GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 06/06/2014

What Happened to Marine Deserter Wassef Ali Hassoun? Ten years ago this month, U.S. Marine Wassef Ali Hassoun disappeared from Camp Fallujah in Iraq. After a five-month military investigation, he was charged with desertion and theft, brought back to Virginia's Quantico Marine base and then transferred to North Carolina's Camp Lejeune for trial. Yet, a full decade later, Hassoun is as free as a bird.

VA Admits 18 Vets Left Off Wait List Died In a new revelation in the growing VA scandal, the organization's acting head says that an additional 18 veterans whose names were kept off an official electronic Veterans Affairs appointment list have died.

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Parents of Texas soldier linked to Bergdahl searches want answers One of six men who died while reportedly searching for Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier released earlier this month by the Taliban after five years of captivity, was a Texas Tech graduate. Andrews said his family was aware of allegations that Bergdahl had deserted prior to finding out their son was searching for him at the time of his death.

What Matters Most in Obama's Terrorist Trade Let's clear out the idiocy of the Bowe Bergdahl debates and then get to what's really important: this decision's legacy. Idiocy: Liberals such as Jonathon Alter and others at MSNBC, Mother Jones, etc. who pretend the U.S. has a policy of prisoner exchanges because Israel has had prisoner exchanges with Arabs. Really. They're saying that.

H.S. principal comes out to students Students at a high school in Washington cheered as their principal told them at a Pride Day event that he is a "proud gay man."

Democrats getting dizzy from Obama scandals It isn't entirely clear if the Democrats now distancing themselves from President Obama fully get why trading terrorists for a suspected deserter and the ongoing implosion of Obamacare are problems. But it is increasingly evident, given the gowing blowback from the American people, that they understand that they are problems.

It Was Never About Bergdahl Everything about this horrendous Bowe Bergdahl affair reminds us just how out of touch President Obama is with ordinary Americans and American sensibilities.