From the Army Times: WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama on Tuesday appointed an openly gay former Army officer to the U.S. Military Academy’s Board of Visitors. Former Capt. Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton, a founding board member of OutServe, an
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The Library of Congress (which is funded by you and me) is funding the preservation of a 1968 documentary film on Fidel Castro by Leftist Saul Landau. The Library of Congress’ National Film Preservation Foundation provided the funds for the
From Global Security Newswire: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is taking initial steps to launch a defense-industry competition for building a new missile capable of flying at hypersonic speeds and attacking targets anywhere around the world within 60 minutes
The Moscow Times reports on a brewing diplomatic challenge: The Wendy’s models in trademark pigtails who greeted reporters outside the U.S. hamburger chain’s first standalone Russian restaurant on Thursday didn’t resemble your traditional Wendy girls. Instead of the wholesome freckle-faced
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Pravda, in one of the more bizarre editorials in a long time, touts First Lady Michelle Obama as the better Obama to sit in the Oval Office. An excerpt: “While Barack Obama insulted the Nobel Prize and the international community
A very interesting article from Germany’s Der Spiegel, which has been undeniably pro-European and pro-Euro. But now, with the mounting debt crises in Greece and elsewhere in Europe, there is talk of the previously unimaginable: abandoning the Euro. Or at
From the Navy Times: A sleek vessel with a triple hull and 6-story-tall mast will leave San Diego Bay this fall for the open waters of the Pacific Ocean in a show of the potential of unmanned watercraft. The craft
From the UK’s Daily Mail: Waving goodbye to her grandchildren, Gudrun Burwitz has the look of a woman ready to live the rest of her days in peace and quiet. Instead, the 81-year-old daughter of Heinrich Himmler still works at
Those western journalists and “war correspondents” in Tripoli are really sweating it out. They are staying at the luxuriant Rixos Hotel. Here’s a “frontline dispatch” from Germany’s Der Spiegel: The bombing represents a new phase in the war over Libya,
Those western journalists and “war correspondents” in Tripoli are really sweating it out. They are staying at the luxuriant Rixos Hotel. Here’s a “frontline dispatch” from Germany’s Der Spiegel: The bombing represents a new phase in the war over Libya,
From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD — The suggestion by a U.S. congressman that Iraq repay the United States for the money it has spent in the country has stirred anger, with an Iraqi lawmaker ridiculing the idea as “stupid” and
It’s called the Future Attribute Screening Technology Mobile Module (FAST) project, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. And it sounds more than just a little creepy. The hope is to develop a technology for screening at airports and elsewhere
Two troubling stories, both from Pennsylvania via the Associated Press, that should make our blood boil. They may give their lives for their country, but they can’t wear their uniforms to graduation. WEXFORD, Pa. — A 17-year-old Marine is upset
Pravda doesn’t come out an call Obama “anti-black,” but they essentially argue in this editorial that he is unconcerned about the plight of American blacks. It’s interesting that while the foreign left-oriented press regularly took on Republican Presidents like Ronald
From Der Spiegel: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned that a militant left-wing movement is on the rise in the country. An arson attack on cables that caused severe disruption to the Berlin rail network last month has thrown a
From ABC News March 18: President Obama told a bipartisan group of members of Congress today that he expects the U.S. would be actively involved in any military action against Libya for “days, not weeks,” after which he said the
From AFP: Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was a prisoner in US custody for “sometime” before he was killed by the American military, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday. “I have exact information that bin Laden was held by
Ynet offers some fascinating details of Barack Obama’s half-brother, his political and business activities, as well as the fact that he is in regular contact with President Obama. Some excerpts: While US President Barack Obama was busy orchestrating the assassination
Arizona is the busiest gateway for illegal immigrants and pot smugglers so state officials have a solution. While the federal government doesn’t want to build a fence and the state can’t afford it, they are hoping that people will donate
The Daily Mail reports: “Barack Obama vetoed a plan for stealth bombers to blow up Osama Bin Laden’s compound in March so special forces could get DNA evidence to confirm he was dead. The U.S. President gave the all clear
From The Moscow Times: Amid growing anxiety over whose name will appear on the 2012 presidential ballot, lawmakers and pundits were quick to welcome the news that one president would certainly stand for re-election next year — Barack Obama. The
India is a rising power that is looking to upgrade its fighter aircraft. It’s a huge contract: 126 fighter jets for $10 billion. India for decades has relied on first Soviet and now Russian weapons systems. No longer. They recently
