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jetdawgg
06-18-07, 09:42 AM
http://static.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/webbs200.jpg Jim Webb’s son just recently returned from Iraq. In honor of Father’s Day, Jim sat down with NPR’s All Things Considered (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11091821) and spoke about the military traditions in families. Audio (javascript:launchPlayer('11091861', '1', '15-Jun-2007', '&topicName=People___Places&subtopicName=Interviews&prgCode=ME&hubId=11109737&thingId=11091821&ssid=&tableModifier=', 'RM,WM');) available at the site.

“They go into the military because they love their country, because they have family traditions - in the case of my family all the way back to the American Revolution,” Webb tells Renee Montagne. “And when the time comes, there’s a sense of obligation among many to live up to the people who went before you.”

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/17/sen-webb-on-military-sons-and-fathers/