International Business News - Snapshots http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Views of the 2008 presidential campaign from two recent Army veterans and an injured Marine: Brandon Ziegler, of Bethel, Pa., did two short tours in Iraq with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. He joined the military two weeks before the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, to get money for college. Ziegler, a Republican who voted absentee for President Bush in 2004, gives three reasons for supporting John McCain: "One is that he is a war veteran just like myself. The second is that our nation is at war so I believe that gives him an insight into what is going on. The third is his character. McCain was a POW and could have been released early but he chose to wait his turn and let others go home before himself." Ziegler, now studying at Kutztown University to be a history teacher, says some people look at Iraq and think that "if we don't get out right away, that's the wrong call. I don't know what the right call is, but I don't think leaving right away is either." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83656-politics-military-voices-snapshots.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/three-war-veterans-view-the-presidential-campaign.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/three-war-veterans-view-the-presidential-campaign.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:03:22 EDT The earthquake that tore through western China last week flattened entire towns and city neighborhoods, killing as many as 50,000. As a massive military operation concentrates on rescues and disposing of the dead, countless survivors face a hardscrabble existence among the debris. Here are some snapshots of the scene: http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48298-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/quake-survivors-in-hardscrabble-existence.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/quake-survivors-in-hardscrabble-existence.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 14:42:16 EDT Aaron Alpern, 46, and his wife live in Chicago and have a combined income of $30,000. They have a 4-year-old son. Alpern's an actor, and not always employed. He says it's hard to pay the bills each month, but they've managed to contribute to Obama four or five times online, about $50 at a time. "I plan on giving every time I have a chance," he says. "He has excited me in a way that no other candidate has." Alpern says he's been particularly motivated by one of Obama's frequent campaign pitches: "The change you're waiting for is you." He has also helped the campaign by making phone calls to Texas voters, and adds, "I also know I'll work for him again before this election is over." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/snapshots-of-four-donors-to-the-obama-campaign.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 15:13:39 EDT