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Stephen King 'shining' for US soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan

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Bestselling author Stephen King is an American Patriot.
Bestselling author Stephen King is an American Patriot.
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Members of Maine's Army National Guard will be coming home for the holidays courtesy of one of the state's most famous residents.

According to the Pentagon, best-selling author and screenwriter Stephen King is paying for members of his home state's ANG to come home and enjoy the Christmas holiday with their families.

King wanted his gift to Maine's bravest to remain anonymous, but eventually the story leaked out and the Pentagon decided "the horse is already out of the barn."

Considered the master of the Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction genres, more than 350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and other media. The motion picture adaptation of his thriller "The Shining" (Jack Nicholson) is arguably the greatest horror motion picture ever produced.
 
Kings other works include "Carrie," "The Stand," "Salem's Lot,"  "Shawnshank Redemption" (a novella), "The Green Mile," and many, many others.
 
Since becoming commercially successful, King and his wife have donated large amounts of money to causes around their home state of Maine and elsewhere.
 
 
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a columnist for The Examiner (examiner.com) and New Media Alliance (thenma.org).  In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (www.kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty. 

He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations.  He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country.   Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com.   Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc. 

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