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Astronaut John Glenn Endorses Clinton

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's effort to win Ohio's critical presidential primary got a boost Tuesday when former senator and astronaut John Glenn endorsed her candidacy.

Space Station Needs Help, Glenn Says

The country is not getting its money's worth out of the international space station, John Glenn said Tuesday, the 45th anniversary of the day he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

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Politics | Revisiting McCain's Keating 5 history | Seattle Times Newspaper
Source: The Seattle Times

At one time, John McCain said the worst thing that ever happened to him, Vietnam included, was the so-called Keating 5 scandal. "The Vietnamese," he would say, "didn't question my honor."

Keating Five Member is Obama Surrogate
Source: townhall.com

If Barack Obama is so outraged at John McCain's involvement in the Keating Five scandal, why is John Glenn, another Keating Five member, doing surrogate work for Obama?

John Glenn Speaks Out Against Future Moon Base
Source: UniverseToday.com

NASA's first man to orbit the Earth, John Glenn has said a plan to set up a Moon base to facilitate the manned exploration of interplanetary space is a very bad idea.

Obama trip abroad shows how election's being 'internationalized'
Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

If the clamor over Democrat Barack Obama's foreign trip illustrates anything beyond his sheer celebrity abroad, it is the degree to which this American election is being "internationalized."

Group Seeks to Commemorate Glenn's '62 Orbital Flight with Private Orbital Flight
Source: msnbc.com

Retired pilot Craig Russell has picked out the rocket he wants to launch into space, and he's selected two astronauts to ride it. He's got an advisory board that includes the engineer who sent John Glenn into orbit.

Shuttle Flights Should be Extended from 2010 to 2015, says Space Pioneer John Glenn
Source: space.com

Glenn called for extending the work on the International Space Station and extending the life of the space shuttles beyond what NASA is planning.

Profile John McCain Part 2: Politics, Scandal and Bi-Partisan Reform

As a freshman congressman in 1983, John McCain could have been described accurately as a Reagan conservative. But, he was not afraid to disagree with the President.

45 years later, orbits still awe John Glenn
Source: Sky.com

When the clock struck 9:47 a.m. on Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn was strapped in a 7-foot-wide capsule atop a 100-foot-tall Atlas rocket loaded with 250,000 pounds of explosive fuel.

John Glenn Historic Astronaut Gives Back to Home
Source: Coshocton Tribune

One of the best ways anyone can help preserve the history of their home community is to support a museum. Many small towns in Ohio have quite remarkable museums for their size. Not many have a John Glenn to help and to include.

Opinion: Flag burning amendment is 'trivializing' the Bill of Rights
Source: msnbc.com

Jonathan Alter, Newsweek columnist says in a searingly-worded column,any member of Congress who supports amending the Bill of Rights for the first time in the history of this country for a nonproblem like flag burning is showing serious disrespect for our Constitution and for the …

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