American Friends of Likud reported, “According to sources inside the White House, in a private briefing to President Obama on Fri night, PM Netanyahu has said that a ground offensive would be held off for now.” Early this morning, Prime
Let’s get to the point of the matter: President Obama and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and their media parrots are hell bent on raising taxes for those making over $250,000. While their talking points are the worst example of political
The White House is doubling down on their assertions that they did not have the proper information when they sent Susan Rice out to the Sunday talk shows to claim the Benghazi attack was due to a video. They claim
The House Science Committee is investigating whether Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson used the secret email alias “Richard Windsor” to hide internal communications from government watchdogs–an action that may violate open-records laws. Christopher Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute
After yesterday’s closed-door testimony of David Petraeus on the Hill, we now know for a fact that for two weeks the Obama Administration repeatedly and relentlessly lied to the American people about what they knew was the truth behind the
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONIn his first trip abroad since the summer heat of the re-election campaign, President Barack Obama will seek to reinforce American influence in Southeast Asia in spite of the large shadow cast by China. He will become
Last week I said my spine had stiffened after the unfortunate events of Election Day. Well, with Nancy Pelosi again assuming the role of Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, liberals will continue on a path to try to transform
The Old Media has found its narrative for Obama’s first press conference since March and the first since his re-election, and that narrative can be boiled down simply to this: Obama helpfully Reaching Out, Republicans still mean as snakes. After
On Thursday, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) accused the Obama administration of lying to the public during the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing to investigate the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Lybia. In that hearing, Rohrabacher said pointedly: “The administration
US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed concern Friday that renewed violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip would damage the Middle East peace process. The White House had previously made it clear that it
According to the Washington Guardian, it wasn’t just CIA Director David Petraeus who knew that the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi were terrorism linked with al Qaeda. It was the White House. And they knew it well in
On the editorial page of The New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal rips Republicans for raising questions and demanding answers about Libya: Something obviously went wrong in Benghazi. An Ambassador died. It’s necessary and appropriate to discuss what happened so as
A trailer for Netflix’s latest foray into original content, “House of Cards,” is now out on the Web. Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey stars in a series executive produced by David Fincher of “The Social Network” fame. Synopsis: Francis Underwood (Spacey) is
If there were a “Hall of Fame” for broken campaign promises, here’s one that would get in on the first ballot: “I promise if you elect me I will conduct my affairs ethically, transparently and truthfully.” Flanked by Greek columns
ADDED: John Bolton said that General Petraeus’ testimony this morning ‘put this dead cat right on the White House’s door step[.]” The media doesn’t seem at all that eager to start connecting the dots coming out of the unfolding Libya
Members of House and Senate Intelligence Committees were finally shown classified video of the Benghazi attack on Thursday. A U.S. intelligence official says the video provides no evidence that the attack was spontaneous. Rather, “it indicates that the attack, though
On Thursday, House Democrats refused to take a firm stance on how much they wanted to raise the top tax rate. President Barack Obama and Democrats have insisted they would not commit to any agreement that does not let the
In its report on David Petraeus’s closed door testimony on the Hill today, CNN writes: [emphasis added] The former CIA director also is expected to tell the congressional committees that he did develop unclassified talking points in the days after
On Thursday, President Obama appointed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to lead the rebuilding efforts in the Northeast impacted by Hurricane Sandy. After touring parts of Staten Island that Hurricane Sandy ravaged, Obama said Donovan would be “working
In its November 15 print version, The Washington Post published a story about the criminal financial malfeasance of former Democrat Governor and MF Global Chief John Corzine. The Post seemed reluctant to identify Corzine as a Democrat, and buried the
Barack Obama’s peaceful overtures to the repressive Islamist world have proved so successful in breeding a kinder, gentler world that he’s taking that same act on the road – to Asia. Obama is scheduled to visit the countries of Burma
The White House on Thursday condoned Israel’s military response to the rockets launched against it by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes allowed that Israel was acting in self-defense. When asked if
Any climate change “tax” that environmental leftists hope to implement will face unified opposition in the Republican Party. All of the GOP leaders in the House are unanimous; Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Whip Kevin
Today, five Democratic Congresswomen attacked Republican criticism of U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, who is reputedly Barack Obama’s pick to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. They actually called her an “American treasure.” This was after Barack Obama called Republican criticism
