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Seems like a fitting song for current event in America methinks. It's been a wild few days since I last posted, I suppose I should start at the beginning eh?
Well, first off we got us a new President.
Uncle Sam stepped down as President, requesting to be impeached, and voted to impeach himself when it was taken to Congress. The reasons for it really don't matter, suffice it to say the motion to impeach him passed, and the runner up in the Presidential election 
Khaled Ibrahim has taken over as President of America. I wish him the best of luck, and have the utmost faith in him.
In addition to that rather surprising turn of events our Secretary of Defense
Snowball the Dinosaur has taken a step back to focus on his real life, he's been a busy man these last few Presidential terms, and has played an integral role in the rebirth of America, first aiding 
Liquid HOMICIDE in the wars to recapture America's non high resource regions, while building up Army, Americas MU, then helping us maintain what we had. His title in the past had always been Deputy Secretary of Defense, but don't let that fool you, the man did a lot more work then I ever did as a Deputy. As a result of this I have been asked to step up as Acting Secretary of Defense. I view this as a great honor, although I have to admit I have not gotten off to the great start I had hoped for, which is a bit of a surprise considering current events, IE the war, let's talk about that shall we?
Well, as everyone knows it's been a crazy couple of days, America, with a number of our Allies, did just what the song says, fight for our right to party. This you would think would be a nice feather in my cap, but frankly I was more of a hindrance then an asset in these events. Due to real life commitments I was mostly unavailable for pretty much the entire duration of the war, luckily Pike bit his tongue, and backed me up majorly, essentially doing all of the work he was trying to take a break from. In addition I am fortunate to have another great asset,
DannyCrowley another Deputy Secretary of Defense. Him and Pike deserve a heck of a lot more credit then I do, and I truly appreciate the 2 of them handling so much of the things I should have done. But, more then just the 2 of them this truly was a team effort, the entire cabinet was involved, there was originally a plan conceived during Sams Presidency, this one was similar to the basic idea, involving a coordinated strike by a number of countries on Russia to confused and disrupt their ability to fight back.. The plan was changed some and carried out under Khaled's time as President. I won't get in to too many details, but let's just say as any good plan this did not go off without a hitch, and it was the quick thinking of Cabinet members, like 
Lilith of Apollyon that really turned things around and got us on the right page.
This was, clearly, a coordinated attack involving the members of Sigma, and The Musketeers. It was quick, and efficient, and made it very difficult for our enemies to really work it out in a way that could have stopped us. We owe a debt of thanks to all of our friends in this war, and let's never forget that. This war involved damn near the entire world, World War comes to my mind. Let's hope the good news keeps on coming, this is a banner day for America, and for Sigma, we are showing what we can accomplish when we put our minds to it. Let's not forget however that our work is not yet done. We still need to finish things up here, and keep our enemies confused, and unsure how to proceed, we do not want to give them a chance to regroup and hit us back!
As for the next step for me, I'm not sure. I am considering running for Congress, I just don't know if I want the added work, and pressure. I know I would take it seriously, and I think that is part of the problem, and I'm not entirely sure what my goals as a Congressman would be. The one thing I am most anxious to see is a REAL mentor program created to educate, train, and integrate new Americans, to keep them interested, engaged, and active. I just don't know if that one item is a big enough item to warrant the hassle that comes with running for Congress. What do ya'll think that actually bothered to read this ridiculously long essay?
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