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Rand Paul raps Obama's 'flash cards and PowerPoint' drone defense
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who led the filibuster decrying President Obama's policy of using drones to strike American terrorists, still has doubts about the president's drone policy...
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Harvard's Nye: On world stage, Obama no match for George H.W. Bush
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
President Obama has failed to live up to his "transformational" image crafted in the 2008 campaign, winning a lukewarm "meh" from influential scholar Joseph S. Nye Jr., former dean of the John F....
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John Kerry's $3.5 billion Obamacare 'boondoggle' faces repeal
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
An Obamacare earmark championed by former Sen. John Kerry that raised wage payments to Massachusetts hospitals at the expense of those in the other 49 states is coming under fire in Congress and...
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Chicago No. 1 in drugged-out men cuffed by cops
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Nearly nine in 10 men arrested in Chicago last year tested positive for at least one drug, tops in a new federal report. The report from President Obama's drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, showed that...
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Americans say Fed's losing inflation war as food, gas prices jump
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Americans have a response to Federal Reserve officials worried that inflation is too low: Try gassing up your limo or take a stroll through a Safeway. As the nation's financial Brahmans fret...
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Lanny Davis: If White House was involved, IRS scandal threatens Democrats’ election chances
Updated: 16 hr ago
If investigators show that the White House was involved in the growing IRS-Tea Party scandal, which has robbed Democrats of the so-called "trust edge" they held over Republicans, it could...
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IG: Afghanistan caught in $1 billion tax ripoff of U.S. firms
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
The corrupt Afghan government has hit American contractors trying to rebuild their war-torn nation with nearly $1 billion in business taxes despite agreements that the work should be free from...
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Louisiana Sen. Vitter hosts $5,000-a-head alligator hunt
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Republican Louisiana Sen. David Vitter is no fan of swamp alligators, and now he's proving it with a $5,000-per-person alligator hunt fundraiser complete with Cajun food, an airboat swamp tour and...
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The Brezhnev Doctrine, Iran-style
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Grasping the realities of the Middle East is never easy. This is not primarily because they change quickly, but because so much time, effort, and money is spent to prevent reality from breaking...
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Benghazi Investigation Deepens: Lawmakers Seek Interviews of 13 Officials Involved
By: Stephen F. Hayes
As the investigation into the Obama administration’s handling of the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi intensifies, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are seeking to conduct transcribed interviews...