On May 23, 2014, Mrs Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the NCRI (National Council of Resistance of Iran), and Mr Ahmad Jarba, the President of National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary, met in Paris to discuss common goals regarding the struggle of
So-called whistleblower Edward Snowden stated in an interview with “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams that aired on NBC on Wednesday that an intelligence service in the National Security Agency with “significant funding and a real technological research team can tell
The family of Sgt. Issac Sims, a brain-injured Iraq War veteran with PTSD who was killed over Memorial Day weekend by Kansas City Police after he pointed a gun at them during a standoff, told KCTV that delays in their
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) on Tuesday said he was pleased that Obama met the military’s request to keep some forces in Afghanistan beyond 2014; however, he went on to say, “holding this mission to an arbitrary egg-timer
It’s a mistake to set an “arbitrary date” for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) said Tuesday. Reacting to President Obama’s announcement that the administration plans to reduce the
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham slammed President Obama as news broke Tuesday about the Obama administration’s plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan. “President Obama is repeating some of the same mistakes he made in Iraq” Graham tweeted, with
On Sunday, President Obama made a surprise appearance in Afghanistan after sneaking out of the White House on Saturday night. There, he spoke with Afghan president Hamid Karzai via phone, because Karzai refused to speak with Obama in person. Obama
To commemorate Memorial Day, President Barack Obama appeared at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and deliver remarks honoring our fallen servicemen and women and their families. Transcript as
Adm. William H. McRaven is the ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. He is a Navy admiral and former commander of SEAL Team 3, acclaimed for leading the mission to find Osama bin Laden. On May 17, Adm. McRaven delivered the
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, an Iranian billionaire arrested for allegedly perpetrating a $2.6 billion dollar bank fraud, was hanged on Saturday after a swift court decision to impose the death penalty. The decision was so sudden Khosravi’s lawyer told Iranian media
On Sunday night’s PBS telecast of the annual National Memorial Day concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, actor Gary Sinise recognized the struggles of Marine Sgt. John Peck, who had suffered injuries from two IED explosions, one
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation is marking Memorial Day weekend with somber ceremonies, flag planting at cemeteries and parades. In New York, a Marines Corps chaplain will give a sermon Sunday at the Marble Collegiate College in Manhattan. Afterward,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pope Francis visits Mideast to urge freedom of religion The schism of the Orthodox and the heresy of the Protestants Pope Francis’s visit also commemorates forgiveness of Jews Pope Francis visits Mideast to urge
From President Barack Obama’s May 24 weekly YouTube address: OBAMA: Hi, everybody. It’s Memorial Day weekend – a chance for Americans to get together with family and friends, break out the grill, and kick off the unofficial start of summer.
A review of job openings within the Veterans Administration is causing some to ask why the VA never bothered staffing up for what were easily predictable increases in service needs and it’s now blaming said increases for what amounts to
In 2009, Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Shinseki vowed during his Senate confirmation hearings that the patient backlogs at Veterans Affairs would be among his top priorities once he was confirmed for the position. Shinseki suggested that faulty leadership was the
(AFP) A series of bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims, including by a suicide attacker disguised as a woman, killed 16 people in Baghdad Thursday despite heavy security across the capital. The blasts are the latest in a protracted surge of nationwide
President Obama rightly noted yesterday at his super-duper-ultimate-anger press conference that the current scandal engulfing the Veterans Administration – delayed care, cooked books, deaths – is nothing new. “[C]aring for our veterans is not an issue that popped up in
An increase in funding for the Pentagon’s “Section 1206” counterterrorism programs, aimed at training and equipping foreign militaries to fight terrorism, suggests a shift in the Obama administration’s strategy, The Hill reports. This shift could mean a decreased reliance on drone strikes against
According to the Village Voice, 9/11 truthers are printing fake museum brochures to hand out at the opening of the new National September 11th Memorial Museum on Wednesday, May 21. The group, calling itself The Architects and Engineers for 9/11
On May 14 Breitbart News was able to speak with former Airman Brian Kolfage, an American hero who lost both legs and his right hand during a rocket attack in Iraq in 2004. He told us that “about a year
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — With just two weeks left until the June 3 primary elections, Republican candidate Elan Carr and Democrats Wendy Gruel, Ted Lieu and Matt Miller–all vying for outgoing Democratic Representative Henry Waxman’s seat–took turns speaking at a pre-election
Brutally honest and politically incorrect, this unofficial advice was given just before I retired from the US Army. My 30-year career was challenging but consisted mostly of garrison assignments typical of the Cold War. My retirement health challenges were smoothly
The Obama administration has plans to sell one billion dollars in advanced weaponry to Iraq, according to the Pentagon. The deal provides massive advances in airpower for the Iraqi military. A Pentagon official said the deal will include 24 AT-6C
President Mahmoud Abbas visited David Cameron in Downing Street this week. Discussions are said to have hinged on the Middle East Peace Process, but one wonders whether the PM raised the new Anti-Defamation League report that shows that after decades
