Category Archives: National Defense

Obama Destined to Be a Footnote in Presidential History

By: Rusty Weis THE AMERICAN THINKER Barack Obama has set a course that will leave his legacy as no more than a footnote in American presidential history. For all of the bluster and glory, for all of the pomp and circumstance, and yes, for all of the anticipated hope and the promised change, the whirlwind [...]

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Christian Rout in the Culture War

  by:  Patrick J. Buchanan HUMAN EVENTS   A Democratic Congress, discharged by the voters on Nov. 2, has as one of its last official acts, imposed its San Francisco values on the armed forces of the United States.     “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is to be repealed. Open homosexuals are to be welcomed with [...]

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Obstructionism reaps its reward

World Net Daily By: Pat Buchanan The polls and pundits are all in alignment now. The Republican Party is headed for a victory Tuesday to rival the biggest and best of those that the party has known in the lifetime of most Americans. In 1938, the GOP won 72 seats in the House. In 1946, [...]

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Obama’s Foreign Policy Flies in the Face of Reason

By:  Lauri B. Regan THE AMERICAN THINKER A person does not need to be a military expert or have a Ph.D. in foreign affairs in order to understand the disastrous implications of Obama’s foreign policy for America’s national security. And while it was certainly clear that Americans were not electing a neo-con as their Commander-in-Chief, [...]

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Tension over Obama policies within Immigration and Customs Enforcement

By:  Andrew Becker As it poises for further immigration initiatives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling with festering internal divisions between political appointees and career officials over how to enforce laws and handle detainees facing deportation. Under the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security has shifted its focus away from the worksite raids [...]

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President Bush Greets Troops at Airport

IS ANYONE SURPRISED BY THIS?  A FORMER PRESIDENT GREETS OUR TROOPS RETURNING FROM IRAQ AND PRESIDENT FREQUENT FLIER DOES WHAT?  YOU KNOW, THE GUY BORES ME TO TEARS AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I AM NOT SURE WHAT OBAMA IS DOING THIS WEEKEND.  I THINK HE IS ON HIS 6TH VACATION OF THE SUMMER, THIS [...]

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Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant

Source: Reuters * Bushehr plant to be loaded with fuel Saturday   * Most experts say does not add to arms proliferation risk * Iran insists it has right to enrich uranium By Robin Pomeroy TEHRAN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Iran’s first nuclear power station will be loaded with fuel on Saturday, a showcase for [...]

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Just How Smart is Obama?

The meteoric rise to the presidency of Barack Obama was fueled in no small part by the widely-accepted contention that he was one of the smartest men ever to seek the Oval Office. He is not the first leader to be oversold. “As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither [...]

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Defense Sec’y Robert Gates Leaving at End of Year

President Obama is “gratefully thankful” for Robert Gates’s service, White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton said Monday after the defense secretary told Foreign Policy magazine that he would leave next year. “It’s not a surprise to see him discussing his plans to move on,” Burton told the pool in Menomonee Falls, Wis. Recommend on [...]

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The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown

By Nile Gardiner The last few weeks have been a nightmare for President Obama, in a summer of discontent in the United States which has deeply unsettled the ruling liberal elites, so much so that even the Left has begun to turn against the White House. While the anti-establishment Tea Party movement has gained significant [...]

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