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

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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
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Will Breazeale (R-N.C.) signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Will Breazeale, a Republican running for North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District seat, recently signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge sponsored by Americans for Tax Reform (ATR). The Pledge to the taxpayers of the district and to the American people commits signers to “oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses … and oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."

ATR has offered the Pledge to all candidates for federal office since 1987. To date, President George W. Bush, 41 U.S. Senators, and 194 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed the Pledge. Additionally, seven Governors and over 1,200 state legislators have signed the Pledge.

Breazeale's pledge was witnessed by fellow Pledge signers Sen. Elizabeth Dole(R-N.C.) and Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.).

“Americans are looking for candidates committed to fiscal responsibility and pro-growth economic policies,” said Grover Norquist, president of ATR.

“By signing the Pledge, Mr. Breazeale demonstrates that he possesses the qualities hard-working taxpayers nationwide are so desperate to find in their candidates. I applaud him for his leadership and dedication to the ideals of limited government.”

“I strongly encourage every candidate for federal and state elective office to sign the Pledge,” Norquist continued.

Copies of the Pledge are available at www.atr.org or by calling (202) 785-0266.

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.

Breazeale to attend Robeson GOP Convention

Lumberton – Congressional Candidate Will Breazeale is to attend the Robeson County Republican Convention on March 6th at the Robeson County Courthouse from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

The convention will be selecting delegates to represent the county at the District 7 convention to be held April 5th at the Brunswick County GOP HQ in Bolivia, NC. These conventions select the delegates to the State Convention which will in turn select the delegates and alternates to attend the Republican National convention, where the presidential and vice presidential candidates will be selected.

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.