a suspected case of road rage in las vegas leaves one man dead and puts a national guard soldier behind bars for murder. santa fe bureau minute thumbnail 06:00 pm chief gadi schwartz just got back from las vegas with details on a case that once again rais questions about the difference between murder and self-defense. gadi. the criminal complaint goes like this... national guardsman richard baca was stopped at a light in las vegas last night. baca says benito lemos got out of the car behind him and started punching him -- saying baca cut him off. the complaint says baca then pulled out a gun and killed lemos... police tell us baca then tried to help lemos after shooting him 3 times point blank. "according to reports when the officers arrived mr. baca was there providing aid type of aid i'm not to sure... " witnesses -- who know lemos -- paint another picture... they say they never saw lemos punch baca -- and tell us after the shooting -- baca started cussing and yelling at the victim's wife and the couple's 2 young children who were in the back seat of the lemos's car... they also say baca didn't start minute thumbnail 06:01 pm trying to give lemos c-p-r until after he saw police. "cold blooded murder i mean that's how it happened i mean even if he is trying to say it was self defense or whatever my friend benito didn't even have shoes and socks on he was out here taking his family out to get some dinner." we just stood there over benito he wasn't even breathing we saw him take his 2 last breaths and it was horrible its horrible its like a nightmare..." baca is currently on leave from iraq is now facing an open count of murder. the las vegas police chief tells us that it will be up to the d.a. to decide whether this is a case of self defense. live in santa fe, gadi schwartz, eyewitness news 4.// [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
It's a scene being played out over and over in cities and towns across the county since the Iraq war began: Young men and women heading from the home front to the battlefield. Alpha Company 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion was mobilized at a ceremony at Fort Meade, Maryland on Monday morning. [www.clipsyndicate.com | FOX WTTG Washington, DC]
It's the last day to raise money to bring 700 CT National Guard Troops home for the holidays before they're deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTNH ABC 8 New Haven]
GREENVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) - A gripping goodbye in Greenville Friday night as the town sends several of its fighting men and women off to war. The tough farewells made even harder by the upcoming holidays. Family, friends say goodbye and honor the 150 people of the 1073rd who will leave for a 12 month tour of duty. Sgt. First class Andrew Lytle said "Actually for me, its bittersweet. Some of my best in the unit are leaving and I'm not going with them. So it's bittersweet. I'm going to miss them. I want to be with them". Amy Lytle agreed. "It is really hard. We've been involved with this unit for 20 years and a lot of our friends and family are here...and it's really emotional especially around the holidays". Some who are heading to Iraq say the support of the community makes it a little easier to leave before the holidays. "I just love this community. They're always really good at getting out, and showing their support. Everyone was honking their horns today as they drove by, so its really refreshing". [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids]
Friends and family bade farewell to a Greenville-based Michigan National Guard unit headed to Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids]
A seminar at SCSU is highlighting veterans issues. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTNH ABC 8 New Haven]
military minutue - dec 3 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAVY NBC 10 Norfolk]
Several donors have offered to foot the entire bill for a group of high school students trying to send gifts to the troops in Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KMGH ABC Denver]
different obama now [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Many members of a Brooksville National Guard Unit watched President Obama last night order 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan. They watched while packing their bags for the other war, the one in Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTVT FOX 13 Tampa, FL]
Soldiers return to Ft. Hood [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
350 soldiers who just returned from Iraq had a heroes welcome at Fort Hood. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Race to the Senate: The Democrats Debate Part 2 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Hundreds of soldiers are returning from Iraq Wednesday. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
On the heels of President Obama's announcement of more troops to Afghanistan, more soldiers come home from Iraq. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Race to the Senate: The Democrats Debate [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
"Most of all, I know that this decision asks even more of you," said President Obama speaking directly to cadets. Almost all will eventually join troops in the warzone, who also heard Obama�s decision, "To send an additional 30-thousand U.S. troops to Afghanistan.� The Smith family in New York is split over the President's words. With her grandson just shipped off to Iraq, June Smith said, "I feel that Obama's doing the best that he can in the situation he was left in." However, Jamila Smith, whose nephew is serving in Iraq said, �The reason we voted Obama into office is because he was gonna go into the process of bringing them home." Today in hearings to fund the war plan, Secretary Of State Clinton, Defense Secretary Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen defend it to critics. Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold said, "I think it's possible it'll be a bipartisan vote that could prevent such funding." The President will need GOP backing. President Barack Obama said, "After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home." Arizona Senator John McCain said, "I'm most concerned about sending the wrong signal that we're leaving on an arbitrary date." The President's War Commander General McChrystal sounds satisfied, in a statement saying, �The President has provided me with a clear military mission and the resources to accomplish our task." [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
Military Headlines - Dec 1 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAVY NBC 10 Norfolk]
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Obama Says Afghan Troop Plan Vital to National Interest: Video
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he’s deploying 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by the middle of next year to serve a “vital national interest” in stabilizing the country and disabling al-Qaeda. Obama coupled the military surge with a timeline to begin withdrawing forces by July 2011. Bloomberg's Hans Nichols reports. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Recap of local headlines [www.clipsyndicate.com | WANE CBS 14 Fort Wayne]
A Minnesota woman is suing the federal government after a letter she mailed to her son in Iraq was returned with the word "deceased" stamped on the envelope, even though the soldier is alive. (Dec. 2) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
An IPFW professor says an eventual U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is realistic. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WANE CBS 14 Fort Wayne]
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