Army Ranger Widow Confronts Rumsfeld Over His Lies That Convinced Her Husband to Join the Military

(Multimedia) We speak with the widow of a U.S. Army Ranger who confronted former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about her husband’s suicide on Saturday. Ashley Joppa-Hagemann introduced herself to Rumsfeld during a book signing by handing him a copy of her husband’s funeral program at a base south of Tacoma, Washington. She says Rumsfeld inspired her husband to join the Army after 9/11, but he later became disillusioned with the reasons for the war. Her ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 30, 2011 - 11:46 AM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 30, 2011

An interview with the widow of a soldier who committed suicide, described by the military as a "self inflicted wound". The story is poignant, though Ashley is not your well trained media interviewee.

An act of confronting corrupt power, from an ordinary person.

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by Randy Morrow - Aug. 31, 2011

And he thought he was doing what needed to be done. And over the years, he found out the truth. And it—every tour just ruined him. It took a part of him every time. More »

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