In response to Chauncy Hagel on NK Threat: “We Are Aware of – of What’s Going On”: In other exciting foreign policy news, Debra, while the SecDef struggles to choke out a coherent sentence about clear reality and everything that
After filibustering the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA for nearly 13 hours Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he was just beginning his fight to restrain the executive branch, demand more transparency, and ensure the U.S. government
THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Sen. Dianne Feinstein D-Calif., dismissed Sen. Rand Paul’s nearly 13 hour filibuster protesting the use of drones on American citizens on American soil.
Sen. Rand Paul’s 13 hour, old fashioned filibuster focused the nation’s attention on the Obama Administration’s increased use of unmanned drones. Obama has made extensive use of the technology to combat suspected terrorists overseas. There is growing concern, however, that
The Huffington Post, also known as the Hugo Chávez fan club, is running a lead story, “U.S. Drone Policy,” that features a photo of American-born Islamic terrorist Anwar Al-Awlaki amidst several photographs of dead children. The image, which would
Last night, KY Sen. Rand Paul led an historic filibuster on the Senate floor to block the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA Director. The filibuster was driven not so much by Brennan as by the Administration’s ambiguous drone
Actor John Cusack isn’t ready, willing and able to support Democrats on demand. The Say Anything star is a true blue progressive, but he’ll call out his own party–or President Barack Obama–from the left as the situation demands. In the
A Fox News poll of 1,010 registered voters taken Feb. 25-27 of this year, shows that only 45% approve of our government using drones to kill a suspected terrorist who is American on U.S. soil. Fifty-percent disapprove. Concern over the Obama
In response to They’ve Already Done the “We’d Never Do this” Spiel: Among my biggest problems with the “We’d Never Do This” spiel is that you don’t usually find out they have done it to you until after they done
Many Americans cannot forget Jane Fonda’s 1972 visit with the Viet Cong. They still wouldn’t wish physical harm on the actress no matter how vehemently they disagreed with her posing with North Vietnamese troops and spreading anti-American rhetoric over the airwaves.
After a long day on Capitol Hill Wednesday, starting with Sen. Ted Cruz’s questioning of Attorney General Eric Holder, and continuing through Sen. Ran Paul’s filibuster of John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA Director, both sides of the drone debate seemed
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) yielded the floor at 12:40 a.m. EST on Thursday, March 7 after continuing his filibuster of the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA Director for nearly thirteen hours. During his “talking” filibuster, which originally began as
Update – Sen. Paul shut down debate after a 13 hour filibuster at about 12:45 am late Wednesday light. —— Senator Rand Paul (R – KY) has been filibustering President Barack Obama’s CIA Director nominee John Brennan since 11:47 AM
On today’s Special report Charles Krauthammer disagreed with Senator Paul’s stance on the use of drones in the U.S. (and I disagree with Dr. Krauthammer, which rarely happens. ) Krauthammer posited that he could think of a scenario in which
On Wednesday afternoon, Christopher Anders, Senior Legislative Council at the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington D.C., spoke with Breitbart News exclusively about Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of the John Brennan nomination to CIA director over the administration’s failures to
Sen. Rand Paul’s ongoing filibuster (as of this writing) of John Brennan’s nomination as CIA Director is exciting, if only because it is a rare example of leadership and principle on Capitol Hill. It’s quite gratifying to see so much
In response to Rand Paul Filibuster Inspires HuffPo to Blister Obama Over Drone Policy: This morning, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was able to get Attorney General Eric Holder to admit, (after much hemming and hawing about “appropriateness”) that it was
Rand Paul’s filibuster should only ensure Obama sticks to this: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told a Senate committee Wednesday that he expects President Obama to explain the legal rationale underpinning the use of armed drones to target and
On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that the White House would be within its legal authority to execute an American citizen via drone on U.S. soil if that person was determined to
Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) unmanned Predator B drone fleet has been custom designed to identify civilians carrying guns and track cell phone signals. “I am very concerned that this technology will
Who is this Vali Nasr person, who dares say such things about Dear Leader? Go get ’em Team Marvel! – Burn the witch! Via The UK Telegraph: Barack Obama is a “dithering” president whose controlling tendencies and extreme risk-averse attitude
As the scheduled 2014 draw-down of U.S. troops in Afghanistan draws closer, a report of how Obama leaned on a select group of political operatives for foreign policy decisions–including decisions relating to Afghanistan–has been released. This report seems to confirm
I took this video of Andrew Breitbart taking questions after Saturday lunch at the Smart Girl Summit in St. Louis, July 2011. It’s over 38 minutes long, but if you don’t have time for the whole thing, listen to this
Robert Gibbs tried to answer all of Rachel Maddow’s concerns about the Obama administration’s drone program Monday night on MSNBC. Maddow said that she understood the need for secrecy in drone missions but not in the law the governs those
On Feb. 21, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said he will use every procedural option at his disposal to block the confirmation of John Brennan for CIA Director. Paul found Brennan’s answers regarding the use of drones on Americans insufficient at
