Matt Gallagher

Iraqi veteran

Guest

Former Army Captain, he served a 15-month deployment in Iraq; author of Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War and co-editor Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War

Matt Gallagher on KCRW

In 2003, Saddam Hussein was said to have "weapons of mass destruction." There were hints he was tied to September 11. Eighty percent of Americans supported the US invasion.

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Admiral Mike Mullen, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a personal appeal to the Senate Armed Services Committee today to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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The Pentagon's top brass and civilian leaders asked the Senate today for an end to "Don't Ask Don't Tell," saying it requires soldiers to lie about their identity.

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