June 19, 2013

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  • Sorry, Mr. President, but al Qaeda is not on the 'path to defeat'

    By Examiner Editorial | 06/19/13 07:50 PM

    Despite years of U.S. counter-terrorism campaigns, Islamic Jihadists are stronger than ever. While campaigning for re-election last year, President Obama said "al Qaeda is on the run," and "al Qaeda has been decimated." He even proclaimed that the group is "on the path to defeat." But a much...

  • Panel OKs revisions to Eisenhower memorial designs

    By Sean Lengell | 06/19/13 07:10 PM

    A long-delayed memorial honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed to be built just off the National Mall took a key step forward Wednesday, when a presidentially appointed panel unanimously approved revisions to the Frank Gehry-designed project. Several hurdles still must be cleared before ground...

  • We're all potential suspects and should be treated as such, apparently

    By Ashe Schow | 06/19/13 06:35 PM

    Americans are already wary of the federal government having collected their phone records, but now we have Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., setting up a slippery slope of more and more data collection. Earlier today, a Washington Examiner editorial warned that "if phone records are useful now in...

  • An Oregon study casts doubt on whether health insurance improves health

    By Michael Barone | 06/19/13 06:25 PM

    On key measurements, people on Medicaid did not achieve better outcomes than uninsured people Does having health insurance make people healthier? It's widely assumed that it does. Obamacare advocates repeatedly said that its expansion of Medicaid would save thousands of lives a year....

  • Tea Party rally draws modest crowd on Capitol Hill

    By Gabriella Morrongiello | 06/19/13 06:15 PM

    A modest crowd of Tea Party enthusiasts descended on Washington in this afternoon’s “Audit the IRS” rally on Capitol Hill. “There’s some people who want to write the obituary for the Tea party,” Mike Needham, CEO of the Heritage Foundation’s Heritage Action for America group,...

  • Too much 'purple drank' makes Lil Wayne misspell America

    By Gregory Kane | 06/19/13 05:55 PM

    It seems that Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., even though he was born in the United States, doesn't like his country. ‘Sounds like the stuff of classic anti-American, America bashers to me.’ Carter is better known as the rapper Lil Wayne. For my money, compared to departed rappers like Tupac...

  • FBI is using drones in America, director tells Congress

    By Susan Ferrechio | 06/19/13 05:55 PM

    The Federal Bureau of Investigations employs the use of drones for surveillance on U.S. soil, the agency’s director told lawmakers on Wednesday. At an oversight hearing conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Robert Mueller admitted the agency is making use of unmanned...

  • Why won't President Obama let the Defense Department face the rare earth security risk?

    By Ron Arnold | 06/19/13 05:55 PM

    Rare earths aren't a celebrity security scandal like blabbermouth Edward Snowden, but these 17 minerals, which are essential for advanced energy technologies, new healthcare tools and cutting-edge strategic weapons systems, are dominated by the Chinese. ‘There is oil in the Middle East; there...

  • Talking to the Taliban

    By Cal Thomas | 06/19/13 05:50 PM

    After 12 years of fighting, the Taliban in Afghanistan have announced they are ready to talk peace with the United States. The Taliban opened a political office in Qatar. The talks will take place there, but without the Afghan government, which is refusing to take part in the "peace" talks....

  • Revolving door spinning at Consumer Finance Protection Board, raising ethics issues

    By Richard Pollock | 06/19/13 05:50 PM

    Rajeev Date may have given new meaning to the phrase "revolving door" when he left the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on January 31 to start a new bank and mortgage "advisory firm." ‘It's almost like a protection racket. You hire the alumni of the agency and they'll call up their...



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