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• DeMint Uses Failed Terrorist Bombing To Attack ‘Appeasement,’ Unions

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  Appearing on Fox News Sunday this morning, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) used the recent failed attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up an airliner at the Detroit airport as an opportunity to attack the Obama administration for “appeasement,” as well as to attack unions and collective bargaining. Asked by host Chris ...
  3 days ago

• Connecting The Dots For Pete Hoekstra: Obama Administration Has Been Focused On Yemen

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  In his effort to politicize yesterday’s failed attempted terrorist attack, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) suggested the Obama administration has thus far failed to “ connect the dots .” In a tweet last night, Hoekstra seemed to say that the Obama administration hasn’t paid enough attention to Yemen: The ...
  4 days ago

• Hoekstra Quickly Politicizes Attempted Terrorist Attack, Suggests Obama’s Clueless On National Security

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  Yesterday, the White House announced that there had been “ an attempted act of terrorism ” aboard a trans-Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight arriving from Amsterdam as it was preparing to land in Detroit. The suspect — identified as a 23-year old Nigerian man named Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab — “certainly ...
  5 days ago

• The Birthplace of Jesus Is ‘Under Siege’ This Christmas

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  As millions of Americans celebrate Christmas with their loved ones today, one group of people will commemorate the holiday in a state of virtual “ siege .” Palestinian Christians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ , are living under an occupation that is squeezing the city’s ...
  6 days ago

• Commander Says He Won’t Court-Martial Pregnant Soldiers, Refuses To Make Plan B More Available

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  This week, news outlets reported on a controversial new policy that threatens women soldiers on active duty who become pregnant — and the men who impregnate them — with jailtime . Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo issued the new rule, which took effect on Nov. 4, “because he said he was losing too many women with ...
  1 week ago

• REPORT: How To Pay For The Troop Escalation In Afghanistan By Cutting The Defense Budget

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  In his West Point speech announcing his 30,000 troop escalation in Afghanistan, President Obama declared that he was committed to addressing the ongoing costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan “openly and honestly.” Though he did not get into specifics, Obama said he would “work closely with Congress to ...
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• Top U.S. Commander: Women Who Become Pregnant While On Active Duty Face Jailtime

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  Major General Anthony Cucolo, who is responsible for operations in northern Iraq, has issued a controversial new policy — which went into effect on Nov. 4 — that allows throwing women servicemembers on active duty in jail if they become pregnant: Under the new policy, troops expecting a baby face court ...
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• After Voting For Gitmo Closure, Mark Kirk Now Says ‘The Safer Policy’ Is To Keep It Open

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  The Obama administration announced today that it will acquire the prison facility in Thomson, IL to help house a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo. Many residents of Thomson have indicated that they welcome the move, hoping that it will “ improve the economic conditions ” in their area. Two months ...
  2 weeks ago

• Perino: It’s ‘Demonstrably False’ To Say ‘Bush Was Too Triumphant In His Rhetoric’ About War

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  In a 60 Minutes interview that aired last Sunday night, Steve Kroft asked President Obama why there “ were no exhortations or promises of victory ” in his West Point speech announcing an escalation in the war in Afghanistan. Saying that it was “probably the most emotional speech” he has made yet, Obama said ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bolton’s Moral Compass: ‘We’re Not Going To Eliminate Violent Conflict’

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  In his speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize this week in Oslo, Norway, President Obama noted that “we will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes,” but he also expressed “ fundamental faith in human progress ” that one day, humans will not have to resort to violence to resolve disputes: OBAMA: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Congress Rushing To Pass Iran Sanctions That No One Thinks Will Work

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  The House is expected to take up and pass “a bill imposing tough new sanctions on Iran before the holiday recess.” Americans for Peace Now’s Lara Friedman reports that the bill maybe also pass the Senate quickly : Today, at around noon, Senate leadership hotlined the bill. Meaning that barring any ...
  3 weeks ago

• Obama Advisers Soften Afghanistan Timetable, Suggest U.S. Troops May Not Pull Out In 2011

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  In his Afghanistan policy address last week, President Obama said we would “ begin the transfer of our forces out of Afghanistan in July of 2011.” In a series of in-depth profiles of the behind-the-scenes conversations that took place in the lead-up to this pronouncement, the Washington Post and New York Times ...
  3 weeks ago

• Home Fires: Something Worth Fighting For

  
  The Opinionator — Authority: 746
  After a third tour, a homecoming at the airport is marred by disillusionment and dark imaginings.
  3 weeks ago

• Views From The Ground: Afghans Offer Mixed Reactions To Obama’s Surge Strategy

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  Following President Obama’s Afghanistan policy address last night, the media prominently featured political strategists , U.S. lawmakers , foreign policy thinkers , and other domestic pundits to respond to the President’s strategy. One group of people who has been largely left out of the media’s discourse ...
  4 weeks ago

• Despite His Promise To ‘Applaud’ If Obama Deployed 30K More Troops, Rove Bashes Him For Being ‘Weak’

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  Yesterday morning, former Bush adviser Karl Rove went on NBC’s Today Show and said that if President Obama decides to send 30,000-35,000 troops to Afghanistan, he would be “among the first to stand up and applaud.” Watch it: Immediately after President Obama’s prime-time address last night — in which he ...
  4 weeks ago

• Obama Rebuts ‘Dithering’ Charges: None Of The Options Called For Troop Deployments Before 2010

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  In recent weeks, Republicans have been attacking President Obama for taking too long to settle on a strategy for the war in Afghanistan. The charge has been led by Vice President Cheney, who accused Obama of “dithering” and endangering U.S. troops: It’s time for President Obama to make good on his promise. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Israeli Likud Party Member: ‘The Obama Administration Is An Enemy Of The Jews’

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 823
  Part of the Obama administration’s plan to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to the negotiating table has been to call on the Israeli government to freeze all settlement building and expansion throughout the occupied West Bank. Yet despite agreeing to freeze all settlement activity in the 2003 Road Map , ...
  4 weeks ago

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