Missile Defense: Another Successful U.S. Test

PASCAL SAURA/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Last Wednesday, off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, the Navy cruiser USS Lake Erie conducted a successful test of the next-generation missile defense weapon, engaging and destroying a dummy target warhead that had separated from a short-range attacking rocket. The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is designed to seek and kill both attacking rockets […]

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France Seeks to Buy Drones from Israel

France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones, the country’s Defense Minister said on Sunday. “We need this capacity in the short term. There are currently two countries in the world that build drones, the United States and Israel,” Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the iTele TV channel. “We […]

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Don’t Hastily Change Military Justice Code

Andrew Burton/Reuters/Newscom In light of a recently overturned guilty verdict in a sexual assault case, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has called on Congress to modify the military criminal justice system, specifically this authority to overturn a court-martial. Appropriately, an independent review panel has been established to review the issue of sexual assault in the […]

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Congressman Gets Standing Ovation for Telling IRS It Strikes Fear Into Americans

The hearing focused on the agency’s targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, including those with names that included “tea party” or “patriot.” “You get a letter from you folks, or a phone call, it’s with terror that you look at it, and now this kind of reconfirms that–you know what–they can do almost anything […]

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Cloakroom: May 20 – May 24

House Cloakroom: May 20 – May 24 Analysis: This week, the House will take up the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and student loan rate reform. The Northern Route Approval Act does just what its name suggests—approves the Keystone pipeline. This pipeline will be source of jobs and energy for Americans, and approval is […]

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If Obama Were a CEO, Government Would Hold Him Responsible for Scandals

Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Over the past week, the Obama Administration has been hit with scandal after scandal. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apologized for targeting conservative organizations, the State Department covered up its reaction to Benghazi, the Department of Justice (DOJ) secretly seized phone records of AP reporters, and the Department of Health and Human […]

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7 Charts That Show Why Fox Is The Most Dominant Force In News

While most people know that Fox News is a huge deal when it comes to cable news, it’s remarkable how dominant the network has become compared to its cable-news rivals MSNBC and CNN. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the News Media report has exceptional charts showing the layout of the cable news battleground. The report […]

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This Week’s Reasons to Repeal Obamacare

Newscom It has been over three years since Obamacare became law. This week, the House voted again to completely repeal it. There are plenty of reasons to repeal Obamacare, especially before its most egregious provisions begin next year, and just this week a few more were added to the list: Small businesses really don’t like […]

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