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Growing Number of Young German Muslims Becoming Jihadi Fighters

There is a growing trend among young Muslim German men to become jihadi fighters, Germany’s Deutche Welle news agency (DW) reported on Monday. According to German security services, since the beginning of the 1990s, around 235 “people with German connections and Islamic terrorist backgrounds” have at least attempted to acquire paramilitary training. There is tangible […]

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Romney: Justice Roberts’ Healthcare Ruling ‘Not Accurate’

Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday addressed his past praise for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in light of Robert’s deciding vote in favor of upholding the healthcare legislation. “He’s a very bright person and I look for people who follow the Constitution,” Romney said on CBS News‘s “This Morning.” Romney on his website […]

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After Posting $70 Million Loss, French Company Lands $25 Million from DOE

The Department of Energy recently awarded $25 million to a French company that posted net losses of about $70 million last year, and whose solar division is particularly troubled financially. As part of its Scaling Up Nascent PV At Home (SUNPATH) project, DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) division announced three awards in June […]

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Signers of Declaration of Independence Paid the Price of Freedom With Personal and Financial Sacrifice

(CNSNews.com) – Two-hundred-and-thirty-six years after members of the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence, Americans will celebrate the nation’s birth on July 4 with barbecues and fireworks. But the document that declared independence for the 13 American colonies from the tyranny of England’s King George III, signed by 56 men, was considered an […]

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UN Fixation On Israel Gives Assad Free Pass

UN Fixation On Israel Gives Assad Free Pass July 3, 2012 17:35 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories: 1. UN talks on the international weapons trade have stalled over Palestinian participation; AFP reports that diplomats are using the […]

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Celebrating Self-Government

Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate with fireworks and barbeques and John Philip Sousa. Then we return to our regularly scheduled lives. But this Independence Day is different. Last week, the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare, an unprecedented expansion of government’s power into one-sixth of the economy and a tremendous loss to individual liberty. Now more […]

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Pakistan Apology Deal Incidental to the Real Problem of Pakistan’s Support for Terrorists

As Washington closed down for Independence Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly apologized to Pakistan for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers inadvertently killed by a NATO military strike along the Afghan border last November. In return, Pakistan will re-open Afghan supply routes it shut down in retaliation. The seven-month closure of the routes […]

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A Billion Here, a Billion There: The State Department’s Wacky Budget Process

Even by U.S. government standards (not a high one these days), the State Department’s budget process is a mess. In almost every budget cycle, billions and billions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars get allocated to the State Department in the last minute without proper congressional debate or substantive hearings. As a consequence, opaqueness and bureaucratic confusion […]

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