Something intriguing to start your Saturday morning with. Apparently there’s a bit of reluctance for State Department employees to serve in places like Iraq.
Presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter has an idea though:
HUNTER RECOMMENDS WAR VETERANS REPLACE STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) today recommended to President Bush a proposal to replace State Department personnel who refuse to be deployed to Baghdad with wounded veterans from military hospitals at Walter Reed and Bethesda. Hunter, who is currently running for President, went to the White House earlier today and met with President Bush to outline and detail his “Wounded Warrior” project.
“My recommendation to the President was simply that we need people in these positions whose top priorities will be to get the job done regardless of the circumstances and I know which individuals meet those qualifications. Our wounded warriors have already exhibited courage, professionalism and work ethic on the field of battle. They have already answered the call to serve in difficult circumstances and they know firsthand the meaning of sacrifice. If the State Department is having trouble with reluctant personnel, I can think of nobody more qualified than these brave patriots to rise to the challenge.”
“State Department recruiters should immediately be sent to Walter Reed and Bethesda hospitals and application forms should be provided and posted on relevant employment websites. As I indicated to the President, I have no doubt our men and women in uniform will once again answer the call of their nation.”
Unlike a lot of the striped-pants crowd at the State Department, these guys unquestionably support the aim of our current foreign policy, which is to win the Long War over Islamofascism. I applaud Congressman Hunter for this sort of thinking as he’s made a group of men and women whose bodies may not allow them to serve our nation in the military as active-duty servicemen useful in another way, contributing their expertise in serving inside a still-active war zone and letting the rest of those at State enjoy their other more cushy foreign assignments.
