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Hagel Firing: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

Hagel Firing: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

The New York Times reports that President Barack Obama is about to dismiss Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. The reason given? That the White House recognized that “the threat from the Islamic State would require a different kind of skills than

NY Times: US Defense Secretary Hagel to Resign

NY Times: US Defense Secretary Hagel to Resign

(AFP) US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is to resign under pressure on Monday, the New York Times reported Monday, after criticism of the campaigns in Afghanistan and against the Islamic State group. The daily said President Barack Obama was to

The Left Doth Protest Too Much: The Benghazi Scandal Remains

The Left Doth Protest Too Much: The Benghazi Scandal Remains

The left and the media greeted Friday’s release of the House Intelligence Committee report on Benghazi with glee. “#Failghazi,” the Huffington Post proclaimed. And yet, as Shakespeare wrote, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” For though the report contradicted

Opening the Door to Muslim Dissidents

Opening the Door to Muslim Dissidents

“When presidents say Islam is a religion of peace,” former George W. Bush advisor Elliot Abrams said at a forum on Monday, “the average American thinks this is crap.”  Presidents Bush and Obama both publicly declared Islam to be a

Obama Cannot Hide Behind Immigration Precedent

Obama Cannot Hide Behind Immigration Precedent

This week, President Obama effectively exempted more than four million illegal immigrants from the nation’s immigration laws, granting them the right to apply for work permits and a three-year reprieve from deportation. He cannot, however, hide behind precedent for his

Boehner Files Lawsuit Over Obamacare

Boehner Files Lawsuit Over Obamacare

House Speaker John Boehner says The House of Representatives has filed a long-delayed lawsuit over President Obama’s changes to Obamacare. “Time after time, the president has chosen to ignore the will of the American people and re-write federal law on

Krauthammer: Obama Saying Legal Immigrants Are ‘Chumps’

Krauthammer: Obama Saying Legal Immigrants Are ‘Chumps’

Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that President Obama’s executive order on immigration was telling legal immigrants that they were “chumps” on Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel. “I think on the policy, it is very clear that he is