MIDDLE EAST NEWS March 11, 2013, 10:30 p.m. ET CIA Ramps Up Role in Iraq As al Qaeda Fighters Cross Over From Syria, Agency Fills Void Left by U.S. Military By ADAM ENTOUS, JULIAN E. BARNES and SIOBHAN GORMAN Associated PressIraqi forces detain alleged members of al Qaeda in Iraq last year. The CIA […]
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March 11, 2013 Yes, Defense Secretary Is a ‘Policy-Making Position’ Chuck Hagel might think otherwise, but I found that the job demanded involvement in the country’s direction. By MELVIN R. LAIRD Mr. Laird was secretary of defense (1969-73) and counselor to the president for domestic affairs (1973-74). He served nine terms as a Republican
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March 8, 2013 The Drama Over, Time For Smart Budget Cuts Since 2002, total federal spending has increased nearly 89% while median household income has dropped 5%. By TOM COBURN Mr. Coburn is a Republican senator from Oklahoma. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Another source of potential savings is duplication of federal services, which accounts
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March 2, 2013 Psalm 23, Newly Revised According to Modern Principles Proverbial wisdom for the Age of Obama. By MARK HELPRIN Mr. Helprin is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and the author, most recently, of the novel “In Sunlight and In Shadow” (Harcourt, 2012) Yea, though I walk through the valley of
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February 22, 2013 America’s Kinder, Gentler Department of Defense Cutting the military to fuel the welfare state doesn’t instill fear in a nation’s enemies. By MACKUBIN THOMAS OWENS The Department of Defense faces some stark choices in the future due to the threat of sequestration. But the continual sounds of shoes dropping at the
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February 15, 2013 Generational Theft Needs to Be Arrested A Democrat, an independent and a Republican agree: Government spending levels are unsustainable. GEOFFREY CANADA, STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER AND KEVIN WARSHMr. Canada is president of the Harlem Children’s Zone. Mr. Druckenmiller is the former president of Duquesne Capital. Mr. Warsh is a former Federal Reserve governor
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The following two articles on Abraham Lincoln give us an insight into the great man and president that he was. The second article is a quote from his Second Annual Message of December 1, 1862. February 13, 2013 A Lincolnian Economic Primer for Obama Abe’s approach was to provide rules of the road
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February 9, 2013, The Coming Battle Over the Ballot Box A voting-rights veteran talks about the liberal campaign to expand the electoral rolls—and why Obama is on board. By JAMES TARANTO When President Obama declared victory last November, you might have missed the way he spun his voter-turnout triumph into a grievance: “I want
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February 6, 2013 A Jersey Lesson in Voter Fraud My grandmother died there in 1940. She voted Democratic for the next 10 years. By THOMAS FLEMING Some youthful memories were stirred by the news this week that the president plans to use his State of the Union speech next Tuesday to urge Congress to
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February 5, 2013 Jane Shaw: Higher Learning, Meet Lower Job Prospects Outrage greets a governor who dared to suggest that college degrees should lead to employment. By JANE S. SHAW When North Carolina’s new governor, Pat McCrory, was interviewed last week on the syndicated radio show hosted by former U.S. Education Secretary William J.
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