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<DIV><FONT size=2>Well, this will be the 72 point headlines in the Genesee
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<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Lt. Col. Refuses to
Deploy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Courtesy of the Army Times at:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.ArmyTimes.com">http://www.ArmyTimes.com</A><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Lt.
Col. refuses deployment<BR><BR>By Joe Gould - Staff writer<BR>Posted : Tuesday
Apr 6, 2010 16:08:59 EDT<BR><BR>Decorated Army flight surgeon Lt. Col.
Terrence Larkin says he will not<BR>comply with orders to deploy to
Afghanistan until President Obama releases<BR>his birth certificate.<BR><BR>"I
am today compelled to make the distasteful choice to invite my
own<BR>court-martial, in pursuit of the truth about the president's
eligibility<BR>under the constitution to hold office," Larkin said in a
YouTube video<BR>being circulated by Safeguard Our Constitution, an
organization raising<BR>money for Lakin's legal defense.<BR><BR>"If he is
ineligible, I believe my orders and all orders are illegal,"<BR>said Larkin,
45. "Any reasonable person looking at the evidence in the<BR>public domain
would have questions about President Obama's claim to be a<BR>natural-born
citizen."<BR><BR>Larkin has been in the Army 18 years, is assigned to an Army
health clinic<BR>at the Pentagon, and he is a recipient of the Bronze Star and
various<BR>service medals.<BR><BR>As of April 2, the Army had not taken action
against Lakin. Army spokesman<BR>George Wright noted Larkin has only expressed
an intent to violate Uniform<BR>Code of Military Justice articles related to
missing movement and<BR>disobeying orders.<BR><BR>"Lieutenant Colonel Larkin
is free to express his personal views. The Army<BR>has no comment on his
concerns, nor the views that he espoused," Wright<BR>said. "Whether his
actions to date violate any law or policy is for his<BR>chain of command to
determine."<BR><BR>Attempts to reach Larkin for comment were
unsuccessful.<BR><BR>The American Patriot Foundation, an organization that
questions whether<BR>Obama was born in the United States, is championing
Larkin. Margaret<BR>Hemenway, a spokeswoman for the group, said although the
Army has not<BR>taken action against Larkin, he has nevertheless retained an
attorney.<BR><BR>Hemenway said Larkin, who is due to be promoted to colonel,
was risking<BR>his career for his principles.<BR><BR>"I think he'd like the
president to say, 'I need everyone to deploy and<BR>I'll release my records,'"
Hemenway said.<BR><BR>He is not the first soldier to refuse to deploy overseas
citing questions<BR>over Obama's presidential legitimacy. Two soldiers
represented by<BR>California attorney Orly Taitz, who has lodged a
well-publicized campaign<BR>to challenge the president's citizenship, have
made similar claims.<BR><BR>In July, Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, a reserve
soldier who sought a<BR>temporary restraining order and status as a
conscientious objector by the<BR>same justification, had his deployment orders
revoked.<BR><BR>Army Capt. Connie Rhodes, also a doctor, filed for a temporary
restraining<BR>order to stop her deployment in August. Texas federal judge
Xavier<BR>Rodriguez denied the request.<BR><BR>The issue was largely relegated
to fringe groups after Obama released a<BR>copy of his Certification of Live
Birth from the state of Hawaii in 2008.<BR>It said he was born in Honolulu in
1961, two years after Hawaii became
a<BR>state.<BR><BR>---------------<BR><BR>The YouTube video.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea9JVnck_-E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea9JVnck_-E</A><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Jeesh!<BR><BR>Tom
Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the
Optimist expects it to change<BR>and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR><BR>-
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