Saturday, May 16, 2009

The Huffington Post on Bryan Lentz

Hal Donohue wrote a long piece on the Huffington Post about Bryan Lentz, who is likely to run in the 6th 7th congressional district if Congressman Joe Sestak decides to challenge Arlen Specter in a Democratic primary for Senate. See "Is Specter in a Primary Fight? Yes!"

Here is an excerpt:

Bryan Lentz is a former ranger and paratrooper and recipient of the Bronze Star for Service. He was deployed to Bosnia in 1998 and when asked in 2003 by his former commander to return to active duty, he volunteered to go to Iraq to serve with his old unit. During his 2004 tour of duty in Iraq, Bryan rightly earned the respect of his troops. Wayne Bowen, author of the book "Undoing Saddam" and a Republican and Army vet who served under Lentz in Iraq, cited Bryan's leadership and valor in the book recounting Bowen's time in Iraq: "Bryan Lentz was the finest example of wartime leadership that I saw in Iraq, and he will always have my respect and admiration." That literally says it all to my mind.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's the 7th CD champ.

AboveAvgJane said...

Right you are. Thanks!

David Oh said...

Bryan Lentz is the type of person and public servant every community should have. He is smart, honest, thoughtful, kind and strong. Bryan has "paid his dues" in life...he's taken the long road and suffered for it... and that counts in my book because he more than understands the difficulties that affect the average American. He has withstood the tempation to take the easy and crooked road. We need leadership like his...especially at a time like this in our nation's history. Check him out and make up your own mind. www.votelentz.com