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It's not confirmed that he's dead. But if a suspected U.S. drone strike on Wednesday did kill Waliur Rehman, as Pakistani officials say it did, then a top Pakistani Taliban commander with a $5 million price on his head has been taken off the battlefield.

According to the U.S. State Department's "rewards for justice" program:

"Rehman is second in command and chief military

This may be the most dangerous place Barack Obama has visited as president. Kenya is arguably more treacherous for the president than Afghanistan, where there are U.S. troops on the ground and hardened military bases to shield him. By contrast, this is a bustling, crowded city with an active terrorist group — in this case, Al-Shabaab, Somalia-based Islamists who’ve aligned themselves with Al

Glenn Beck began his radio show Wednesday putting the three scandals currently facing the Obama administration — Benghazi, the IRS targeting conservatives, and the Associated Press phone records being seized by the Department of Justice — in context.

Beck contends that more than just indicating the administrations corruption, the three scandals are all part of a bigger