– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Chart of the Week: Defense Spending Throughout U.S. History Posted By Rob Bluey On January 8, 2012 President Obama visited the Pentagon on Thursday to outline his plan for gutting our nation’s military [1]. Obama’s vision makes America more vulnerable to […]
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November 21, 2011 By John Griffing Under the guise of addressing the debt crisis, President Obama is leaving America exposed to multi-pronged attack by myriad hostile powers. Necessities like national defense are being sacrificed on the altar of handouts to constituents. Arguably secondary entitlement programs have supplanted the primary necessity of a strong national defense
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NOVEMBER 22, 2011 Why the Super Committee Failed Democrats were unwilling to agree to anything less than $1 trillion in tax hikes, and unwilling to offer meaningful reforms for health-care entitlement spending. By JEB HENSARLING All now know that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has failed to reach an agreement. While there will
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NOVEMBER 1, 2011 After World War II, the U.S. promoted international economic growth through reliance on the market and the incentives it provides. Times have changed. By JOHN B. TAYLOR When President Obama meets with his counterparts from other G-20 countries in Cannes later this week, American economic leadership will, unfortunately, largely be absent. At
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OCTOBER 14, 2011 The U.S. military is the principal guardian of our global economy’s avenues of commerce. We protect the skies, cyberspace and the world’s oceans. By BUCK MCKEON Mr. McKeon, a California Republican, is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee What principles should guide the congressional super committee as it prepares to cut
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Reactionary in the White House Barack Obama, throwback. Fred Barnes October 3, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 03 President Obama’s plan for taxes and spending has been hailed by the media as “populist.” A more accurate word to describe his agenda is “reactionary.” It won’t, to use Obama’s catchphrase,
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Daniel Halper September 16, 2011 Congressman Mike Rogers delivered this coherent, Reaganesque defense of defense this morning at the American Enterprise Institute: The Evolution of American Intelligence and National Security in the Decade since 9/11 A Keynote Address by Representative Mike Rogers (R-MI) Thank you all very much; thank
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Charles Krauthammer September 9, 2011 12:00 A.M. The 9/11 ‘Overreaction’? Nonsense America’s current demoralization is not a result of the War on Terror. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The total costs of “the two wars” is $1.3 trillion. That’s less than one eleventh of the national debt, less than one year of
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES Automatic cuts would undermine constitutionally mandated mission By John R. Bolton-John R. Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of “Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad” (Simon & Schuster, 2007). Wednesday, August
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