Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)

Inhofe to Senate: Don’t Confirm Hagel

Pete Marovich/ZUMA Press/Newscom Senator James Inhofe (R–OK) has sent a letter urging members to vote against confirming former Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE) for Defense Secretary. This letter follows on the heels of the letter from a group of 14 Senators urging President Obama to withdraw the nomination. The Senate returns from recess Monday, February 25, […]

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Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)

Chuck Hagel’s Military Service – Is It the Game-Changer?

Photo: Patsy Lynch/Polaris/Newscom President Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough recently said of former-Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE), “I think he’ll be a great Defense Secretary. This is a guy who volunteered to go to Vietnam…heavily decorated when he was there, well performing when he was there, and everything since.” Members of the U.S. Senate, policy […]

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Ecuador’s Correa Contends for Anti-Liberty Leadership in Latin America

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa (Photo: EFE) If cancer revokes President Hugo Chavez’s mandate for indefinite rule in Venezuela, it will leave leadership of the radical-left, anti-liberty Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA) in Latin America up for grabs. New faces will inevitably emerge. Chavez’s vice president, the uncharismatic Nicolas Maduro, will most likely runVenezuela in the near future, […]

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Philadelphia’s Burqa Crisis

by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times February 21, 2013 N.B.: The Washington Times title is “When burqas become accessories to crime: Criminals can hide behind Islamic garb” and it contains small differences from this version Philadelphia, the city where I live, has quietly and unassumedly become the capital of the Western world as regards female […]

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Georgia and Oklahoma Provide Cautionary Tale About Universal Preschool

Photo credit: Dan Harr / Splash News/Newscom As the Obama Administration attempts to move toward universal, taxpayer-funded preschool, policymakers should examine the experiences of states that have offered such programs for more than a decade. Both Georgia and Oklahoma have done so, but there is little evidence that taxpayers and children are benefiting. Universal Preschool […]

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Jesse Jackson Jr. and Wife Plead Guilty

Photo credit: The Washington Times/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom The tale of financial wrongdoing by former Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D–IL) and his wife and former campaign manager, Sandra Jackson, continued today when they both pled guilty in a Washington, D.C. courtroom to criminal violations of federal law. Jackson pled guilty this morning to one conspiracy count of filing […]

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Climate Protestors Rally Against Keystone XL Pipeline

Supporters of President Obama’s continued obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline and more government controls to prevent climate change attended a “Forward on Climate” rally on February 17 in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Sierra Club and other environmentalist groups. The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to the gulf coast. The Center for Industrial […]

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Christians beheaded in U.S: Take 1 guess at suspects Religion

Torture, persecution of Christians no longer reserved for Islamic nations. Authorities in New Jersey arrested a Muslim man who beheaded two Coptic Christians, burying their bodies and heads and hands in separate graves near Philadelphia, bringing the horror of the persecution of Christians in Islamic nations to the United States. According to New York’s WABC-TV, the Muslim […]

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