“I hereby grant you unconditional permission to play on the third Eleven,” Theodore Roosevelt wrote his namesake wishing to continue to compete on the Groton gridiron after breaking his collar bone. “Now do not break your neck unless you esteem
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said on Wednesday that he was “dumbfounded” by the recent Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report that revealed President Barack Obama has attended just 42% of his daily intelligence briefings. “I am dumbfounded at that statistic,” said
Wednesday at the White House daily briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest was “deeply concerned” about the announcement today by Israeli officials that new settlements were being built in a “sensitive area of East Jerusalem,” saying it will “poison the atmosphere.”
White House spokesman Josh Earnest read out a condemnation of Israel’s latest plans for construction in East Jerusalem, just hours after President Barack Obama had received a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. The new construction, which
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Barack Obama at the White House, where Netanyahu lectured Obama on the need to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Actually, Netanyahu went further, urging Obama to stop Iran from
Director of the Secret Service Julia Pierson has resigned after days of controversy after a fence jumper breached security and made it into the East Room at the White House. The news came Wednesday afternoon after a series of lawmakers
RALEIGH, North Carolina — At a campaign stop here, at which Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) gave him his endorsement, North Carolina’s GOP Senate nominee Thom Tillis ripped President Barack Obama and incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan for security failures, arguing
In an interview with CNBC, former President Jimmy Carter reflected on his time in the White House, particularly regarding his handling of the Iran Hostage Crisis, which some suggest was responsible for his defeat by Ronald Reagan in the 1980
Former Secret Service agent and author of “Within Arm’s Length,” Dan Emmett argued that the military should provide additional security at the White House on Wednesday’s broadcast of “@This Hour” on CNN. “What I’m advocating is that the military, as
During a visit to the White House, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged his country’s support for the U.S.-led military efforts against the Islamic State, claimed a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However, a September 30th U.S.-India joint
The NY Times’ Peter Baker posted a piece yesterday in which he struggles to suggests the current Republican concern over lapses in security at the White House is politically motivated. Although the target of the legislative scrutiny is the Secret
When you’re going head-to-head with a deliberately obstructionist Department of Justice (DOJ), it’s important to set deadlines. I am pleased to report that the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia has ruled that the DOJ must submit a
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide bombers struck two buses carrying Afghan soldiers in Kabul early Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 21, just a day after the signing of a key U.S.-Afghan security pact. The long-awaited deal allows U.S.
A Wisconsin reporter claims that First Lady Michelle Obama’s handlers demanded that journalists avoid speaking to any members of the audience who attended the first lady’s recent Milwaukee campaign event. Meg Kissinger, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, took
The 2012 Republican nominee for vice president, Paul Ryan, pledged that he would not try a run for president himself in 2016 if former running mate Mitt Romney jumped into the race once again. The congressman from Wisconsin insisted that
WASHINGTON (AP) — Published reports say President Barack Obama rode an elevator this month with an armed security contractor who had three criminal convictions, a violation of Secret Service security protocols. The latest embarrassment for the Secret Service comes after
Whatever else is going on at the Secret Service, they’ve got the Obama Administration scandal playbook down pat, which is really depressing. 1. Lie about what happened – They not only misled the public about how far Omar Gonzalez penetrated
The Obama administration found itself scrambling on Tuesday to defend President Barack Obama for his lackluster 42% attendance record on daily intelligence briefings, a finding from a new report issued by the non-partisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI). When asked about
Upon revelations on Tuesday at a congressional hearing that the Secret Service’s statement on the recent fence-jumping incident was inaccurate because Omar Gonzalez was not apprehended after entering the building as originally claimed, but had actually made it to the
The Daily Caller’s Derek Hunter caught yet another stealth edit at the Washington Post, a publication notorious for secretly rewriting its news pages without any sort of editorial note. In this case, the Washington Post changed its mind about letting
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson admitted that “mistakes were made” by agents for allowing a fence jumper to enter the White House before apprehending him. Pierson said that the review would help the agency identify the facts, learn from the
During the House Oversight Hearing on White House security, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson had difficulty explaining why a housekeeper discovered evidence that shots had hit the White House while Secret Service agents failed to discover it. Under direct questioning
During opening remarks of the House Oversight Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa questioned the recent security lapses of the Secret Service, reminding Americans of the enormous budget provided to the agency to protect the president. Issa said that it was obvious
In an appearance on Tuesday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki to react to a report that President Barack Obama missed up to 60 percent of his intelligence briefings. That report published at Breitbart News on Tuesday
On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted President Barack Obama for praising a radical Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abdallah Bin Bayyah,who works for an organization that has called for U.S. soldiers and Jews to be killed. “This week saw more
