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HOUSTON — The wife of an Army nurse serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. The circumstances of Beaumont Army Medical Center Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death were not immediately available. Pentagon officials said it was under investigation. But the El Paso Times, quoting Beaumont spokesman Clarence Davis, said Clark was not injured during combat. The death "wasn't a result of hostile action," Davis said. "He was not wounded." Clark's brother-in-law said Friday that he didn't have details of the death. "We are entrusting the military with investigating and with finding out what happened to Capt. Clark," Bradley Taber-Thomas said. Clark, 43, an Army chief nurse, grew up in Michigan and lived previously in Spencerport, N.Y., a suburb of Rochester and his wife's hometown. He joined the Army in 2006 and was stationed in Hawaii before he was assigned to the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso. He deployed to Afghanistan in March. A statement from the family released by Taber-Thomas said Clark died Monday while talking to his wife, who was in El Paso, during one of their regular Skype sessions. Clark was in Tarin Kowt, in Uruzgan province, in southern Afghanistan. A family statement deepened the mystery about Clark's death. "At the time of the incident, the family was hoping for a rescue and miracle, but later learned that it was not to be," the statement said. "Although the circumstances were unimaginable, Bruce's wife and extended family will be forever thankful that he and his wife were together in his last moments." Clark's body was returned Thursday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. A funeral is planned in Spencerport, where Clark and his wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, moved in 2000. While there, he worked for about four years at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., first as an operating-room assistant and then as an operating-room technician. "He was a friendly guy, always joking, always picking on me because of my (British) accent," said Ellie Villanueva, a nurse who worked with Clark at the hospital and kept in touch with him after he left. They spoke a few days before his death, and he talked about coming for a visit. "After work, we would all go out. It was like a family. He was my son." Clark was an emergency medical technician before he worked at the hospital. He went on to earn his nursing degree and planned to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist, Villanueva said. Military records show Clark finished his nursing degree before joining the military in 2006. He received a number of awards and decorations for his service. Villanueva said the delay in releasing the cause of Clark's death was difficult on those who knew him. "Why is it taking so long?" she asked. Clark is survived by his wife and two daughters, age 3 and 9. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018144114_skypedeath05.html |
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Vice President Joe Biden is not convinced the economic recovery has flatlined, doesn't think Mitt Romney has a jobs plan and is "absolutely comfortable" with gay marriage. During a wide-ranging interview with David Gregory on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, Biden weighed in on a wide range of topics--the economy, foreign policy, gay marriage, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangjang, Mitt Romney and Osama bin Laden--six months ahead of the general election. Biden said "it's not a concern" that job growth appears to have stagnated because "there is no stagnation." "There were four million jobs lost in the six months or so before we came to office," Biden said. "Before I lowered my right hand on Jan. 20 [2009], we lost 700,000 jobs that month. And before we got out first major economic initiative passed, we lost another 3.5 million jobs. Since that point, it's been steady growth, not enough. There's still a lot of people in trouble. But there's no stagnation.  Biden: Obama 'Has a Big Stick' on Foreign Policy Watch Video  Biden to Obama: 'A Big F-ing Deal' Watch Video  Did Bin Laden Killing Break the Law? Watch Video "I come from a household where whenever there was a massive recession, somebody around that table was gonna lose their job," Biden continued. "Here's the deal. What is Romney proposing? He's proposing, as to quote Bill Clinton, 'going back to the last policy of the last administration on steroids.' I mean, what is [Romney] talking about? He talks about another $2 trillion in tax cuts for the very wealthy. Is that how he's gonna do it? Is he gonna create jobs by continuing to undercut getting people to college and helping them get there by undercutting education? Is he gonna continue to create jobs by eliminating investments in research and development? I mean, what, what's the plan? We've seen this movie before." While Biden wouldn't say if the Obama administration would support gay-marriage legislation in a second term, he expressed his personal views on the topic: DAVID GREGORY: And you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: I-- I-- look, I am vice president of the United States of America. The president sets the policy. I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction-- beyond that. DAVID GREGORY: In a second term, will this administration come out behind same-sex marriage, the institution of marriage? VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: Later in the interview, Biden conceded his public criticism of Romney regarding Osama bin Laden was hypocritical. DAVID GREGORY: You questioned Romney's bona fides on foreign policy in a wide area. But in this particular area, you said, "Bin Laden is dead, GM is alive. Could you say that slogan in reverse for Governor Romney?" And it's striking, Mr. Vice President, given that at the H-hour of D-day for this operation, you told this president, "Don't do it. Don't do it now," is what you said. And yet you're saying Governor Romney should be questioned? When that was your judgment at the time? VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: Read More >>>>>>>>> |
