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The annual Pilgrimage for the Sea Services will be celebrated on Sunday, October 6, at the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, 339 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD. The pilgrimage starts with Mass at 3:00 p.m. (EDST). Bishop Michael J. Barber, S.J., a retired U.S. Navy Reserve chaplain, will be the principal celebrant and homilist. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, Admiral William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.), Chairman of the Pilgrimage Sponsoring Committee, talks about how the pilgrimage came to be, and what's in it for the faithful and those who serve our nation in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, and Public Health Service.
Admiral William J. Fallon (USN, Ret.), Distinguished Fellow, Center for Naval Analysis; former Commander, U.S. Central Command (2007- 2008); and former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (February 2005-March 2007); at NCUSAR's 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.
NOW talks with the former head of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, who resigned in March after a year of duty. Fallon had sharp disagreements with the Bush Administration's Middle East policy toward Iranian President Ahmadinejad. The former commander of all U.S. military forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, Fallon was portrayed in Esquire magazine as the man in the military preventing the administration from going to war with Iran. Also, we talk with political columnist and "The Uprising" author David Sirota about the populist movement spreading through the country. Can organizations that operate at the grassroots level create real political change?