National Defense

THE PERIL OF DEEP DEFENSE CUTS

July 1, 2011 by Donald Rumsfeld EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Our country has taken an ax to our national security budget—both the Defense Department and the intelligence community—after every war of the 20th century. And every time we later regretted it. Defense spending is now 19% of federal outlays and declining. This is the lowest

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HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DEBT LIMIT

JUNE 17, 2011 The White House and Congress should agree to a hard cap on spending. James A. Baker III,   Mr. Baker was President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of the Treasury from 1985-88. If the United States does not address its looming debt crisis, the cost of servicing the national debt will spiral out of control.

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CHINA’S CYBERASSAULT ON AMERICA

JUNE 15, 2011 If we discovered Chinese explosives laid throughout our national electrical system, we’d consider it an act of war. China’s digital bombs pose as grave a threat. By RICHARD CLARKE EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:In 2009, this newspaper reported that the control systems for the U.S. electric power grid had been hacked and secret

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EUROPE IS WARNING US – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

INVESTORS’ BUSINESS DAILY June 9, 2011 Europe Is Warning Us By Victor Davis Hanson ROME — If Americans think fuel and food prices are high, they should try Europe, where both can nearly double those in the United States — while salaries here are often lower. Italians, like most now-broke Southern European countries, are desperate

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ARIZONA BORDER SHERIFFS UNDER ASSAULT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Obama Assaults Border Sheriffs Sheriff Larry Dever and Border Sheriffs Need Your Help To Continue Their Battle Against Illegal Immigration If you live in or near Cochise County, we are probably already acquainted in some way. We may have met on the streets or remote roadways, or in the grocery store. And even if we

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GATES WARNS AGAINST DEFENSE SPENDING CUTS

MAY 28, 2011 The Gates Farewell Warning America can be a superpower or a welfare state, but not both. Robert Gates, who steps down next month after four-plus years at the Pentagon, is making his retirement lap a tutorial on America’s defense spending and security needs. His message is welcome, especially on Memorial Day, and

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HERE IN ISREAL, WORDS MATTER

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com The Corner Here in Israel, Words Matter By David French Posted on May 25, 2011 9:36 AM “1967 borders.” I thought about that phrase as I hovered, just a few hundred feet above the ground, in a small helicopter piloted by an IDF general. I’m in Israel with my colleagues from

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IRAN BUILDING ROCKET BASES IN VENEZUELA

THE JERUSALEM POST Photo by: REUTERS ‘Die Welt’: Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST CORRESPONDENT 05/17/2011 01:41 German paper says Iranians paid cash to build mid-range missile launch pads on Paraguana Peninsula; Iranian engineers visited site in Feb. BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket

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KRAUTHAMMER – IMMIGRATION IS ANOTHER WORD FOR RE-ELECTION

By Charles Krauthammer May 12, 2011 —Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, Texas, May 10 Constructive and civil debate — like the one Obama initiated just four weeks ago on deficit reduction? The speech in which he accused the Republicans of abandoning families of autistic and Down syndrome kids? The debate in which Obama’s

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MR. GOLDSTONE RECANTS HIS CLAIMS ABOUT ISRAEL

APRIL 5, 2011 Mr. Goldstone Recants Now the U.N. author says he didn’t have the facts when he accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza. Regrets, Richard Goldstone has a few, if you can believe it. The principal author of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s notorious “fact-finding mission” report on the Gaza war of 2008-09

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