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THOMAS SOWELL – GUNS AND PENSIONS

  Guns and Pensions By Thomas Sowell – February 19, 2013 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:American warplanes were not updated to match the latest warplanes of Nazi Germany or imperial Japan. After World War II broke out, American soldiers stationed in the Philippines were fighting for their lives using rifles left over from the Spanish-American war, […]

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THE PASS-THE-BUCK PRESIDENCY – JOHN BOLTON

An article from the Daily Beast by John Bolton  – Benghazi Bungle – Obama’s pass-the-buck presidentcy http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/10/benghazi-bungle-obama-s-pass-the-buck-presidency.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Fpolitics+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Politics%29

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THE AYATOLLAH ALWAYS SAYS NO

   February 9, 2013 The Ayatollah Always Says No Khamenei rejects another U.S. offer. Maybe he wants a bomb. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:   As for the sanctions, they may hurt ordinary Iranians but this regime is famously indifferent to the suffering of its own people. The Ayatollah also doesn’t seem to take the Administration’s talk

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THE OBAMA VACUUM

  Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Obama Vacuum Lee Smith February 4, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 20 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  Among other reasons for its silence, the Obama administration wants help from Algeria in Mali. It is unlikely to receive it, however, because the regime in Algiers cares only for its own

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SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT TRUMAN AND HIS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

  Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Anti-Defense Secretary Would Chuck Hagel be the second coming of Louis Johnson? Mackubin Thomas Owens January 28, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 19 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  In thinking about Hagel as secretary of defense, it is useful to look at a precedent: President Harry Truman’s appointment of Louis

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EGYPT IN TURMOIL AGAIN

  MIDDLE EAST NEWS  February 2 – 3, 2013 Defying Truce, Egyptians Clash at Morsi’s Palace By MATT BRADLEY Getty ImagesAn Egyptian protester throws a live tear gas canister fired by Egyptian riot police during clashes outside the Egyptian presidential palace in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo on Friday. CAIRO—Violent confrontations between police and

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CHUCK HAGEL’S UNSETTLING HISTORY

  January 24, 2013 Chuck Hagel’s Unsettling History A senator on his doubts about the nominee’s judgment regarding Iran, missile defense and much else. By JOHN BARRASSO EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  On the issue of nuclear weapons, the candidate for U.S. secretary of defense actually seems more focused on eliminating American nuclear arms than eliminating

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IT’S THE MESSAGE, MORONS

  January 25, 2013 It’s the Message, Morons By William L. Gensert On November 6, 2012, almost 66 million Americans traded the nation’s future for a chance to worship a false god. In a country of over 315 million people, a minority of eligible voters traded prosperity for the illusion of forced fairness. In reelecting

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