Cool news day, right? President Obama released his birth certificate, which oddly enough had the effect of killing society a little on the inside. A former treasury secretary compared politicians opposed to raising the debt ceiling to terror…
Tag: Defense
The White House is antagonizing LGBT Americans, a strategy known internally as “Tuesday.” We can only hope that there is significant overlap between the 19 percent of Republicans who would vote for Donald Trump and the 23 percent of America…
WASHINGTON — As the United States draws down its military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, more foreign assistance workers will be needed to go in and help rebuild the war-torn countries.Yet the FY 2011 continuing resolution (CR) released …
Last week, on the same day President Barack Obama launched his re-election campaign, his administration announced that it had officially reversed its decision to try the accused 9/11 plotters–including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-procl…
WASHINGTON — Before Nov. 17, 2005, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) was best known as a conservative Democrat with ties to the defense industry and a penchant for earmarks. A Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam, he had strong credentials on security is…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ray Lewis knows a championship defense when he sees one. Now the Kansas City Chiefs do, too.Lewis and Baltimore’s tough and savvy defense overwhelmed the young Chiefs on Sunday, sacking Matt Cassel three times and fo…
WASHINGTON – Throughout the past year — perhaps even longer — the Obama administration and the Pentagon have made a point of showing their eagerness to trim down the defense budget to smaller, more reasonable levels. One of the primary tar…
In the wake of the recent WikiLeaks document dump, Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas), the self-styled libertarian crusader who’s spent the past half-decade building up a massive grassroots following, has emerged as a principal voice in suppo…
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats will turn to Sen. Patty Murray of Washington to steer the defense of 21 Democratic seats up for re-election in 2012.Murray had the same job back in 2002 when Democrats lost two seats and control of the Sen…
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A leading U.S. senator on defense issues says any military strike on Iran to stop its nuclear program must also strive to take out Iran’s military capability.Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who sits o…
