CNN’s Jake Tapper grilled deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken Monday over Bashar al-Assad’s assertion that the Obama administration had “no evidence” that the Syrian government had ordered a chemical attack last month. Tapper played part of the interview Assad
President Obama, in an interview Monday with CNN, says the new Russian compromise for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons is because of his credible threat of military action.
As President Barack Obama attempts to rally the American people and members of Congress to back his unpopular plan to strike Syria, Obama says he wants to cut the 1.8% raise the Republican-led House approved and that troops are due
(CNN) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she backs President Barack Obama’s push to take military action in Syria.If Syria’s government immediately surrendered its chemical weapons stockpiles to international control, “that would be an important step,” Clinton
One of the few effective arguments that the Obama administration has used in support of military action in Syria is that it is important to deter other rogue states determined to acquire, and threatening to use, weapons of mass destruction.
One need only look to the whip count numbers on Syria to understand why Barack Obama decided he had to do a broadcast and cable network blitz on Monday. A friendly media may portray it as his ‘pulling out all
If you want to understand why the mainstream media is so in love with the Obama administration, this can in part be explained by the fact that a number of big shots who control levers of media power actually do
Egyptian security forces have reportedly arrested a number of jihadists operating in the Sinai Peninsula who are linked to Ramzi Mowafi, a former physician for Osama bin Laden. Sources have told Egyptian media outlets that Mowafi’s group has been responsible for numerous
(CNN) – Huddled in her bedroom, too afraid to come out, 70-year-old Marie Manco called 911 to report an intruder destroying her New Jersey home…that intruder was a wild turkey which had crashed through a second-floor window. Manco: “A wild turkey
Long-time Clinton advisor and Democrat strategist James Carville is set to become a columnist for the Washington, D.C.-based newspaper The Hill. The Hill editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon said in a statement, “James’s voice is among the most recognized in politics. We are so
Talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh will probably consider his upcoming children’s book a success once he learns that the very idea of him doing such a thing has already made a CNN anchor “sick.” But based on his previous history
Thursday, CNN’s Carol Costello, the cable news network’s morning weekday anchor, wasted no time in tweeting her apparent disgust after learning that conservative talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh plans to write a children’s book. “I’m a little sick now,” she
Just like NBC did earlier Thursday, CNN has also decided to manufacture a provably false claim that New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner’s viral meltdown Wednesday was actually a chivalrous defense of his wife. Watch the full CNN segment
Journalists and professional political tacticians in Washington’s permanent political class ecosystem apparently do not believe the mainstream media would be better served if they had more reporters who were familiar with conservative politics and voters. After the 2012 presidential election,
Writing for the Joan Shorenstien Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, CNN’s Peter Hamby took a 95-page look at the effect Twitter had on the 2012 presidential election, especially as it related to Mitt Romney’s losing campaign. It
The possibilities mentioned for Tim Tebow on these pages include the Canadian football league or the Chicago Bears (see Kevin Scholla’s argument here), but how about the New England Patriots? Bill Belichick did not rule out the possibility of bringing
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com President Obama goes into ‘Obamacare mode’ over Syria issue Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi accused of inciting violence President Obama goes into ‘Obamacare mode’ over Syria issue Vladimir Putin and a scowling Barack Obama at their
Kerry said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI)–British broadcaster David Frost–best known for his interviews with former U.S. President Richard Nixon–has died, his family said. He was 74. Frost suffered a suspected heart attack Saturday night aboard the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship, where
CNN reporter Jill Dougherty on the Obama Administration’s claim that Syria poses an imminent threat to the U.S.
On CNN’s The Lead, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) explains his opposition to U.S. military intervention in Syria’s civil war: “It’s not even clear it was a chemical attack. If it was a chemical attack, then the residue left on the
On CNN’s “The Lead,” panelists discuss the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement’s march on Washington D.C. and complaints from some conservatives that Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), one of two currently serving black U.S. Senators, was not invited to
Actor/singer Jamie Foxx is known for wearing his political statements on his sleeve. Foxx attended several awards shows wearing T-shirts with images of Trayvon Martin across the chest section. Now, Foxx is imploring his fellow celebrities to “renew” Martin Luther
Before Maj. Nidal Hassan was sentenced to death on Wednesday, more victims’ families and survivors told their stories on Tuesday about life after the November 5, 2009 shooting. Phillip Warman lost his wife, Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, at Fort Hood. He turned to
The most-watched program on Al Jazeera America (AJAM) during its first week of operation only drew 54,000 viewers. The Wrap reports that some of the programs last week even had Nielsen numbers that were “too low to accurately report.” According
