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Obama: U.N. Approval Not Necessary, Sending To Congress

Obama: U.N. Approval Not Necessary, Sending To Congress

President Obama announced that he is willing to take military action against the Assad regime in Syria on Saturday but that he is seeking Congressional approval to do it. “I’m confident in the case our government has made without waiting

Obama Announces 'Military Action' Needed in Syria… After College GameDay

Obama Announces 'Military Action' Needed in Syria… After College GameDay

On the opening weekend of the college football season and nearly 30 minutes after the conclusion of College GameDay, President Barack Obama announced that he has decided America’s military “should take military action against Syrian regime targets,” but he would first seek

Obama Will Ask Congress for Authority to Attack Syria

Obama Will Ask Congress for Authority to Attack Syria

President Barack Obama spoke from the Rose Garden on Saturday, announcing his decision to seek Congressional approval for a strike on Syria. In the past week, as evidence grew that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its own citizens,

Obama's Diminishing Returns

Obama's Diminishing Returns

History was made on Thursday. For the first time in over 200 years, the British Parliament voted against a Prime Minister’s war resolution. The last time that happened was in 1782, when Parliament voted to stop fighting George Washington and

After Tough August, Investors Face Scary September

After Tough August, Investors Face Scary September

(AP) After tough August, investors face scary SeptemberBy MATTHEW CRAFTNEW YORKAugust was tough on the stock market. Now, investors face an even scarier September. Disappointing news on consumer spending helped pull stocks lower Friday in a quiet end to the

Obama: 'My Military' Looking at Syria Options

Obama: 'My Military' Looking at Syria Options

President Barack Obama referred to the country’s troops as “my military” in Friday remarks about how the United States may respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria that Obama asserted violated international norms. 

The President and His Higher Ed Plan

The President and His Higher Ed Plan

In the real world, demand affects cost – the higher the price, the fewer the takers. In President Obama’s Washington, there is the belief that government policies – not markets – can better influence price, at least as far as

Special Operator's Group Calls Out Boehner on Benghazi

Special Operator's Group Calls Out Boehner on Benghazi

The political director of Special Operations Speaks, which represents over 1,000 Special Operations veterans, claimed House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is not creating a committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi because he is protecting those

Obama Says He's Considering 'Narrow' Syria Action

Obama Says He's Considering 'Narrow' Syria Action

(AP) Obama weighs ‘limited and narrow’ Syria actionBy DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEYAssociated PressWASHINGTONEdging toward a retaliatory strike, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing “limited and narrow” action against Syria as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad’s government

Fast Food 'Strikes' Show Economic Folly of Amnesty

Fast Food 'Strikes' Show Economic Folly of Amnesty

On Thursday, thousands of fast food employees and allied union members walked off the job and protested in cities across the country. They were agitating for a hike in the minimum wage, from the current $7.25 an hour to $15

MLK Event Excluded Conservative Key Organizer of '63 March

MLK Event Excluded Conservative Key Organizer of '63 March

A conservative group which helped organize the famous March on Washington says it was left out of the seminal civil rights event’s 50th anniversary celebration held Wednesday. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was one of the six big organizing groups

Constitutional convention chaos

Phyllis Schlafly thinks a Constitutional convention called under Article V would be “a recipe for chaos:” There is no proof that the VIPs promoting an Article V convention have any first-hand knowledge of the politics or procedures of a contested

WaPo Understands Immigration Reform Is in Trouble

WaPo Understands Immigration Reform Is in Trouble

This week, the Washington Post began the process of informing its readers that the prospects of Congress granting amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants is fading. At its politics blog, The Fix, Post reporter Aaron Blake tried to explain “why