1. WHERE ARE THE POWERFUL GOP WOMEN?
"In Congress, Republicans can boast only two additional female lawmakers and virtually no other women in high-ranking leadership roles compared with 2004. Just one woman serves among the House’s top four leadership positions, and no Republican woman holds a top-ranking leadership role in the Senate. And the presidential stage is not much better: Carly Fiorina was the lone GOP female White House hopeful this cycle in a group of 16 men. Among the 31 Republican governors, only three are women." From WaPo - Where are all the high-ranking GOP women?
2. BACKGROUND ON CPT HUMAYUN KHAN
"Khan was standing with other troops outside Warhorse that morning when an orange taxi came speeding toward them. Instructing his soldiers to get down, Khan moved toward the vehicle, motioning for it to stop. Before he could reach the car, an improvised bomb went off, killing Khan and two Iraqi civilians in addition to the two suicide bombers. A dozen more people were wounded." “On the day he died, he was doing exactly what a good leader should do,” Mitchell [Khan's commanding officer] said. From WaPo - Capt. Humayun Khan, whose grieving parents have been criticized by Trump, was ‘a soldier’s officer’
+ "“I experienced nothing but love and camaraderie from all the Marines I served with,” said Mr. Rashid, who joined the Marines in 1997. “I was often the first Muslim many of them had ever met, but there was no racism, no bigotry. It doesn’t really matter your faith: We were all Marines first.” From NYT - Muslims in the Military: The Few, the Proud, the Welcome
3. IRAN NUCLEAR
Something to keep a CLOSE eye on. "He [Ayatollah Khamenei] said the agreement, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, 'once again proved the futility of negotiations with the Americans, their lack of commitment to their promises and the necessity of distrust of U.S. pledges.'" From NYT - Iran's Top Leader Distances Himself from Nuclear Pact, Which He Once Supported
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