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State Dept Stonewalls On Benghazi Suspect

State Dept Stonewalls On Benghazi Suspect

President Obama and the White House have stated multiple times that the President is fiercely “committed” to discovering and punishing those responsible for the attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya in September of last year which cost

Corker: Start Entitlement Cuts Now

Corker: Start Entitlement Cuts Now

There is a vacuum in the White House where leadership is supposed to be, especially in tackling the entitlement reform that must be addressed to save America. As a result, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is taking matters into his own

Bullies: Obama Administration Summons NRA to White House

Bullies: Obama Administration Summons NRA to White House

Vice President Joe Biden, who is heading up the President’s task force on gun control proposals, announced Tuesday that he would be meeting this week with the National Rifle Association, among other groups.  And his timing is just a bit suspect; the

Obama's CIA Pick John Brennan's Horrific Record

Obama's CIA Pick John Brennan's Horrific Record

President Obama’s CIA Director pick, White House chief counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan, has a number of issues to answer for before Senators on Capitol Hill confirm him. PJ Media’s Patrick Poole compiled an extensive list of stories concerning Brennan dating

Obama Defends Morgan's Free Speech, Assailed Limbaugh's

Obama Defends Morgan's Free Speech, Assailed Limbaugh's

The White House stood behind Piers Morgan’s vociferous anti-gun statements last night by releasing a statement reminding Americans that “freedom of expression is a bedrock principle in our democracy.” Yet when conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh was under fire

White House Ramping Up Gun Violence Discussions

White House Ramping Up Gun Violence Discussions

(AP) White House ramping up gun violence discussionsBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONFacing an end-of-the-month deadline, the Obama administration is calling gun owner groups, victims’ organizations and representatives from the video-game industry to the White House this week for discussions

Obama Digs In for Fight on Hagel, Brennan Picks

Obama Digs In for Fight on Hagel, Brennan Picks

By JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONDigging in for a fight, President Barack Obama riled Senate Republicans and some Democrats, too, on Monday by nominating former senator and combat veteran Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon and anti-terrorism chief John Brennan

Cliff 2.0: Dems Push $1 Trillion Tax Hike

Cliff 2.0: Dems Push $1 Trillion Tax Hike

The strategic miscalculation of Republicans in DC has been to think they are in actual negotiations with the White House and Democrats. They approach any major debate with an initial list of what they will cede, assuming the Democrats will

An Obama Earmark Comes Back to Haunt Him in Chicago

An Obama Earmark Comes Back to Haunt Him in Chicago

One of President Barack Obama’s earmarks has come back to haunt him–a $100,000 state grant that he obtained for a community garden in Englewood, on Chicago’s South Side, while he served in the state legislature. Like other Obama earmarks and

White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debate

White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debate

(AP) White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debateBy ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated PressWASHINGTONStruggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they’d never cross when

Obama Taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA

Obama Taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA

(AP) Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIABy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially

Treasury Mulls Coining $1 Trillion Loophole

Treasury Mulls Coining $1 Trillion Loophole

To get an indication of how much some in the pundit class are dreading the looming fight over the debt ceiling, consider the latest daft idea to get around the nation’s borrowing limit. A great swathe of the on-line world

Obama-Touted Furniture Company Shuts Down

Obama-Touted Furniture Company Shuts Down

A North Carolina furniture company President Barack Obama once heralded as a symbol of America’s manufacturing rebound went out of business on Thursday. According to the Associated Press, Lincolnton Furniture, the company that closed, opened in December of 2011 with