Admiral at MacDill Was Runner-Up on TIME's Person of the Year
William McRaven, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, was on the list of TIME's Person of the Year, MyFoxTampaBay.com reports.
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in South Tampa was runner-up for TIME magazine’s Person of the Year, MyFoxTampaBay.com reports. Navy Adm. William McRaven, who led the secret SEAL helicopter raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last May, came in second behind “The Protester.” TIME reports that McRaven commanded the operation against the al-Qaeda leader while briefing President Obama in real time as the operation unfolded. The magazine announced its choices for the most influential people in the world over the past year on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Read the full TIME story, William McRaven: The Admiral.
Brandt Hardin
4:23 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
TIME is providing some much needed acknowledgement to the importance of protest. The Occupy and Arab Spring Movements are NECESSARY for our citizens to expose the corruption which Big Business has infected our Government with. Every single person occupying the streets and protesting Corporations is a hero and a patriot. I was compelled to lend a hand and create some new posters for the movement … more ›