Obama Campaign ‘Accepting Illegal Donations from Foreigners’
The Obama campaign has recently been accused of violating campaign rules and accepting donations from foreign citizens. According to the New York Post, a British citizen living outside of London was able to recently make two donations to the Obama campaign, through his re-election website, using his real address in England but with a New […]
Report: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Securing Syria’s Assad
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad changed his security team several times in recent months, fearing one of his own security guards may kill him, Western officials told the Al Arabiya network on Friday. According to the officials, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are taking part in guarding Assad, as well as in guarding other senior officials in […]
Egyptians: We Want Nuclear Bombs and to Break Treaty with Israel
Most Egyptians want their country and Iran to have nuclear weapons, and they also favor renewing ties with Tehran and breaking off relations with Israel, according to a poll by The Israel Project, a pro-Israel advocacy group. Eighty-seven percent of the respondents want Egypt to have its own nuclear bomb, and Iran is more than […]
Debate Prep: The Right Answers on China
The final presidential debate, on foreign policy, is scheduled for Monday, October 22. Moderator Bob Schieffer announced that the topics will be: “America’s Role in the World,” “Our Longest War—Afghanistan and Pakistan,” “Red Lines—Israel and Iran,” “The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism,” and “The Rise of China and Tomorrow’s World.” Heritage’s […]
Chavez, Castro & Putin Announce their Endorsements for Obama
The latest [dictator] to publicly announce his support for the commander-in-chief’s reelection bid was Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who this week assured he’d vote for Obama if he were from the United States. The America-bashing strongman made the announcement on state-owned television, saying “Obama is a good guy” and that if Obama was from Caracas, he’d […]
Investigation into Obama’s Stimulus-backed Battery Plant after Claims of Idle Workers
The top government watchdog for the Department of Energy has been asked to investigate a stimulus-backed Michigan battery plant where workers reportedly spend hours every day playing cards, watching movies and generally not working. FoxNews.com earlier reported that the LG Chem plant in Holland, Mich., which was approved for a $150 million federal grant, had […]
Mitt Romney takes lead in projected electoral vote count
Real Clear Politics now projects that Mitt Romney has more likely electoral votes than President Barack Obama, although Romney is well short of the 270 votes needed to win the election. It is the first time since February that the website says Romney has more likely electoral votes than Obama. On Friday, Romney has a […]
Chart of the Week: Defense Budget Cuts Gamble with National Security
The third and final presidential debate between President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney will feature several different questions on the role of America abroad and other aspects of foreign policy. Obama and Romney will likely address the nation’s impending spending crisis and automatic defense budget cuts, known as sequestration. Heritage senior research fellow Steven Bucci […]
The reasons Obama has Failed us
By Gordon Smith– This week, I decided to list the reasons I would not vote for Barack Obama in the next election. A few months ago, I said I would never join the “Anyone But Obama” crowd. Now I must eat my words. Having lived under the rule of this egotist for three and […]
Second Circuit Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act
On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was the latest to issue a ruling on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Over a strong dissent by one of the judges, it ruled that section 3 violates equal protection and thus is unconstitutional. Section 3 […]
3 Questionable Foreign Policy Statements in the Second Presidential Debate
The second presidential debate is done, and the pundit debate regarding its meaning continues. President Obama made three questionable statements relating to national security, and as the foreign policy debate approaches on Monday, these are worth addressing: “I ended the war in Iraq.” This one is a stretch. The surge that really ended the war […]
