On Wednesday, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asked Chuck Hagel, the former Republican Senator from Nebraska and President Obama’s nominee to become Secretary of Defense, about a comment he allegedly made in 2010 concerning “apartheid” and Israel. Graham cited a
On Wednesday, the lead police detective that testified for the prosecution in Oscar Pistorius’s bail hearing in Pretoria, South Africa gave inconsistent – and confusing – testimony that may convince the South African judge presiding over the case to allow
Forgivable enough, I suppose. I can see how he missed it. It’s one of those things no one ever talks about, so. “He struck me as sincere, and you know, you have to be sitting there at the meeting obviously,
The White House now claims President Barack Obama called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at approximately 10 PM on the night of the Benghazi attacks, September 11, 2012. This is “about the same time” Clinton released a statement condemning a
The chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), told the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin that it is impossible for him to see how Chuck Hagel is the right man to lead the Department of Defense.
Filmmaker Michael Moore tugged on his Superman cape today to rush to the rescue of a filmmaker fearing deportation. The director in question, Emad Burnat, flew into Los Angeles to prepare for Sunday’s Academy Award ceremony. He’s nominated for his
According to the Weekly Standard, Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel continues to block access to his archive at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. There are piles of papers, speeches, and multimedia by or about Hagel at the university. Yet reporters
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has doubled down on Chuck Hagel, though I don’t think he’s helping: Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel “almost had tears in his eyes” when Sen. Chuck Schumer explained during a private meeting his objection to Mr.
(AP) What’s different? Pistorius and police on killing By MICHELLE FAULAssociated PressJOHANNESBURG There are several key points where testimony conflicts between the prosecution and the defense in the Oscar Pistorius case. KILLING Police: Pistorius knew his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was
During the 2012 election campaign, Democrats denied that ObamaCare made $716 billion in cuts to Medicare in order to provide funding toward $1.9 trillion in new entitlement spending over the next ten years. In an announcement on Friday, however, the
A pregnant Texas teen who is unmarried has won her court case allowing her to keep her child, rather than submit to an abortion as her parents preferred. The judge in the case brought by the daughter of Denise and
On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden appeared on a Facebook townhall, where he was asked a question about gun ownership by a female viewer from Parent Magazine. Biden’s suggestion: nobody needs an AR-15, especially women. Instead, he stated, “If you
In November of 2011 the President told the press that there would be no “easy off ramps” to get out of the sequester. The White House explained the speech in very partisan terms: “Republicans continue to insist on protecting tax
Will new controversy over 2007 Rutgers speech where defense secretary nominee allegedly said ‘State Department was becoming ‘an adjunct of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’ derail his quest?
This is rather typical of the kind of mail we get supporting Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense: Subj: Hagel is a prophet…An Icon Hagel is a fearless prophet like Isaiah, Hosea, Ezekiel, Micah and other Biblical prophets who warned the
In response to White House: We’re pushing Hagel through: Steve Clemons of the Atlantic reports that a White House source has declared that President Obama will push Hagel through… Last Thursday, The Washington Free Beacon reported on a contemporaneous account
Slate’s Dave Weigel offers an argument in defense of Chuck Hagel’s alleged remarks in 2010 suggesting that Israel could become an apartheid state if it did not make peace with the Palestinians: Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the same thing
Reports have emerged that the growing number of Chinese hacking incidents against the U.S. seem to be the work of Chinese Army Unit 61398. Mandiant, an American computer security firm that tracks sources for attacks like those against the White
In a 2010 speech at Rutgers University, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) said that Israel was on the way to becoming an “apartheid” state, called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “radical,” and accused Israel of violating UN resolutions, according
Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn has proposed a law that would require gun owners to carry a $1M liability policy. Bill S2353 will require all gun owners in NY to obtain and “continuously maintain” insurance coverage of at least $1 million, or
President Obama has been giving the sequester plenty of negative attention recently. Two weeks ago he made a statement about the sequester in which he called it a “self-inflicted wound” to the economy. Ten days ago he focused on it
We interrupt this bout of media navel-gazing–why does Obama abuse us when we love him so?–to offer some constructive advice to the White House press corps: start showing some common-sense skepticism. Today, for example, President Obama is surrounding himself with
On Tuesday, Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, said at his bail hearing that he accidentally shot Steenkamp last Thursday when he mistook her for an intruder. “I fail to understand
South African prosector Gerrie Nel charged South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius with premeditated murder on Tuesday in Pretoria central magistrates court, alleging the double below-the-knees amputee and Olympian put on his “legs” and shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through the
Since the 2007 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, which left 33 people dead, gun-rights advocates have made the right to carry concealed weapons on public college and university campuses a major issue, most recently in Colorado. While guns remain banned
Steve Clemons of the Atlantic reports that a White House source has declared that President Obama will push Hagel through: WH Source: No more dealmaking needed on #Hagel. “We have the votes for cloture. Happy for others to joinbut Hagel
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff is angry and looking to hold someone accountable for the delay in the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as Obama’s next Secretary of Defense. Last week Woodruff demanded to know if anyone was going to “pay
In reviewing dozens of speeches delivered by former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) over the past several years, one common theme emerges: he has very little interest in defense policy, and a great deal of interest in international diplomacy. Indeed, Hagel
(Reuters) – A senior Republican senator said on Sunday that party colleagues will drop tactics to delay a vote on former Senator Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, saying that President Barack Obama’s nominee likely has sufficient support to be
For three-and-a-half quarters the NBA All-Star game was more like the Oscars. Then with 6:51 to play in a one-point game the starters came back and started playing hard defense to end the highlight reel. In particular, Kobe Bryant and
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – who remains confined at the Ecuadorian embassy in London – says he believes that “the U.S. Department of Justice would drop its espionage investigation rather than risk a diplomatic row,” if he wins an Australian Senate
The 2013 NFL Draft class is not particularly inspiring, especially at the top. There is a lack of the handful of elite players that seem to be at the top of the draft class each year, and there is certainly
On Saturday, Virginia’s Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, was signing copies of his new book, The Last Line of Defense, at a local Barnes and Noble in Tysons Corner. However, for the adults and children waiting in line to meet the
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said it was time to end the “arts festival and the “Kumbaya session” that the modern Olympics has become and reinstate wrestling into the Games. “Wrestling uniquely encapsulates the Olympic spirit, even though it harkens back
With Congress out of session next week, due to the Presidents’ Day holiday, it looks inevitable that the sequestration cuts will take effect March 1st. Replacing the $85 billion in cuts scheduled through the rest of the fiscal year isn’t
Wisconsin Dem. state senator Nikiya Harris and Democrat state reps. Mandela Barnes, Evan Goyke, and Fred Kessler are all pushing for a ban on hollow-point ammunition in the state. According to the bill, “whoever intentionally sells, transports, or possesses any
Two women were saved from mortal danger through quick thinking and the use of firearms this past week. A Myrtle Beach woman was accosted in The Bagel Factory’s parking lot Friday morning. A man opened her car door, demanded her
CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) – Thousands of Russian emergency workers went out on Saturday to clear up the damage from a meteor that exploded over the Ural mountains, damaging buildings, shattering windows and showering people with broken glass. Divers searched a
Following the Republican filibuster of Sec. of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel, a shocked Harry Reid (D-NV) said he was going to call Hagel and apologize over the fact that the confirmation had been stopped. Said Reid: They are filibustering him.
Decrying yesterday’s filibuster of the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense, the White House and the media have decided to target his critics, especially Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Yet they should welcome the extension of
