Are US-Israel Relations Heading for a Change?

Hillary Clinton arrived in Israel Monday for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. This visit precedes an expected visit by Republican Candidate Mitt Romney, who is seeking to unseat President Obama. This visit has been touted as one where strategic and regional issues will be discussed, yet the timing of the visit is questionable as […]

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Who’s “Playing Politics with Our Military”?

Despite the disastrous defense cuts that are looming with sequestration, the two main players—President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV)—see the situation as win-win. Sequestration will hit several areas in government, but defense will eat the lion’s share: 47 percent of the cuts come from defense, considerably less than its 20 percent share […]

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Obama to close Border Patrol Stations

The Obama administration plans to close nine U.S. Border Patrol Stations in four states–six stations in Texas, and one each in Idaho, California, and Montana. These near-interior stations currently act as a second line of defense to our porous border. It appears that this action is another step away from effective border security and immigration […]

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Bachmann Could be Right About Huma Abedin

Senator John McCain has defended the Libyan rebels, calling them his ‘heroes’ who would later fly Al-Qaeda flags after Gadhafi’s fall. He has called for the arming of the Syrian rebels. Both positions are music to the ears of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic fundamentalism. Now John McCain is coming to the defense of Hillary […]

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Obama Ends Welfare Reform as We Know It, Calls for $12.7 Trillion in New Welfare Spending

Last Thursday, the Obama Administration quietly issued new bureaucratic rules that overturned the popular welfare reform law of 1996. This was an illegal move, and it completely undoes years of progress that helped millions of Americans. What Welfare Reform Accomplished The 1996 reform replaced the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with […]

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Obama’s Gutting of Welfare Reform Is Illegal

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a General Counsel and legal staff to ensure that the agency’s actions are lawful. Did they take the day off last Thursday? We have to question whether the department lawyers were consulted at all about the “Information Memorandum” issued by HHS last Thursday that invites states […]

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Obama Orders U.S. Intelligence to Increase Surveillance of Israel

WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has intensified surveillance of Israel’s military. Western diplomatic sources said President Barack Obama has ordered intensified U.S. intelligence on Israel’s military and government. They said Obama wanted to ensure that his administration could collect information that would indicate an Israeli plan to strike either Iran or Syria. Is Obama […]

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