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• Social Studies > Current Events Archives > Politics > USA 2007
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1. -03-01-11 Last WWI Vet Dies (ABC News)
   "He didn't seek the spotlight, but when Frank Buckles outlived every other American who'd served in World War I, he became what his biographer called "the humble patriot" and final torchbearer for the memory of that fading conflict." 03-11

2. -Editorial: Ike Was Right About War Machine (CBS News - Rooney)
   "I'm not really clear how much a billion dollars is but the United States — our United States — is spending $5.6 billion a month fighting this war in Iraq that we never should have gotten into."
   
   "Now we have the hurricanes to pay for. One way our government pays for a lot of things is by borrowing from countries like China."
   
   "Another way the government is planning to pay for the war and the hurricane damage is by cutting spending for things like Medicare prescriptions, highway construction, farm payments, AMTRAK, National Public Radio and loans to graduate students. Do these sound like the things you'd like to cut back on to pay for Iraq?"
   
   "I'll tell you where we ought to start saving: on our bloated military establishment."
   
   "We had a great commander in WWII, Dwight Eisenhower. He became President and on leaving the White House in 1961, he said this: 'We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. …' "
   
   "Well, Ike was right. That's just what’s happened." 9-05