Emily Perez is dead... [View All]

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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/22/151113/209

Emily was the first black woman to serve as corps commander sergeant major at West Point. She graduated in the top 10% of her class. She was a leader among leaders. In spite of all that promise, this story does not have a happy ending.

You will not see it on FOX (she's not blonde enough), or The Today Show (she's not shallow enough), or BET (she's not freaky enough) ... that doesn't mean her story is not important enough.

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Sometimes our prayers go unanswered. Emily died in Al Kifl, Iraq, on Sept. 12. As this increasingly pointless war churns on, it is easy to grow numb as they throw more of our children into that meat grinder. But every now and then a story comes along that gets past my defenses and I wonder how much longer we will let the Pied Piper of hatred and violence lead our children to a place of no return.

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