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As you might have read in the post below, we are recognizing in an ongoing format on this blog the men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces who have lost their lives in battle. Because we are recognizing only those buried at Arlington National Cemetery, we want to offer you the chance to share the stories of the multitude of other fallen service men and women buried across this nation -- either in personal remembrances and reflections or public funeral or memorial announcements. All verifiable submissions for service men and women who died in combat are welcome, as are photos of the deceased. We will post them all here on the blog and on the Nightly News Web page in the near future.
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Link to thisWe have the very exciting news tonight about progress in the embryonic stem cell field. This work holds the chance of creating these amazing building blocks of life without destroying embryos. It is important to note that hasn't happened yet. This work is in mice only. The step to humans could be easy or difficult, but the scientists won't know until they try it.
Discuss (65 comments) Email this | Link to thisA potentially huge medical advance is making news tonight, as is a big potential problem for the FDA. TB remains in the news, and we'll have an interesting look at the G-8 gathering in Germany from David Gregory. Mike Taibbi will get us off the air tonight with a wonderful yarn about an ordinary man with an extraordinary story.
Please check out the great Associated Press piece that just came out about the Sopranos -- I just heard Neil Cavuto on Fox -- sitting across from the beloved late Capo Bobby Bacalla -- say that this season has been "awful." I hope he's watching the same show the rest of us are. Meantime, the discussion, for the hardcore among us, continues on Slate's blog -- and wherever two or more Soprano's fans gather across America this week. We just have a few more days to go. Until we miss the show forever. Thanks for indulging me. It's almost over.
And today we profile another great Medal of Honor recipient: Pat Brady. Setting aside, if that's possible, Brady's heroics in battle -- Pat is known for his great smile, great wife, great daughter and his love of all things Notre Dame. I hope you can take a moment to read about Pat.
Back to the day job: we hope you will join us for the Wednesday edition of Nightly News (which will be pre-empted on the West Coast again tonight by the NHL finals. It will be available as an early Netcast on our Web site at 8:30 ET/5:30 PT, however).
Discuss (6 comments) Email this | Link to thisBrian was on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night for a bit of good-natured verbal sparring with the host. If you missed it (or if you just want to see it again and again), you can watch the piece by clicking here or by visiting the Late Night Web site.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisCpl. Joseph Anzack Jr., the soldier whose body was found floating in the Euphrates River two weeks ago, was buried today at Arlington National Cemetery, ending a cruel ordeal for his family.
Anzack's mother, father, and younger sister comforted each other during the brief graveside service for the 20-year-old gunner who, like so many of those buried around him, played high school football and couldn't wait to join the Army.
"One of those kids who would run through a wall for you," his high school coach told the Los Angeles Times.
Photo caption: Joseph Anzack Sr. mourns at the gravesite of his son. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Brian reflects on his time yesterday on the set of Sesame Street, and previews some of the stories we're working on for tonight's broadcast.
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Every weekday for 110 straight days we will feature a different living recipient of the Medal of Honor. These are the men who have received their nation's highest military honor. Brian is a board member of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. The words and photos are courtesy of Artisan Books, publishers of "Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty by Peter Collier with photographs by Nick Del Calzo.
PATRICK H. BRADY
Major, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, 54th Medical Detachment, 67th Medical Group, 44th Medical Brigade
Reserve officers training was mandatory at Patrick Brady’s college in the late 1950s. He hated it and eventually got booted out. He later got back into ROTC and was commissioned in the Medical Service Corps after graduation.
Brady’s first posting was to Berlin as a medical platoon leader at the time the Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961. Soon he was eager for new challenges, so he applied to flight school and became a helicopter pilot. In 1963, he went to Vietnam.
Discuss (2 comments) Email this | Link to thisIn the end, justice came down to this: 2 1/2 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for lying and obstructing an investigation into who leaked Valerie Plame's secret CIA identity in 2003. The defendant, Lewis "Scooter" Libby didn't flinch, showed no emotion. Minutes earlier, Libby had quietly appealed for leniency, "It is respectfully my hope that the court will consider along with the jury verdict my whole life." Libby's attorney, Theodore Wells added, "he has fallen from public grace, a tragic fall."
I witnessed the three-hour courtroom drama, which was sobering and surreal. It's as if you could hear time ticking and the noose tightening.
Discuss (16 comments) Email this | Link to thisI just came back from accomplishing something of a career goal: I just taped a segment for Sesame Street... How can the rest of the day not feel like a bit of a letdown? Having been loyal members of the Sesame Street family while raising our kids -- appearing on the show is an honor. Then again, so is my day job, to wit:
Discuss (11 comments) Email this | Link to thisMany of you have been seeking further information after our broadcast story Monday night on the implication of new research that suggests up to 100,000 breast cancer patients received drugs that did nothing to combat their cancer, but put them at risk for heart failure and leukemia.
Here is an analysis piece I have written for MSNBC.com that delves further into the subject.
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