Russian Nuclear Missile

Protect America, Not New START

Recently, Daryl Kimball and Tom Collina, both of the Arms Control Association, criticized the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) for taking hostage the implementations of the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (New START) in order to provide necessary funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration. The article misrepresents facts. New START mandates U.S. unilateral reductions […]

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US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

Anti-Israel GOP Candidate Ron Paul Prepares to Bow Out; Votes Against Israel Again

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has announced he is cutting spending and preparing to wind down his campaign. The GOP candidate said in a statement Monday that he would continue his drive to gather delegates to take a “strong message” to the Republican national convention. However, “we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries […]

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Obama’s Budget Would Double the Interest Rate on Student Loans–After the Election

(CNSNews.com) – President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget proposal would double the interest rate on federally backed student loans from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent–eight months after the November presidential election. The White House fiscal year 2013 plan calls for maintaining the current 3.4 percent interest rate for federally guaranteed student loans, but only through July […]

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DOD and HASC Disagree over National Defense Authorization Act

Last week, Representative Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R–CA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), took issue with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s criticism of the fiscal year (FY) 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that recently passed the committee by a vote of 56–5. The combination of the President’s FY 2013 budget request […]

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‘I Am Not Going to Surrender My Office to the Federal Government,’ Sheriff Arpaio Says

By WALTER BERRY, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — As defiant as ever, get-tough Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces a federal court showdown over charges that deputies on his trademark immigration patrols racially profiled Latinos in violation of civil rights law. After months of negotiations failed to reach a settlement over the allegations, the U.S. Justice […]

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