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Nov 29 2019
News
How Trump’s Thanksgiving Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps amid extreme security
President Trump surprised troops and news outlets on Thanksgiving morning when he appeared in Afghanistan to thank troops for their service to the country and help serve a turkey dinner -- but doing so required extreme security measures to ensure both safety and to prevent the word from getting out.
"There's nowhere I'd rather spend Thanksgiving than with the toughest, fiercest warriors
Fox News DigitalJan 07 2015
News
Boehner takes revenge
John Boehner is getting revenge. After he secured his third term as speaker Tuesday afternoon, losing 25 votes on the House floor to some relatively unknown members of the Republican Conference, Boehner moved swiftly to boot two of the insurgents from the influential Rules Committee. That could be just the start of payback for the speaker’s betrayers, who might see subcommittee chairmanships
PoliticoAug 05 2014
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US general assassinated in 'green-on-blue' shooting at Afghan army training base
A man in an Afghan Army uniform opened fire Tuesday at a military base, killing a U.S. general officer and wounding 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops
Pentagon spokesman, Rear Adm. John Kirby, said that the assailant fired into a group of international soldiers at the Marshal Fahim National Defense University at Camp Qargha, a base west of
Fox News DigitalAug 05 2014
News
Taking a Bullet, Gaining a Cause: James S. Brady Dies at 73
James S. Brady, the White House press secretary who was wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan and then became a symbol of the fight for gun control, championing tighter regulations from his wheelchair, died on Monday in Alexandria, Va. He was 73.
His family confirmed the death but did not specify a cause.
On the rainy afternoon of March 30, 1981, Mr.
New York Times (News)Jan 10 2020
News
Bernie Surges
As of Thursday night, Biden was leading in national polls with 26.6%, Sanders was second with 18.1%, and Warren was third with 15.4%. (FiveThirtyEight)
The left believes Sanders’s chances have improved, but notes that obstacles still remain.
“Sanders reportedly pulled in about $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, which makes for a total sum of nearly $100 million. No one
The Flip SideDec 03 2012
News
Insults fly as fiscal talks spark familiar disputes; Obama details emerge
After two years of endless debate and a national election, Democrats and Republicans on Thursday found themselves right where they started -- blaming each other for stagnant negotiations on taxes and government spending. House Speaker John Boehner declared himself disappointed that "no substantive progress" has occurred in two weeks of talks, saying Republicans were waiting for the White House
CNN (Online News)Aug 02 2014
News
Netanyahu to US: Don't second guess me on Hamas
Following the quick collapse of the cease-fire in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the White House not to force a truce with Palestinian militants on Israel.
Sources familiar with conversations between Netanyahu and senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, say the Israeli leader advised the Obama administration "not to ever second guess me
TownhallMar 25 2021
Perspectives Blog
When A Border Challenge Becomes a Border Crisis
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
For some reason, Joe Biden and his advisors have determined that referring to the rapidly deteriorating state of affairs at the U.S.-Mexico border as a “crisis” is to their political disadvantage. So White House staffers have been tearing apart the political thesaurus looking for less alarming synonyms to describe
Dan SchnurSep 20 2015
News
Hillary Clinton Calls On United States To Accept 65,000 Syrian Refugees
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on the United States to accept significantly more Syrian refugees than it already has in an interview Sunday.
President Barack Obama has instructed his administration to be prepared to admit at least 10,000 refugees, but advocates for refugees have said that is an insufficient number to deal with the more than 4 million Syrians
HuffPostJan 08 2020
Analysis
Democrats Are Mobilizing Their Plan to Lose the Impeachment Trial
The strategy to beat Mitch McConnell starts with letting him win.
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans moved closer to handing President Donald Trump an impeachment trial without witnesses, evidence, or documents. Such a trial will likely result in the acquittal or the dismissal of charges that the president desperately craves. After passing charges of abuse of power and obstruction of
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