Who and Where Is Major Ben Connable?
The Washington Post carries an Op-Ed piece today titled What Soldiers See in Iraq, subtitled The Truth on the Ground and declares; The writer is a major in the Marine Corps. On May 18th of last year, USA Today carried a piece called A Marine Sees What Defeatists Don't and taglines the writer as; Maj. Ben Connable is serving as a foreign-area officer and intelligence officer with the 1st Marine Division.
Apparently, the USA Today article was referred to and linked in a 2004 Bush campaign e-mail.
All of which makes Marine Major Ben Connable a fairly prolific contributor to newspapers in this country, referenced by President Bush as well. The strange thing is, as well known and well covered as the major might be, he’s personally illusive. At least for me. I have instant luck with Googling all kinds of arcane information and obscure individuals, but Ben Connable comes up a blank. Who and where is this guy?
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