports that investigators say he now has "confessed to charges he sexually molested teen boys, aged 13 to 15."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/13/justice/south-carolina-citadel-abuse/index.html
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Louis Neal "Skip" ReVille faces charges including criminal sexual conduct with a child.
http://www.carlyle.com/team/item5706.html
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Claudius (Bud) E. Watts IV
Managing Director
Charlotte , NC
Segment : Corporate Private Equity
Fund : U.S. Buyout
Claudius (Bud) E. Watts IV is a Managing Director and Head of the Technology Buyout Group. He focuses on buyout and growth equity investments in larger companies focused on software, software enabled services, semiconductors, systems, and related distribution businesses.
Children of Fallen Patriots Program
http://fallenpatriots.org/about-us/our-team/
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1) Claudius E. Watts IVManaging Director, The Carlyle Group
Claudius (Bud) E. Watts IV is a Managing Director and Head of the Technology Buyout Group. He focuses on buyout and growth equity investments in larger companies focused on software, software enabled services, semiconductors, systems, and related distribution businesses. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2000, Mr. Watts was a Managing Director in the M&A group of First Union Securities, Inc. He joined First Union Securities when First Union acquired Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co., where Mr. Watts was a principal.Prior to joining Bowles Hollowell, Mr. Watts was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. During his service, he was qualified as an instructor pilot in both the F-16 and A-10 aircraft and served in a number of leadership and operations management positions in the United States and abroad. Mr. Watts earned a B.S. in electrical engineering cum laude from The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Watts is on the Board of Directors of CPU Technology, Firth Rixson, Ltd., Freescale Semiconductor, Open Solutions and SS&C Technology, Inc.
2) Hollister K. PetraeusMilitary Spouse & Daughter
Holly Petraeus is a government employee and former Director of BBB Military Line®, a program of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. providing consumer education and advocacy for servicemembers and their families. As such, she oversaw a national program that works with the Department of Defense as a partner in the DoD Financial Readiness Campaign and fosters outreach from the 165 local Better Business Bureaus (BBBs) to military communities across the United States.A military spouse of 33 years and a former Department of the Army civilian employee, Mrs. Petraeus has extensive experience as a volunteer leader in military family programs. In that role she has worked with local, state and national legislators on issues affecting Army families, to include testifying at two U.S. Senate hearings on deployment-related issues.
Mrs. Petraeus is a summa cum laude graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. She is a recipient of the Secretary of the Army Public Service Award, the Boy Scouts of America “Service to Families” Award and the Department of the Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus
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Two months after graduation Petraeus married Holly Knowlton, a graduate of Dickinson College and daughter of Army General William A. Knowlton, who was superintendent of West Point at the time.[21] Holly, who is multi-lingual, was a National Merit Scholar in high school, and graduated summa cum laude from Dickinson College. They have a daughter and son, Anne and Stephen. Petraeus administered the oath of office at his son's 2009 commissioning into the Army after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[22][23] His son went on to serve in Afghanistan as a member of Alpha Company, 3rd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.[24]
Petraeus's official domicile in the United States is a rustic property in the small community of Springfield, New Hampshire, which his wife inherited from her family.[25]
http://www.worldreports.org/news/188_obama_being_used_as_a_false_front_by_the_crooks
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APPENDIX ONE: THE CARLYLE GROUP
Revealing the immense international reach of this vast operation:
‘Investment professionals’ working with The Carlyle Group worldwide, are listed in alphabetical order below. In 2008, The Carlyle Group had asserted in its publicity materials that, as one of the world’s largest private equity firms, it had more than $89.3 billion under management, operating 64 funds focusing on buyouts, growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance.
This list is compiled from Carlyle’s own published information:
Watts IV, Claudius E.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps
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http://www2.scnow.com/news/pee-dee/2011/nov/07/4/veterans-day-events-pee-dee-ar-2668407/
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Hartsville Veterans Memorial Dedication: Dedication ceremony for the fourth and fifth walls of memorial plaques at the Hartsville Veterans Memorial at 11 a.m. on Veterans Day. Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Claudius E. “Bud” Watts III, a Pee Dee native, combat veteran of Vietnam and the former president of The Citadel, will be the featured speaker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_E._Watts_III
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Lieutenant General Claudius Elmer "Bud" Watts III (born 1936) is an American military leader and past president of The Citadel Military College of South Carolina from 1989-1996.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=96190#axzz1eZcislxA
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Lieutenant General Watts - United States Air Force
“Lieutenant General Watts said, "Governor Romney understands the nature of the threats facing our nation and will make sure that our men and women in uniform have the very best training and technology to get the job done." ”
"Lieutenant General Claudius "Bud" Elmer Watts III Served As Comptroller Of The U.S. Air Force And President Of The Citadel. General Watts' Air Force career spanned 31 years during which he served in numerous flying positions, amassing more than 7,000 flying hours and commanding various units up to wing level. He also held numerous staff positions, culminating as Comptroller of the United States Air Force in 1986. General Watts was named the 17th President of The Citadel in 1989 and served in that position until his retirement in 1996."
“Romney best suited for commander-in-chief...
“Gov. Romney is the only candidate to offer a detailed plan to restore our military and provide the weapons and equipment our troops need to win wars decisively and come home safely. He will reverse President Obama’s dramatic defense cuts and increase our naval shipbuilding rate. Rather than reducing the defense budget, he will reduce the duplication of efforts and apply those savings to strengthening our military posture. And he will restore as a top priority the deployment of a multilayered national ballistic-missile defense system.”
Brigadier General Mikolajcik - United States Air Force
“Brigadier General Mikolajcik said, "Governor Romney's record on veterans' issues is very strong. He firmly believes that the commitment to our troops doesn't end when their service is finished and that we must take care of those who have sacrificed to protect us. I look forward to telling my fellow veterans in South Carolina of his plans to keep America secure." ”"Brigadier General Thomas R. Mikolajcik Is An Air Force Academy Graduate With 27 Years Of Military Service. General Mikolajcik served in the Air Force as a pilot, staff officer and held numerous command positions. He retired in 1996 as United States Air Force Director of Transportation and is a consultant in logistics and transportation. The General is an adviser to the Metro Chambers Military Relations Policy Council and was awarded the South Carolina Order of the Palmetto in 1994."
http://aboutmittromney.com/military.htm
Wounded Warrior Project: Trace Adkins and the West Point Cadet Glee Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9IjjUCFFmg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alumni_of_The_Citadel,_The_Military_College_of_South_Carolina
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Business
Charles E. Daniel (1918), R. Hugh Daniel (1929) - co-founders of Daniel International Construction Corporation. (at one time the largest construction company in the world); major Citadel benefactors for whom Daniel Library is named.
Randolph Guthrie (1925) Chairman of the Board, Studebaker Corp.
John Monroe Holliday (1936) President of Holliday Associates LLC, once the largest SC tobacco grower. Member of the Board of Visitors for many years, The Citadel's alumni center is named
for him.[1]
Alvah Chapman, Jr.(1942) CEO Knight-Ridder Newspapers
John B. Sias (1947) President, ABC TV
BGen Harvey Schiller PhD (1960) CEO of YankeeNets, a conglomerate that owns the New York Yankees, New Jersey Nets and New Jersey Devils; President, Turner Sports Network
Tandy Rice (1961) Owner of Top Billing, one of the biggest talent agencies in Nashville; clients have included Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings and Dolly Parton. Former President of the Country Music Association, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Allan Schreiber (1962) Vice President, Chase Bank
L. William Krause (1963) President, LWK Ventures; former Chairman/CEO 3Com Corp. Donated $2 Million to The Citadel to establish the Krause Initiative for Leadership.
William Sansom (1964) Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority
H. Stephen McManus (1964) CEO of Hardees
LtGen John Sams (1967) Vice President, Boeing
Richard R. Wackenhut (1969) CEO of Wackenhut Security, the worlds largest private security firm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_S._Westhusing
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Controversy surrounding his death
The New York Times/Los Angeles Times reporter T. Christian Miller reported [7] on the possibility that he was murdered by defense contractors who feared he would become a whistle-blower against their alleged fraudulent activity throughout the Iraq War.[8]
[edit] Funeral
Westhusing's funeral service and burial at West Point were attended by General Petraeus (who returned from Iraq for the event) as well as three other generals of two stars or more.[edit] Dramatized accounts
The controversy of Westhusing's death is depicted in the one act play "Duty, Honor, Profit," written by Westhusing's West Point classmate, Dave Tucker, a Seattle playwrightExcerpt:
Before putting a bullet through his head, Westhusing had been deeply disturbed by abuses carried out by American contractors in Iraq, including allegations that they had witnessed or even participated in the murder of Iraqis. His suicide note included claims that his two commanders, Lt. Gen. Petraeus and Maj. Gen. Josephy Fil, tolerated a mission based on “corruption, human rights abuses and liars. I am sullied—no more. I didn’t volunteer to support corrupt, money grubbing contractors, nor work for commanders only interested in themselves.” One of those commanders: the future leader of American forces in Iraq, and then Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus.
http://www.rense.com/general69/r3nk.htm
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Questions Still Cloud
Col Westhusing's 'Suicide' In Iraq
Serious questions remain concerning Col. Westhusing's "suicide" in Iraq. Army's chief ethics expert was murdered, according to Carlyle Group insider.
According an informed source within The Carlyle Group business consortium, Col. Ted Westhusing, the Army's top military ethicist and professor at West Point, did not commit suicide in a Baghdad trailer in June 2005 as was widely reported in the mainstream media five months later. At the time of his death, Westhusing was investigating contract violations and human rights abuses by US Investigations Services (USIS), formerly a federal agency, the Office of Federal Investigations (OFI), which operated under the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
In 1996, OFI, which conducted background investigations for civil service personnel, was privatized. The 700 government employees of OFI became employee-owners as part of USIS. In January 2003, the New York investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe, described by a Carlyle insider as a virtual shadow operation for The Carlyle Group, bought USIS for $545 million. With 5000 current and former employees of USIS sharing $500 million, the deal made them wealthy with the stroke of a pen. However, upper management within USIS became much wealthier than the rank-and-file. Insiders report that the twelve top managers at USIS became multimillionaires as a result of their cashing in of their Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). Many of these instant millionaires already had a close relationship with The Carlyle Group.
Carlyle had been a shareholder in USIS since 1999 and with the buy-out deal via the Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe deal, Carlyle became the major shareholder.
USIS continues have a virtual exclusivity deal to perform background security investigations for OPM. The company bills itself as "one of the largest Intelligence and Security Services companies in North America."
With the Iraq invasion, USIS obtained lucrative Pentagon private security contracts in Iraq. At a 2004 job fair in Falls Church, Virginia, USIS was advertising for "interrogators" and "protection specialists" for "overseas assignments." While he was in Iraq training Iraqi police and overseeing the USIS contract to train police as part of the Pentagon's Civilian Police Assistance Training Team, Westhusing received an anonymous letter that reported USIS's Private Services Division (PSD) was engaged in fraudulent activities in Iraq, including over-billing the government. In addition, the letter reported that USIS security personnel had murdered innocent Iraqis. After demanding answers from USIS, Westhusing reported the problems up the chain of command. After an "investigation," the Army found no evidence of wrongdoing by USIS.
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