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GEORGE W. BUSH: THE ARAB SPRING AND AMERICAN IDEALS

May 18, 2012 We do not get to choose if a freedom revolution should begin or end in the Middle East or elsewhere. We only get to choose what side we are on. By GEORGE W. BUSH These are extraordinary times in the history of freedom. In the Arab Spring, we have seen the broadest

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CAN OBAMA RUN ON HIS FOREIGN-POLICY RECORD?

May 1, 2012 The American people may demand more than the killing of bin Laden and the hunting down of Somali pirates. By FOUAD AJAMI In a speech at New York University last week, Vice President Joe Biden laid out the case for the Democratic ticket’s re-election: “Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors

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OBAMA, THE MAGICIAN

Updated March 16, 2012, The Magician In a re-election year, the U.S. president is making the world and all its troubles . . . vanish. By DANIEL HENNINGER In a re-election year, the U.S. president is making the world and all its troubles…vanish. Photo: Getty Images. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Pakistan,

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A U-TURN STRATEGY FOR THE GOP

February 23, 2012 A U-Turn Strategy for the GOP By Herbert E. Meyer Herbert E. Meyer served during the Reagan administration as special assistant to the director of Central Intelligence and vice chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council.  He is the author of several books including Hard Thinking, How to Analyze Information, and The

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THE TALIBAN FIVE WHO MIGHT BE RELEASED

FEBRUARY 13, 2012 The Taliban Five Meet the men the U.S. might release as a goodwill gesture. The Obama Administration is pursuing peace talks with the Taliban, and as a goodwill gesture it has been leaking the news that it may pre-emptively release five of their leaders held at Guantanamo. We thought you might like

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STRATEGIC RETREAT OR MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Strategic Retreat The war on terror is far from over. Why are we coming home? Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn February 6, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 20 The killing of Osama bin Laden was a monumental tactical success in the war against al Qaeda. For millions, bin Laden had

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ADDITIONAL FACT CHECKING OF OBAMA’S STATE OF UNION

Washington Post Fact checking the 2012 State of the Union speech Glenn Kessler 01/25/2012 A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes

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FACT CHECK: OBAMA’S STATE OF THE UNION

FOX NEWS Executive Branch – POLITICS Published January 24, 2012 | Associated Press WASHINGTON –  It was a wish list, not a to-do list. President Obama’s array of plans in his State of the Union speech was light on a key piece of context — namely, that his hands are so tied until after the

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WHY ARE OBAMA’S CRITICS SO SMART?

THE TELEGRAPH Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and political commentator. He appears frequently on American and British television, including Fox News Channel, CNN, BBC, and Fox Business Network. Why are Barack Obama’s critics so smart? By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: January 17th, 2012 Barack Obama’s critics are far from dumb Prominent

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CHART OF DEFENSE SPENDING THROUGHOUT U.S. HISTORY

– 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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