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Sep 8th, 2011

Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 8, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that an Iraqi soldier sprayed gunfire at American troops guarding one of their commanders as he visited an Iraqi military base, killing two and wounding nine.


Sep 7th, 2011

Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 7, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


Sep 6th, 2011

Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 6, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan up to that point in 2010 had reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009.


Sep 5th, 2011

Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 5, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Iran allegedly was paying Taliban fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, according to a report in the London Sunday Times.


Sep 4th, 2011

Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 4, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose to 65 as critically wounded people died in hospitals, while a suspected U.S. missile strike killed seven insurgents.


Sep 3rd, 2011

Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, on a visit to Camp Nathan Smith, headquarters for U.S. operations in Kandahar, Afghanistan, said the likelihood of direct U.S. military engagement in Pakistan was very low but that “unfortunately, there are going to be more tough days ahead” in Afghanistan.


Sep 1st, 2011

Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 1, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that a spike in bloodshed in Afghanistan claimed the lives of 19 U.S. service members in just four days, elevating the U.S. death toll for August 2010 to 55, with a total of 76 fatalities for NATO forces.


Aug 11th, 2010

Summary: Primary election results in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District (MN-06). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 11, 2009 Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), compiled from U.S. Department of Defense News Releases.


Jul 30th, 2010

Summary: The results of a July 2010 KSTP/SurveyUSA poll show Republican Michele Bachmann with a significant lead of 9 points over Democrat Tarryl Clark, with 8 points combined for Independence Party candidate Bob Anderson and unaffiliated independent Aubrey Immelman, and 5 percent undecided. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 30, 2009 Aubrey Immelman featured a New York Times report that Col. Timothy R. Reese, a senior American military adviser in Baghdad, had concluded in an unusually blunt memo that Iraqi forces suffered from entrenched deficiencies but were able to protect the Iraqi government, and that it was therefore time “for the U.S. to declare victory and go home.” In his report, Col. Reese detailed Iraqi military weaknesses in scathing language, including corruption, poor management, and the inability to resist Shiite political pressure.


Jul 15th, 2010

Summary: Two years ago today, I launched my campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 15, 2009 Aubrey Immelman noted that one year had passed since he launched his campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District.