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Buyer: War 'Beyond 5 Years' V13 N3 Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 Buyer: War ‘beyond 5 years’ By BRIAN A. HOWEY bus that pulled up for and MARK SCHOEFF JR. the medical air team For nearly 40 minutes and made the handoff. Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. One of them was the Steve Buyer - just back from soldier who had just a 12,000 mile journey from been injured in Iraq battlefield hospitals in Iraq to while we were there. medical facilities in Germany We followed the soldier - talked of the grim realities of up to an ICU ward and the current Iraq war. actually watched the The House Veterans medical handoff from Affairs chairman had watched one team to the other. the handoff of active duty It is absolutely extraor- servicemen and women with dinary and we have ev- brain trauma and missing ery reason to be proud limbs. There was talk of the of the level of commit- introduction of blood-clot- ment, the investment of ting bandages, and protective people and their desire helmet inserts for the Army, but A soldier recuperating at Landstuhl Regional Medical to care for America’s not yet available to the Marines Center, tells U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer about the impro- most precious asset. It even though 250,000 sets of vised explosive device that injured his arm and de- is absolutely extraordi- them sit in a warehouse some- stroyed his HMMWV. in Iraq earlier this month. nary, what they do; the where stateside. unbreakable link in the “There was an Iraqi chain of mercy.” woman who became a suicide bomber, who injured 16 Yes, America’s most precious asset, the GIs and people. Eight of them were our soldiers,” Buyer said. “When we arrived at Landstuhl (AFB), we witnessed the See page 3 Doris Anne Sadler, movie star INDIANAPOLIS - I’ve long maintained that democ- racy needs maintenance. And if legislating is the “sausage making” of de- mocracy, then throwing an election is like a big placenta. Necessary, teeming with life, and messy. Wednesday night was the India- “I’ll trade you the clerk’s office for napolis premier of the film“By The the prosecutor.” People” which features Marion County Clerk Doris Anne Sadler pre- - Marion County Democratic paring for the 2004 general election. Chairman Ed Treacy to GOP Chairman Mike The New York Times wrote of the Murphy after they watched the film “By The film, “Compelling. Explores the brute facts of Election Day.” People” Wednesday night. At first glance while esconced in HOWEY Political Report Page 2 Weekly Briefing on Indiana Politics Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 a Keystone Arts Cinema surrounded by the likes of Marion County Party HPR Interview: Murray Clark p. 5 Chairs Mike Murphy and Ed Treacy and Bayh and Wal-Mart p. 8 many election technicians and political INSIDE junkes, “By The People” came off as Columnists: Colwell, Gerard p. 9 raw and grainy. But within this format Features came gem after gem. Election officials Horse Race: Survey USA poll numbers; held the hand and paper of a Parkin- son’s Disease victim attempting to HD57 goes into ‘Tossup’ zone p. 10 vote. There was the training of 5,000 people, 914 precincts and 50 teams of Ticker: Lugar presses for Fox journalists p. 14 commissioners. We learned that the aver- age age of an Marion County election The Howey Political Report is The Howey Political Report worker was 72. As they fall away to PO Box 40265 published by NewsLink Inc. It Indianapolis, IN 46240-0265. time and gravity, few are stepping up was founded in 1994. to take their places. www.howeypolitics.com The days immediately before Brian A. Howey, Publisher [email protected] the election begin around 4:30 a.m. Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington Indianapolis Office: 317-506-0883. and last beyond midnight. “The dead Writer Indianapolis Fax: 317-254-0535. guy,” a candidate named David Tess Mark Curry, Washington Writer Washington, DC Office: 202-256-5822. who passed away 16 days before Jack E. Howey, Editor Business Office: 317-254-0535. the election, is just one of the curve balls tossed at Sadler and David Woo, Subscriptions: ©2006, The Howey Political Report. the service center supervisor, who $350 annually HPR via e-mail; All rights reserved. Photocopying, Internet emerged as one of the true stars. By $550 annually HPR & HPR Daily Wire. forwarding, faxing or reproducing in any the morning of Election Day, there Call 317-254-0535. form, in whole or part, is a violation of were 584 pages of “dead people,” federal law. purged by the Indiana Secre- tary of State, some of them quite alive and calling in, wanting to vote. At one point, an election worker sighs, “I knew something was going on. Too many dead people calling.” When Sadler, Treacy and Murphy signed off on a plan to reinstate the living, an election worker said, “We’ve never seen this before: Republicans and Democrats Filmmaker Malindi Fickle with Clerk Doris Ann Sadler at Keystone Arts last night. At right, David Woo working together.” (center) responds to an ovation for his real-life performance. (HPR Photos by Brian A. Howey) There was also the situation in Washington 103 26,000 absentee ballots that had to be thought the film was great. "I saw were a precinct was divided between either secured or moved. The solution stuff I didn't even know goes on," U.S. Reps. Julia Carson and Dan Bur- was a coroner sticker over the room Treacy said. Murphy added, “I didn’t ton. lock, with "coroner" crossed out and know what to expect. It flowed pretty There were 12 teams of at- "sheriff” written in. quickly.” torneys, phones that didn't work, Sadler has had her share of The film plays at 7:30 tonight and Woo setting up workers to go controversy as clerk, but she comes at Keystone Arts. PBS will broadcast through box after box of electon off as thoroughly calm under constant it in October or you can check it out materials. "All I got to do is get you fire. At one point, she says, "A black at www.ByThePeople-TheMovie.com. three flashlights," Woo tells them in a cat crossed my path down in Warren HPR highly recommends this film.v dank warehouse. Then there were the Township." Both Treacy and Murphy HOWEY Political Report Page 3 Weekly Briefing on Indiana Politics Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 From page 1 After the statue of Saddam toppled, most American soldiers thought they would just go home. Marines who toil in 130 degree heat while warding off anar- chy that has engulfed the troubled land of Iraq. "I could There was no plan not help but sense the parallels they're experiencing with In Thomas E. Ricks’ book, “Fiasco: The the parallels of the framers of our own government," Buyer American Military Adventure in Iraq,” Col. Alan King, said. "So the institutions, whether they are sectarian, or head of civil affairs for the 3rd Infantry Division, related cultural, civil or religious, still want to hold their pockets of his arrival in Baghdad in April 2003. “I got to Baghdad and regional strength rather than compromising and giving any was told, “You’ve got 24 hours to come up with a Phase IV of that up to the Iraqi government themselves. The Iraqi plan. On the night of April 8, Col. (John) Sterling came to people are a proud people. They want the coalition forces me and said, ‘I just got off the phone with the corps chief to leave, I really believe that. But they also recognize that of staff, and I asked him for the reconstruction plan, and they need the security and the stability for the unity gov- he said there isn’t one. So you’ve got 24 hours to come up ernment to succeed." with one.” HPR reminded Rep. Buyer of his description of King was stunned. He had been asking for months the eight years it takes to what would happen once the develop a competent staff guns of Phase III fell silent. He sergeant, and the 12 years had been told that in due time, it to develop a seasoned bat- would be issued. tlefield commander. How The 3rd Infantry Division’s long will American soldiers official after-action review stated: be in Iraq before the Iraqis “3rd ID transitioned into Phase IV can defend themselves? SASO with no plan from higher “Challenges are headquarters. There was no there,” Buyer said. “I hate guidance for restoring order in to do this, but coming off Baghdad, creating an interim gov- a trip like this and trying to ernment, hiring government and be forward thinking here, essential services employees and earlier I said success was ensuring that the judicial system their only option because was operational.” they know the consquences Ricks would go on to A self-described “frustrated” President Bush at Monday’s of failure, because they report that in an astonishing criti- press confernce. He said the war is “straining the psyche” of know the tyrrany of a dicta- cism coming from an Army divi- the American people. (White House Photo) torship. So they are willing sion, the ID report laid blame at to work and sacrifice and the feet of its chain of command, make difficult decisions. As leading to Gen. Tommy Franks, they build up their training force, what they are lacking are Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush: logistics. As we get into a greater handoff to the Iraqis, our “The president announced that our national goal was forces will continue to be there in logistics as we downsize ‘regime change’.
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