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What if Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are hiding the truth about Libya, Syria?

What if President Obama secretly agreed with others in the government in 2011 to provide arms to rebels in Libya and Syria? What if the scheme called for American arms merchants to sell serious American military hardware to the government of Qatar, which would and did transfer it to rebel …

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On Gitmo's Tenth Anniversary, Obama Should at Least Thank the Troops

Exactly four months after a ruthless gang of Islamic extremists crashed hijacked airliners into the Twin Towers, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, several dozen of their brothers-in-arms captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan arrived at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay. Though essentially left off the national radar, January 11th marks …

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Why it’s Republicans, not Democrats, who really offer African-Americans hope for a better life

Fifty years ago, Republicans and Democrats came together to enshrine in law the principle that all of us, regardless of race, color, or national origin, are created equal. Because of that, today America is a better, more tolerant and more welcoming place than it has ever been. So why is …

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K.T. McFARLAND: DEFCON-3: Can Obama Keep His Promises on Af/Pak?

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:47:47 +0000 – By Kathleen Troia “K.T.” McFarlandNational Security Expert President Obama’s new policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan– or “Af/Pak” as it’s now known — is bound to drive the anti-war left and neo-con right wingers crazy … Because it both broadens and narrows the war. …

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On Memorial Day — A Plan for National Service

Every Memorial Day weekend the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Marines visit New York for Fleet Week. They open their ships to tourists, and people young and old line up for hours for the chance to tour the best the U.S. military has to offer. You see old World War …

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Obama's ISIS plan = America's third Iraq war

President Obama has laid out his plan for defeating ISIS in the Middle East. It was a strong sounding speech on Wednesday night, well argued and touched all the right points.But it had two glaring shortcomings: there was nothing about homeland defense, and there was no mention of Plan B, …

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Media Matters, the facts and me

With just one telephone call this year, Erik Wemple of the Washington Post was able to convince Media Matters to let me respond to their attacks on me in the comments section of their website — after they ignored my emails, telephone calls, numerous tweets and posts for seven years. …

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Happy Birth Mother's Day

She will be there for the first breath but not for her baby’s first smile or first step. Those special moments will belong to her baby’s adoptive parents. In a loving and courageous decision, the young woman will place her newborn child in the arms of an adoptive family. Her …

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Gretchen's Take: Do average Americans matter anymore?

As the vote on the Iran deal looms, you and me sorta don’t matter anymore. Why? Well just check out the latest Pew Research Center poll that shows public support for the deal has continued to decline. Just 21 percent of Americans actually approve of the agreement reached between the …

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Thatcher at 100: Lessons in civility, strength and enduring alliances

Monday marksthe100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leadersandsupporters from acrosstheAtlantic to pay tribute to her life. We attheRonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&Instituteare honored to participate inthecelebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacyandconnection withRonaldReaganinthecontext of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with …

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