Year: 2013

Five reasons Congress should think long and hard

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Posted by Andrea Shea King, the Radio Patriot Heritage Foundation’s The Foundry offers five critical questions that Congress should pose to President Obama before voting on his “disturbingly ad hoc and reactive” desire to jump into Syria, boots on the ground notwithstanding: “House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) both endorsed military action in Syria yesterday, but it’s unclear whether President Obama has sufficient support in Congress for a resolution authorizing such action.

Kerry & Dempsey Endorse The Pelosi Strategy On Syria

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By Steve Schippert, Formerly of ThreatsWatch It appears we are just going to have to approve President Obama’s Syria war plan so we “can find out what’s in it.” After all, that’s what Washington does now when something’s just too darn hard to explain.

U.N. Secretary Says U.S. Can’t Act Against Syria Without Security Council Permission

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Guest Post by Bookworm When he was a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama made it clear that, as he told the German people, he was a “citizen of the world.” During his first four years in the White House, as the Obama team boasted, this meant his management style consisted of “leading from behind.” A significant part of “leading from behind,” of course, was making American foreign policy subordinate to the United Nations.

Egypt Kills Local Al-Jazeera Affiliate And Other Muslim Brotherhood Outlets

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The Associated Press is reporting that Egypt has pulled the plug on Al-Jazeera, as well as other Muslim Brotherhood TV outlets in their nation: (AP) Egypt court bans Al-Jazeera TV affiliate CAIRO Egypt’s state news agency says a court has ordered Al-Jazeera’s local affiliate to stop broadcasting, along with three other stations known for their coverage of Muslim Brotherhood protests, saying that they had operated illegally.