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Benghazi: Graham Threatens Hold on Hagel, Brennan

Benghazi: Graham Threatens Hold on Hagel, Brennan

Senator Lindsey Graham (R – SC) is not giving up on his efforts to have the White House answer questions about what President Barack Obama was doing on the night the U.S. Mission in Benghazi was attacked. Four Americans were

Obama Rejects Age Increase for Medicare Eligibility

Obama Rejects Age Increase for Medicare Eligibility

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney revealed Monday that President Barack Obama will not consider raising the Medicare eligibility age to help balance the entitlement program’s books. “The president’s made clear that we don’t believe that’s the right policy to

Freakout Over Sequester Shows Economy's Weakness

Freakout Over Sequester Shows Economy's Weakness

In just over two weeks, the “sequester”, automatic spending cuts first proposed by the White House in the debt ceiling talks in 2011, will take effect. Unless Congress and the President agree to alternative spending cuts, which seems unlikely, discretionary

The Pope and the dignity of resignation

It takes greater courage to resign power, when appropriate, than to cling to it. Pope Benedict XVI may be the first to resign since the 15th century, but his example reminds us that resignation need not mean defeat.  It is

Obama Breaks 3:1 Cuts-to-Taxes Promise

Obama Breaks 3:1 Cuts-to-Taxes Promise

Can the President possibly believe that the Grand Bargain he proposed less than two years ago is somehow a raw deal? He is acting as if that’s the case. Progressives are once again claiming the problem in deficit negotiations is

White House Set to Cut U.S. Nuclear Arsenal by One-Third

White House Set to Cut U.S. Nuclear Arsenal by One-Third

Obama is gearing up to sign off “on an internal review of U.S. nuclear weapons strategy” that contains a directive cutting our nuclear arsenal by a third.  The directive was created last year, and reports indicate that political advisers in

Christie Yells at Ex-White House Doctor over Phone

Christie Yells at Ex-White House Doctor over Phone

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called the former White House physician who criticized his obesity last week to yell at her over the phone. Christie called Connie Mariano, who now practices medicine in Arizona after she served as the White

Obama Plans Pay Boost for Federal Workers

Obama Plans Pay Boost for Federal Workers

According to the White House Office of Management and Budget, President Obama will push for a 1% salary increase for all federal employees in his 2014 budget proposal. This announcement comes on the heals of continuing bad economic news in

Benghazi: Who Was Minding the Store?

Benghazi: Who Was Minding the Store?

The revelations that came out of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week in regards to the Benghazi attack will be a turning point in this investigation.   Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified that he was not in contact with President

'Foreign Policy': 50-50 Chance Hagel Withdraws

'Foreign Policy': 50-50 Chance Hagel Withdraws

Because most people agree that a president should get the cabinet he wants, it is unlikely former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel would have lost a Senate vote to become President Obama’s next Defense Secretary, even after a historically disastrous performance at

Penny Pritzker Eyed for Commerce Secretary

Penny Pritzker Eyed for Commerce Secretary

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) — Business executive and Hyatt Hotels heiress Penny Pritzker is the leading candidate to be the next U.S. commerce secretary, people familiar with the matter say. Pritzker, a close personal friend of President Barack Obama and