Charlie Spiering
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Charlie Spiering: Commentary writer, Social Media director, Video guy, Washington Examiner. Wyoming native Washington D.C. · http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/
US, Afghan officials to talk to Taliban in Doha
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 10:25 AM
With gun-control bills stalled, Biden to tout administration’s go-it-alone approach
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 07:05 AM
Obama, Vladimir Putin agree to disagree on Syria
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 05:15 PM
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 12:45 PM
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By MATTHEW LEE | 06/17/13 04:17 AM
Federal Reserve meeting begins amid uncertainty over monetary policy
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/18/13 04:00 PM
CBO score of immigration bill’s effect on the budget comes out tomorrow
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
Janet Yellen's ascendancy shows durability of Ben Bernanke's program
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/16/13 04:25 PM
By CONN CARROLL | 06/12/13 08:10 AM
Only you can prevent terrorists from starting forest fires
06/18/13 06:22 AM
Examiner Editorial: Obama puts up dukes and blunders into Syria
06/17/13 10:35 AM
Examiner Editorial: Metadata helps find terrorists -- and Obama voters
06/13/13 06:45 PM
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Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans
06/14/13 03:11 PM
UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can't account for everything stolen
By MARK FLATTEN | 06/04/13 02:40 PM
Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny
05/25/13 08:50 PM
Charlie Spiering: Commentary writer, Social Media director, Video guy, Washington Examiner. Wyoming native Washington D.C. · http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 01:20 PM
Governor Chris Christie elicited boos from students at an elementary school in New Jersey today, after he explained that he was a fan of the Dallas Cowboys – not the New York Jets or the New York Giants. Christie admitted that it probably wasn’t a very popular answer in New Jersey –...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 12:45 PM
Two military religious freedom amendments proposed by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas are challenging the Obama administration after they objected to a similar Amendment proposed in the House. The White House Office of Management and Budget last week criticized a...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 11:05 AM
On ‘Morning Joe’ this morning, the slightly thinner Gov. Chris Christie R-N.J. dodged 2016 presidential speculation by announcing that he would not wear a Speedo swimsuit on the Fourth of July. “I can announce I’m not wearing the Speedo on the Fourth of July, that’s something I’m...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 08:45 AM
Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald dismissed President Obama’s promises of strict oversight of surveillance programs within the National Security Agency. “It’s totally false,” he said flatly, reminding Tapper that Senate Democrats who actually want to...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 07:05 AM
A new Texas Tribune poll examines the popularity of some of the biggest stars in the Republican Party and whether they have support from Texas Republicans in the 2016 presidential campaign. Ted Cruz leads the field with 25 percent of support followed by Sen. Rand Paul at 13 percent and Marco...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 06:40 AM
James O’Keefe is back – this time targeting cell phone stores participating in the government program to offer free phones to low income individuals – or ‘Obamaphones.’ O’Keefe’s latest video features his investigators getting free phones from a store in Philadelphia, explicitly...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 02:20 PM
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden may have sounded a little too edgy for reporters during his online Q&A at the Guardian, but the internet is already reveling over his latest statements. We’ve highlighted the top Edward Snowden memes spread that are now trending online. 1.
By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 12:30 PM
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden thumped his chest today in response to being branded a traitor by former Vice President Dick Cheney. “I think he’s a traitor,” Cheney said flatly on ‘FOX News Sunday‘ yesterday. “[I]t’s important to bear in mind I’m being called...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 12:10 PM
During a online Q&A on the Guardian this morning, National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden explained that he believed Facebook and Google were misleading their users about the amount of personal data that they allowed the federal government to access. “Their denials went...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 10:10 AM
On “Fox and Friends” Monday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz explained that even though he was concerned about the new revelations of the National Security Agency surveillance programs, he cautioned against Americans rushing to judgment on the issue. “I think it depends on what the contours of the...
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The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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