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  • Whistleblower: White House refused to send counterterrorism team to Benghazi

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Mark Thompson, the State Department’s acting deputy assistant secretary for counter-terrorism, told Congress today that President Obama’s National Security Council refused his recommendation that they deploy a military counter-terrorism team to Benghazi. Thompson told the House Oversight...

  • Patty Murray: Balanced budget would hurt economy

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Senate Budget Committee chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., said that the Democratic budget that she proposed never balances because such a schedule would harm the economy. “Well, in fact, our budget moves us towards balance,” Murray said this morning at the Peterson Foundation, adding that...

  • Rand Paul: Gang of Eight bill will die in House

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., predicted that the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration reform bill will die in the House unless senators amend it with precise border security language, rather than delegating authority to President Obama and his adjutants. “It’s a little like Obamacare,”...

  • Pentagon directly accuses Chinese military of launching cyberattacks on U.S.

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    Defense Department (DOD) officials reported that the Chinese military is launching cyber attacks on the United States, a charge the Chinese government has denied. “[I]n 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the United States government, continued to be...

  • Obama lets company avoid contraception mandate, for now

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

    President Obama’s attorneys dropped their appeal of a court ruling that the government may not require a Bible publisher to provide free contraception to employees until the company’s legal challenge to the mandate is finished. “Bible publishers should be free to do business according to...

  • Whistle-blower: Benghazi rescue team told to stand down before second deadly attack

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

    American Special Forces soldiers were preparing to board the C-130 that would fly them on a mission to rescue Americans under attack by terrorists in Benghazi on Sept. 11 last year, but they were stopped by a last-minute order from somebody higher up in the U.S. government, House investigators...

  • Pentagon: No, we won’t court-martial Christians who talk about their religion

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013

    Christians in the military are allowed to discuss their faith, a Defense Department official said in a statement contradicting reports that such behavior could lead to court-martial. “Service members can share their faith (evangelize) but must not force unwanted, intrusive attempts to...

  • Ted Cruz challenges Joe Biden to debate about gun control

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013

    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, noting that Vice President Joe Biden reportedly plans to revive a legislative push for gun control,  challenged him to a debate about policy responses to gun violence. “I would like to invite the vice president to engage in an hour long conversation and debate,...


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