Breazeale at Freedom Park Ceremony

Hundreds celebrate true meaning of Memorial Day

By Drew BrooksStaff writer
Don Talbot recognizes that others may not hold the same high esteem for Memorial Day that he does.

The master of ceremonies Monday for the annual ceremony at Freedom Memorial Park knows much of the country sees the holiday as a day for the mall or the beach.
But for Talbot and the hundreds that gathered at the park in downtown Fayetteville, the day is still about remembering what others gave for our freedoms.
“There are too many people in this country that don’t understand that,” Talbot said while standing among the stone monuments dedicated to the region’s veterans.
Army Reserve Maj. William Breazeale, the event’s keynote speaker, had a similar message.
The three-war veteran with more than 18 years of military experience has served during operations Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Breazeale heaped praise upon the veterans in attendance and those being honored for sacrificing their lives for their country, but added a somber message: they would not be the last needed to serve their country.
“We do live in an imperfect world,” he said. “Wars will always go on.”
On his latest tour of duty, Breazeale lost three of his friends.
“The hardest thing to do in life is to say goodbye to someone you love,” he said. “If you know someone who has died in a war, Memorial Day is not one time a year. Memorial Day is every day.
But Breazeale did not feel that death should discourage anyone from serving his country.
“I know it’s OK to hire someone to clean your house or mow your lawn,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s right to have someone fight for your freedom if you can do it yourself.”

Major’s Campaign Recruits a General

Southport, NC – Will Breazeale, Candidate for Congress and a Major in the Army Reserve has recruited Retired General Joseph Kinzer to his campaign.

While attending the annual Veteran’s Day event at the Golden Corral restaurant in Southport, Breazeale met Kinzer along with the many other Veterans taking the opportunity to have dinner on the restaurant chain while raising money for the Disabled Veterans. After talking at length the General volunteered to help the Breazeale for Congress campaign.

Asked what convinced him to sign on, Kinzer said “Breazeale has the right values and the right priorities, he will represent the citizens and veterans in the district well.” He went on to say “Will knows first hand what Veterans really need.”
Breazeale is one of the very few Iraq War Veterans seeking seats in Congress .His success will increase the mere 22% of the members of Congress who have served in the military, historically one of the lowest percentages of former military members in Congress.

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Will's Newsletter 11-11-07

I want to thank my fellow Veterans for their service on this Veteran's Day. Let's all pray that there will continue to be citizens who answer our nation's call in the future. Having served our country as an Army Reserve Officer for the past 17 years, in 3 wars (Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom) I have seen first hand the drive, determination and commitment of our servicemen and women, which always increases my confidence that our country will continue to have a bright future.In campaign news, our treasurer, Ken Pervine of Elizabethtown, just returned from a Federal Election Commission workshop held in St. Louis, Missouri. He had a great time networking with other campaigns from all over the country as well as learning how to keep our campaign operating legally and effectively. Everyone on my staff knows the importance of using every donated dollar legally and efficiently so this campaign can be successful. We also have added Mrs. Lexi Patton to our staff this past week in New Hanover County. Lexi is an incredibly bright lady who comes to our campaign very optimistic about our success, having worked in DC as a Republican Senatorial staffer and on campaigns. She graduated from George Washington University with a degree in Political Science, is married to a Marine Officer and is one of the few people who scored a 1600 on the SAT Test! Now that my staff is complete on the District level; we are organizing on the county level. (There are 10 counties in the District) Our goal is to have a county manager for each county by 1 Jan 2008. Please email me at will@breazeale08.com if you want to be considered for any position in our campaign structure. This is going to be a great campaign so be a part of it!We have an exciting event with members of the Lumbee Tribe in Robeson County this Tuesday. They are holding a reception in Pembroke, NC in order for me to meet with Lumbee members. These members are already excited about supporting Sen. Dole and would like to get to know me and hopefully will make it a clean Republican sweep come election day among tribal members!I was also encouraged with General Motors' decision to road test 100 hydrogen vehicles this week across the USA. I am very much in favor of hydrogen powered vehicles. These vehicles produce no pollutants and go twice as far as gasoline powered vehicles on the same energy. Technology is still being developed to produce hydrogen using renewable methods which would make this fuel even better! It is up to the U.S. Government to make alternative fuels a reality through incentives to citizens and businesses. We have to make this happen so we can tell foreign oil to get lost!I am upset, however, to read about the Democrat Congress' lack of ability to ship Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to Iraq in a timely manner because of a backlog in installing radio jammers in Charleston, SC. This Congress has an oversight responsibility of our government. The finger pointing has to stop and the action has to start! Our troops need those vehicles to survive in combat. Excuses and bureaucracy will not do the job....action and teamwork will!Please keep the contributions coming! Take care

Will

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Another obscure bureaucrat tries to ban God

Fayetteville, NC – Three time Iraq War Veteran, Army Reserve Major and Congressional Candidate Will Breazeale decries yet another attempt by a federal bureaucrat to ban God, this time from military funeral ceremonies. “Based on only one complaint, the recitation of a script which mentions God, is now banned at Military funerals,” Breazeale said. “The reading of the script has always been optional, left to the bereaved family.” This follows the recent decision by the Architect of the US Capitol to delete the mention of God in letters accompanying flags flown over the capitol building, also a voluntary mention, requested by the person ordering the flag.

The Constitutional separation of Church and State should never be used to restrict voluntary mention of God in ceremonial occasions in Breazeale’s view. “Certainly at a funeral honoring a veteran, the family not some bureaucrat in Washington, DC should decide whether they want God to be mentioned,” he said.

The reading of a script during flag folding ceremonies at funerals and other times is not required but has become a tradition. While many of the scripts mention God in several passages, not all do so. The location and purpose of the ceremony, as well as the wishes of the family in cases of funerals, determine which script – if any – are read.
“The Capitol Architect was over ruled by action of the Congress, only after the issue became news. Will Congress take action to rectify this latest bureaucratic attempt to remove God from the lives of citizens,” according to Breazeale, “This is just another indication of what is wrong in DC, that the bureaucracy there is out of control and needs to be reigned in.”