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• Tax Terrorists, Not Americans

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 769
  As President Obama pondered anew his strategy for winning the war on terror in Afghanistan, the antiwar crowd unleashed an odd new tactic to force a retreat: a tax. Not a new tax on the terrorists which, while obviously uncollectible, would at least be properly targeted. And, thankfully not a new tax on the men and ...
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• The Wrong Word

  
  Swampland — Authority: 743
  Over at the Commentary blog, Max Boot notes that even the gung-ho U.S. special forces seem "a bit worn down and pessimistic" in recent conversations hes had with them about the situation in Afghanistan. Ive had similar conversations with rank-and-file members of the U.S. military recently--in part, because theyre not ...
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• White House to Hold Last-Minute Af-Pak Meeting Tonight

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 157
  Chances are President Obama will announce a readjusted Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s very likely that strategy announcement will come paired with an announcement of a troop escalation. Before that happens, however, Obama will host one last all-hands-on-deck meeting with ...
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• Obama Meeting With National Security Team On Afganistan And Pakistan Tonight

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  The President will meet with his National Security team in the Situation Room tonight, to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to a release from the White House Press Office, expected attendees include: Vice President Biden Secretary of State Clinton Secretary of Defense Gates Ambassador ...
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• “Let America Be America”: An Exit Strategy for Afghanistan

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 618
  Afghanistan: The Great Lock ‘n Load Swindle Afghanistan: Karzai’s Victory over the US Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis Another Sunday, another set of articles and punditry ...
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• A Third Lebanon War Could Be Much Worse than the Second

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  Hezbollahs Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah recently announced that he could hit any and every place in Israel with long-range missiles. That would mean that, unlike in 2006, Hezbollah could strike not only the northern cities of Kiryat Shmona and Haifa but also Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, ... Instapundit found this 3 ...
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• Positive Petraeus Lessons

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 504
  President Obama and General Petraeus. Photo from The Daily Mail From The Washington Times: Build confidence among the population. The essence of counterinsurgency strategy (COIN), integral to defeating Sept. 11, 2001-type extremists infecting various Middle East countries, is building confidence among the ...
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• EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVE: On terrorists, Justice recused

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest. According to documents obtained exclusively by The Washington Times, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, No. 3 official in the ... Weekly Standard ...
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• Breitbart to AG Holder: Investigate ACORN or We’ll Release More Tapes Just Before 2010 Election

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  Earlier tonight Andrew Breitbart, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles discussed the final chapter of the ACORN L.A. saga on “Hannity,” but more interestingly, Breitbart disclosed where the story goes from here. Transcript (below) starts from 3:50 into the clip:Watch the latest ... Doug Ross @ Journal found this 4 ...
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• Charles Krauthammer on the perverse logic of Attorney General Eric Holder

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who ... Rising Hegemon ...
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• Leahy: No need to interrogate bin Laden

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, theres no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden would be afforded Miranda ... The Corner on ...
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• NPR Shocker: Attorney General Holder Stumped By Lindsey Graham

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  During Wednesdays Justice Department oversight hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) stumped Attorney General Eric Holder on what should have been a fairly routine question for Americas top law enforcement official. Maybe more surprisingly, NPR reported it at ... Knowledge is Power ...
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• Lindsey Graham Destroys Eric Holder (video)

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  Lindsey Graham vs. Attorney General Eric Holder NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias found this 5 hours ago on youtube.com Find more top political news, videos, and blogs on BeltwayBlips: Congress , Lindsey Graham , Eric Holder , General David Petraeus
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• "In Any Meaningful Sense"

  
  Lawyers, Guns and Money — Authority: 709
  I endorse most of what Gian Gentile says here about the Vietnam War, especially in the context of this quote from George Herring: …the war could [not] have been ‘won’ in any meaningful sense at a moral or material cost most Americans deemed acceptable. Gentile is a pretty harsh critic of the COIN turn in the ...
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• A Change of Venue for the Trials of 9/11 Terrorists?

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  There has been a lot of angst, criticism and just plain political hysteria surrounding the Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and other terrorists, in a federal civilian court, just blocks from Ground Zero. I will be the last one to ... tsteels2 posted 2 ...
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• Does death for 9/11 plotters offend federalism?

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  Attorney General Eric Holder’s declaration that he plans to seek the death penalty for five alleged Sept. 11 plotters was the "get tough" aspect of his decision to prosecute the men in federal court rather than in military commissions. "They must face ultimate ... WSJ.com: Law Blog found this 13 hours ago on ...
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• Bad Apples

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 135
  The Independent posted a Nov. 15 story regarding allegations of sexual and physical abuse of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers. The Ministry of Defense is investigating 33 new torture cases. Human rights groups caution that the British army may face hundreds of claims of sexual and physical [...]
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• Poll: Beau Biden Grabs Lead in Delaware Senate Race « The Washington Independent

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  This is one of the more surprising polls I’ve seen recently: Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of the vice president, is leading Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in a hypothetical 2010 U.S. Senate matchup. The Susquehanna Polling & Research survey has Biden beating Castle by five points. When ... Taegan ...
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• Pete Hoekstra: US Shouldn’t Close Guantanamo — It’s a “Great Place”

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  by Blue Texan FiredogLake.com Pete Hoesktra doesn’t understand why we should close Gitmo “while we are still under the threat from radical jihadists.” Congressman Hoesktra, meet General Petraeus. The head of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, has said he thinks that “on balance” the ...
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• Pak Army should ensure to hold back captured territories: Gen.Petraeus

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, Nov.15 (ANI): US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that while the Pakistan Army has gained substantial success against the Taliban in South Waziristan, it should make serious efforts to hold onto the captured territories.“Pakistan should put the cleared territories under a senior ...
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