Remembering the Fallen on Memorial Day

With Will delivering the keynote speech at the Freedom Memorial in Fayetteville this seems an appropriate photo galery.

Newsletter 5-5-2008

Hello All
Thank goodness the Primary is almost here! Since I have no primary opponent, my name is not on the Primary Ballot, but neither is McIntyre's. I have been focusing on voters of this district on the one and only race in district 7 - the one that will be decided on November 4th 2008.

I have begun challenging McIntyre's campaign through the media and by letter to schedule at least 3 face to face - Breazeale vs McIntyre - debates before the November election. If McIntyre believes his positions on the issues are superior to mine, he should have no problem defending them on a debate stage.

The truth is he is ashamed of his liberal voting record and ashamed of the the standard bearers of his party: Hillary and Obama. That is evident in his refusal, as a Super Delegate for the Democrat Party, to endorse either of them!

My "Fair Heath Plan", I am happy to report, is receiving favorable response from all over NC and SC. So far, I have only revealed it in speeches to Medical Societies, but soon I'll put the details on our website. Doctors who have heard it are excited that there is finally a candidate who understands health care from all angles: the poor, insurance, illegal immigrant, emergency room care, etc. I am also happy that health care professionals are opening their wallets to this campaign as well, including a recent donation from a Physician member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe.

Our campaign is busy preparing to utilize the many College / Young Republicans who have volunteered to work this summer. These young people are energetic and committed. If you would like to provide a place for one or more students to stay this summer, please email us to let us know!

Saturday was a busy day....I competed in a triathlon held in my hometown of White Lake, NC. Swimming 750 yards in the open waters of White Lake, biking 14 miles around the lake, then running 3.1 miles to the finish line. This was great preparation for the race I am in with a November 4th finish line! Nothing inspires people more than to see their candidate for Congress running to a strong finish! I was also thrilled to see Whitney Cook of Wilmington wearing a Breazeale for Congress T-Shirt during the competition!

After the triathlon, I ran (OK for this leg I drove) to Oak Island for a speech to fellow Veterans of Foreign Wars members. Their applause and encouragement reinforced the fact that veterans want a change in leadership in this district. It means so much to them that they have as a Congressional candidate someone who made the sacrifice, just as they did, by serving in the military. A candidate who knows first hand the dangers and difficulties involved in fighting for our country. They recognize that McIntyre only knows what he has been told in Washington committees or what he has
seen on junkets or whirlwind visits to bases - being treated as a VIP, only seeing what the "Brass" wants him to see. They know that I will continue to serve our country after I am elected making this a safer and stronger nation.

My personal tradition of service will continue through programs like Fair Health - to improve our citizens' access to affordable health care and Fair Tax - to stimulate our economy!

As you read this, I am piloting a 737 for Airtran Airways 41,000 feet above the earth, serving the passengers by safely transporting them to exciting destinations on the west coast for work or pleasure, however nothing is more exciting to me than the prospect of winning this Congressional race for
all of us. Keep up the good work and the prayers! (And a donation would be greatly appreciated!)


Will

PS: After Saturday, Kyle Busch leads the Sprint Cup Nascar series in points but the real race will be the Championship that will be determined next November. Whoever wins that long race will need lots of help, their pit crew, their sponsors and their fans. Just like this Congressional race, the "Driver" can't win all by himself. I need your help as well. I need you as a volunteer for my "pit crew", as a donor or "sponsor", as a voter or "fan"! Here's an idea - invite some friends over for a BBQ before a Nascar race - I'll drop by to chat with my "fans" and "sponsors" before the race - now that would be a great summer afternoon! Contact our events scheduler and we'll help set it up!

Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. Corporations, foreign nationals without green cards, federal contractors, and minors (under 18 years of age) are prohibited from contributing The maximum contribution per individual is $2,300 per election. Therefore, a couple may contribute up to $4,600 per election. Multi-candidate PACs may contribute up to $5,000 per election. Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to report the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in an election cycle

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Newsletter 4-28

Hello all!

The schedule continues to be busy and the money keeps on coming in! As you read this, I am doing a week of Army Reserve duty in Charlotte rewriting a regulation on our training standards. I am often asked, how can you be a Major in the Army Reserve AND run for Congress?

The answer is in my status. Since I am a soldier in the Army Reserve, I can be a federal candidate. If I were in the active or full-time Army, I could NOT be a candidate because of the Hatch act provided for in Federal law.


I disagree with this act concerning full-time soldiers but it is what it is for the time being. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina still serves as a Colonel in the Air Force Reserve and is the highest profile Reservist in Congress. When it comes to my duty in the Army Reserve, I place it as higher priority than my campaign because of my sense of duty to our country. I will have at least another week of duty before the election in November, but rest assured that while I am away at duty, my great staff and county coordinators are hard at work!

I am very encouraged by the number of fundraising house parties people from all over the district have scheduled in May. There is even a stretch where we have 5 parties in four days! This is key to getting the word out as well as adding to our cash on hand for advertising this fall.

The neediest county in the 7th Congressional District is Robeson County. The Lumbee Indian tribe, which constitutes a major part of the county, thanks too the efforts of Senator Elizabeth Dole, is now closer to receiving $80 Million in federal funding. A disturbing statistic that came out as part of the story on her pending legislation, it came out that Robeson County is the POOREST county in North Carolina. This is particularly disturbing since our sitting Congressman, Mike McIntyre (until election day) has been in office for almost 12 years and this is his home county! He cannot help his own county, much less the rest of the district. You see, what matters is not only how a Congressman votes on an issue, but how he FIGHTS for that issue and and the people involved. McIntyre is content to take all of us for granted because he has felt up until now, his job is safe.

I took my campaign to a Hilliary Clinton function in Fayetteville a few days ago. What I found was that the majority of the Democrats I spoke with LOVE the Fairtax!

A Democrat I met this week sent the following e-mail to my Campaign Web site:

"You have my vote! I will be voting outside of my partyaffiliation for the first time. I am a huge Fair Tax supporter and your position on that issue alone wins my vote. I truly believe that most all of the major problems facing our country can be addressed by implementing the fair tax. I hope we can start a tax revolution, and I know the Congress is the best place to start.

I wish you all the best--Keep the Fair Tax torch burning!!

Thanks for your service to our country!

Amy"

This is just one issue that will attract many Democrat votes to me in this election. McIntyre is running scared of this issue, he is trying to publicize his sponsorship of the "Tax Fairness Act", a bill in Congress that would preserve the IRS and the income tax. He claims that it satisfies the desire for reforming the tax code. But it is clear that if the income tax remains and the IRS stays in place the big spending social engineers will continue to play their games with the tax code. Instead of defending his liberal positions, McIntyre is trying to steal my conservative issues! How Conservative was he being when he voted to place Nancy Pelosi two heartbeats from being President? (Click here to watch a YouTube about this)

I ask for your continued support of our campaign. I am working 80 hours per week bearing your conservative burdens because they matter, especially in this weakened economy, and to keep attention on them in the media. Your generous contribution at aWILLtoWIN.com will help us in this fight!

With Faith,




Will

PS: We are preparing to mail information to the voters in District 7 detailing the differences between McIntyre and myself. This will cost around 25 cents per voter, your $100 donation today would let us send that important info to 400 voters. Click here or go to aWILLtoWIN.com
now to donate!

Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. Corporations, foreign nationals without green cards, federal contractors, and minors (under 18 years of age) are prohibited from contributing. The maximum contribution per individual is $2,300 per election. Therefore, a couple may contribute up to $4,600 per election. Multi-candidate PACs may contribute up to $5,000 per election. Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to report the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in an election cycle.

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Benny - Will's iraqi friend and interpreter arrives

When Will was in Iraq, he needed a good interpreter to help in his mission to
thrain the Iraqi army to handle the security in their area of northern Iraq. He
got that and more in Benny - Bangin Al-Dosakee. Turns out he is a computer
guru as well, when their computers had problems, Benny could help. Will also
said his only worry with Benny in the backseat with a loaded AK-47 was about
safe handling of the firearm, not the intentions of the man doing the handling.

FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) -- He helped American troops fight in the war in Iraq. Now an Iraqi citizen is getting a unique education in American politics.
He's hitting the campaign trail with a local congressional candidate[Will Breazeale].
Bangin Al-Dosakee was greeted with applause and handshakes at the Fayetteville airport Thursday. For the first time in his life, he is experiencing what many sometime take for granted -- freedom.

Newsletter - 03-24-08

Hello all!

This week will be a key one in our campaign to elect me as your next Congressman. Below are the events I will be attending this week:

Tonight I will be at UNC-Wilmington at 7:00 pm.

• Tuesday morning at 8:00 am I will be appearing on the Curtis Wright show at the Big Talker FM in Wilmington (96.7 and 103.7 FM).


• Also on Tuesday after our event in Fayetteville, I will participate in Lee Greenwood's concert for the Fred Smith for Governor campaign at Methodist University. (For more details see the paragraph below).


• Tuesday evening at 5:30 pm we are holding a fundraiser in Fayetteville with fans of my endorsement of the FairTax.


• Friday we’ll be having a huge event in Newnan, GA, near Atlanta, organized by my fellow pilots at AirTran Airways in which will Congressmen Linder and Westmoreland, both Republicans from Georgia will be speakers.


• Saturday morning I'll be campaigning at the Planter's Day festival in White Oak, NC in Bladen County.


• Then at 4:00 pm. I will be giving a speech at the Politician's Appreciation Day in Elizabethtown.
  

I will be making a special announcement with Fred Smith and Lee Greenwood just before honoring our veterans with Lee's "God Bless the USA." Anyone attending our fundraiser, which begins at 5:30 pm, right before the Lee Greenwood concert are invited to Fred's fundraiser concert where they will have special reserved seating (Fred's campaign is asking for a $25, per person, donation to his campaign). What an exciting night!!!!

We are welcoming George Bell as our County Coordinator of Brunswick County. George currently serves as a Precinct Chairman in Brunswick County for the Republican Party as well. He and his family are dedicated Republicans ready to help us win Brunswick County in Nov 08! His email address is brunswick@breazeale08.com. Contact him if you live in Brunswick County to become part of our organization. Please contact Rob Boyce, my Campaign Manager, if you live in any other county and would like to volunteer! We will have some special perks for our County Coordinators so sign up now!

Mcintyre's flip-flops continue....McIntyre supported the Iraq War resolution to attack Iraq in 2002. Last year, he voted with his leader, Nancy Pelosi, the very liberal Speaker of the House – his first vote in 2007 was to elect her speaker! - to immediately withdraw all troops from Iraq no later than April 2008. Now, McIntyre says the soldiers need to stay until Iraq's government is strong enough to run their own country. The people of District 7 deserve a Congressman who shows leadership, not one who changes his position like a weather vane in a hurricane! On November 4th the voters will show Mike McIntyre that they want this Veteran -- and not a trial lawyer -- representing them in Congress!

Keep the House Party requests coming!!!!

Take care

Will

PS - When Sen. Elizabeth Dole was head of the Red Cross she says she asked people for only three things: their time as volunteers; their money – as donations; and their blood! Well, I am not asking for your blood! but I need your time and your money! Go to aWILLtoWIN.com today to sign up!

Will Breazeale and Kieran Lalor on Fox News 3-14-08

Watch as Will fires an Iraqi RPG

Newsletter 3-10-08

Hello again!

This has been a pivotal week in the campaign. Fox News in New York interviewed me last week for a story to air during the Brit Hume report as early as Tuesday. I will send you an email alert when we find out the exact time. This national exposure is wonderful, increasing the Campaign’s visibility and can bring in support and donations from all across the country!

This national exposure will also mean other opportunities for high profile interviews partly because of my Iraq War Veteran status. People do trust veterans, not just for what we have already done, but for what we say and we will do. They trust veterans to get things DONE! With the current Congress’ approval rating (22%), the people are demanding Representatives who will say what they mean and do what they say! I promise you that this Veteran will fill that bill!

I had a wonderful time speaking to the Pender County GOP Salute to Veterans as their keynote speaker. State Representative Carolyn Justice and County Chair Bob Muller were excellent hosts. Both told me with complete confidence that based on my qualifications to be our next Congressman and their efforts I will win Pender County. The members of the Pender County GOP are ready for a change and are ready to work with us for that change. State Rep. Carolyn Justice presented me with a NC Flag she had flown over the State House in Raleigh to honor my military service. This is one of the most meaningful gifts I have ever received and I look forward to hanging it behind my desk in Washington this January!

I look forward to walking thru Pender County with Caroline and their Republican Sheriff (one of only two in the whole district) meeting the voters and listening to their ideas on how to improve things in the County.

Newsflash: The Democratic Congress is at it again. In a display of their total lack of understanding about what it takes to serve in the military, the Democrat controlled Congress formed a Guard and Reserve study group. The group not only did not recommend improving the retirement system for the reserves but instead recommended to impose that same retirement scheme on the active military. Currently the members of the active force who retire after their 20 years can start to collect their well-earned retirement immediately while reservists must wait until age 60 to start receiving their money, even if they retire years earlier. This will devastate our active forces and cause difficulties for the Reserve forces trying to fill the void. There will be even less incentive for active members to stay in until retirement. This wrong-headed idea is similar to what happened when the Democrats controlled Congress in the early 1990s. They reduced base pay retirement to 40% from 50% also to "save money." The Army is still recovering from the loss of those valuable, trained and experienced Soldiers. The ignorance of the current Congress concerning military operations and personnel is surprising and dangerous. There is a serious disconnect between the Democratic Party and the military that worries me. Time and time again the Democratic Party has shown it will NOT take care of our military when needed.
This is exactly why I am running. There are too many lawyers and not enough of a cross section of regular people in Congress. There are too many self serving people in Congress and not enough public servants.

This Thursday I am attending an Iraq War Veterans for Congress event in Las Vegas, on Friday the Bladen County GOP Convention, and on Saturday the New Hanover GOP Convention. I am also excited about upcoming major fundraisers we are having in Fayetteville and Newnan, GA! Hope to see you at one of these events!

Take care

Will

PS: If you want a yard sign, be sure and log in to: http://www.awilltowin.com/. Click on volunteer and check that you want a yard sign. We will get it to you ASAP!!! And remember that your donation of $201 today will show the world your support and let us order another 100 signs to get the message out in supporter’s yards across the district!

Newsletter 3-3-08

Hello all,

This week has been a busy one! We held a training session this past Saturday for our newly hired fundraisers. If you missed the training...do not despair! Give Nicole Siemer, our events manager, a call at 910-423-6362 and she will set you up for the next training session. Then you can be a valuable part of our professional fundraising team. You can also email Nicole at events@breazeale08.com.

This Friday the Pender County GOP is holding a dinner to honor all veterans. As a co-keynote speaker I will present a slide show and speech on my experiences living with and training the Iraqi Army during my deployment last year. Call Bob Muller, the Pender County GOP Chair at
910-297-2866 to reserve your ticket for this event, 7 March at 7pm in Hampstead.

McIntyre has started spending money against us doing push polling, telephoning voters and asking questions on our issues in a skewed manner. McIntyre is concerned, rightfully so, about this election. He is part of a Congress with terrible approval rating and he realizes that our top 3 issues: the Iraq War, Illegal Immigration and the Fairtax are winning issues and clear differences between us.

It IS official....no one else filed to run as a Republican for Congress in this district. That means that I am the Republican nominee! Rumors about another Democrat running against McIntyre turned out to be just
that, rumors. I am challenging McIntyre to debate. You can help by putting pressure on McIntyre for a spirited and meaningful debate on the issues with letters to the editor of your local newspaper, calling in to a radio talk show, or letting McIntyre's office know your desire. The differences between McIntyre and myself on the issues need to be put to the test in a debate.

Thanks for the continued financial donations to our campaign. We ARE putting your donations to good use and we WILL be aggressive with our goal of winning this district!

Take care

PS: A recent AP national news story about my campaign and those of 11 other Republican Iraq War Veterans running for Congress resulted in an immediate surge in online contributions through Slatecard.com. You can help by sharing the link to that story and to Slatecard.com with your friends, relatives and co-workers no matter where they live. Get them to join you
as part of my growing Army of supporters at aWILLtoWIN.com.



Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
Corporations, foreign nationals without green cards, federal
contractors, and minors (under 18 years of age) are prohibited from
contributing.

The maximum contribution per individual is $2,300 per election.
Therefore, a couple may contribute up to $4,600 per election.
Multi-candidate PACs may contribute up to $5,000 per election. Federal
law requires us to use our best efforts to report the name, mailing
address, occupation and name of employer for each individual whose
contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in an election cycle
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More from Breazeale on winning in Iraq

A recent report in the Washington Post contains some insight into the efforts to bring about a victory in Iraq - for both the US and the Iraqis.

Since his return from Northern Iraq, Army Reserve Major and Congressional Candidate Will Breazeale has been saying "We need to let the Iraqi Army and police that we have trained take the lead in their own country, give them the the opportunity to lead themselves to Victory".

Breazeale, as a training officer living and working with the Iraqis, saw first hand how, like a kid on his first bicycle, the first solo ride may be wobbly and there may be some tumbles along the way, when urged or even forced to do so find that they really have all it takes to do the job.

Washington Post reporter Joshua Partlow wrote:

With just 2,000 American soldiers to patrol a city of 1.8 million people -- the Iraqi Sunni insurgency's most formidable urban stronghold -- the U.S. military strategy in Mosul relies to an unprecedented degree on the Iraqi security forces. U.S. military officials here say there will be nothing like the "surge" of thousands of American troops that helped ease the fighting in Baghdad and no major effort to search for insurgents block by block.
Instead, they are betting that 18,200 Iraqi soldiers and police can shoulder the load against the kaleidoscope of insurgent groups fighting in the city.
"We see the Iraqi security forces, more and more, take the lead and take the fight to the enemy," said Maj. Adam Boyd, the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment's intelligence officer.
"You do see a capability that we have not seen before."
In recent months, three Iraqi army battalions have returned to Mosul from deployments in Baghdad. The Interior Ministry has approved 2,000 additional police recruits for the city, and a new Iraqi operations command is coordinating the efforts of the Iraqi security forces.

Breazeale responds "This is exactly what I expect to happen as Iraqi troops and police are placed in the lead positions, allowed to do the jobs we have been training them for. We can take the training wheels off, send them on their way. The new bike might get mangled but the rider will get better."

"The odd numbered Iraqi Army Divisions (1st, 3rd, 5th etc.) are especially key to the country's success because these Divisions are comprised of a mixture of Sunnis, Shias and Kurds from all over the country. If these key divisions can succeed without our help, the country will succeed," continued Breazeale. "This HAS to be tested now like the successful test the British did in the Southern Iraqi town of Basra, before any mass redeployment is considered"

The American commanders in Mosul said their approach takes into account the lessons of previous U.S. offensives, in which soldiers flooded a violent area only to find that their targets had fled or were indistinguishable from other civilians. The Americans are relying on the Iraqi army to develop intelligence that will lead to specific raids to capture individual insurgents.
"You can't just bring in the whole United States Army and go room to room of the entire city and then leave," said Maj. Thomas Feltey, the executive officer of a U.S. squadron in Mosul. "The bad guys will wait. We don't know who they are."

"We could go into a room full of people suspected of being insurgents and we had no way to tell who was and who wasn't, but the Iraqi's could look them over and pick out the bad apples," said Breazeale. "They know their own people much better than we ever can."

According to Breazeale, the way to win in Iraq and allow the bulk of our forces to return home is to train the Iraqis, assist them while they train and then send them out to defend and protect their own country.

HT - Michael Yon

Breazeale to address students at Terry Sanford HS

Fayetteville - Will Breazeale, a Major in the Army Reserve and Congressional candidate will be addressing assemblies of students at the Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville on Friday February 29th. He will be talking about his military service, the government and politics. As a three tour veteran of the Iraq Wars and candidate for Congress Breazeale has a unique perspective on public service.

The invitation to speak was initiated by student Tyrell Farris after meeting and speaking with Breazeale at a campaign event.

Three tour Iraq Vet to address Salute to Veterans Dinner

Hampstead – The Pender County NC Republicans are holding a Salute to Veterans Dinner March 7th at the Kings Table restaurant in Hampstead ( off Rt 17 at Hoover Rd. in the Castle Bay development). Congressional candidate, major in the Army Reserves and three tour Iraq War veteran Will Breazeale is a keynote speaker.

Breazeale, having completed his third tour last June, is seeking the NC District 7 Congressional seat. The district extends from Pender County – at the edge of the Marine Corps’ Camp LeJeune - to Cumberland County – bordering the Army’s Ft. Bragg. Veteran’s issues are especially important in this district as a large number of military retirees call the district home.