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Parents

Does this woman have no parents? Faro0485 (talk) 14:03, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Controversies

On September 12, 2012, after reports of attacks against several United States embassies, it was discovered that Patterson had forbid U.S. Marines assigned to protect the United States Embassy in Egypt from carrying live ammunition in their weapons. Clearly, that is a moronic decision. A typical action from this effete and feckless Administration.^[1]

As written, and while the source material can be considered accurate via its own referenced sources, the language used demonstrates a clear bias against the current US Presidential administration, disregarding the source article's use of a 'source' GOP strategist. The article never mentions any weasel language such as this subheading uses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LarryFKeilman (talk • contribs) 19:28, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ REPORTS: No Live Ammo for Marines 12 September 2012, The Washington Free Beacon

References

References #2 and #4 are the same and should be combined into one reference. References #3 and #5 are the same and should be combined into one reference. 2602:306:C4B0:E4D0:78ED:5CEA:CF87:8983 (talk) 07:17, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, and references generally cleaned up. Hal (talk) 09:05, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Patterson served as United States Ambassador to El Salvador from 1997 to 2000, and then as United States Ambassador to Colombia from 2000 to 2003. While ambassador to Colombia, Patterson and U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone were the alleged [alleged by who?] targets of a failed bomb plot while on an official visit to the Colombian town of Barrancabermeja. From 2003 to 2004 Patterson served as Deputy Inspector General of the US State Department.[3] Footnote #3 makes no reference at all to a bomb plot.2602:306:C4B0:E4D0:78ED:5CEA:CF87:8983 (talk) 07:21, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. It took all of five minutes to find. You might want to check the following website for future inquiries of this nature: http://www.google.com/ Hal (talk) 22:50, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mouth

A "mouth"? Does this supposed "woman" and lifetime government parasite even have one? When "it" appears before congressional committees "it" verbalizes but nothing comes out that resembles "speech". There is what appears to be an "orifice" above "it's" chin and below "it's" nose that is surrounded by what I can best describe as "lips" but it never seems to move nor does "it's" jaw operate like those of normal human beings.

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[1] REPORTS: No Live Ammo for Marines 12 September 2012, The Washington Free Beacon

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