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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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OBAMA CUTS THE MILITARY INSTEAD OF ENTITLEMENTS

JANUARY 6, 2012 Obama’s Defense Drawdown Entitlements begin to crowd out the American military. A QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT EISENHOWER – ” WEAKNESS IN ARMS, OFTEN INVITES AGGRESSION.” President Obama yesterday put in a rare appearance at the Pentagon, flanked by the four service chiefs and his Secretary of Defense. Saying that now is the time

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OBAMA RECRUITS QARADAWI TO MEDIATE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE TALIBAN

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Obama Recruits Qaradawi By Andrew C. McCarthy December 31, 2011 4:00 A.M. The surrender is complete now. The Hindu reports that the Obama administration has turned to Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s leading jurist, to mediate secret negotiations between the United States and the Taliban. I wrote about Qaradawi at

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OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE: LESSONS NEVER LEARNED

Today’s defense cuts are recreating conditions that led to Pearl Harbor By Adm. James A. Lyons Retired Adm. James A. Lyons was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations The Washington Times Tuesday, December 6, 2011 associated press The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as

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SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES FUNERAL IN AFGHANISTAN

December 25, 2011 By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and JAWAD SUKHANYAR KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, officials said, in what appeared to be the Taliban’s latest strike against Afghans who have ties to the national government. Among those killed in the bombing, in

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