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As troops withdraw from Iraq, the president gave a dutiful speech. But there was so much he could not say
Barack Obama, who once seemed the most fortunate of candidates, now looks like the least lucky of presidents. His speech announcing the conclusion of American combat operations in Iraq starkly illustrated the adversity he endures every day as the heir of George W. Bush, its desultory tone and flat delivery almost inevitable in speaking of a war whose human, economic and diplomatic costs have so far outstripped its benefits. The president obviously felt that he ha .. citeste |
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The truths about Iraq that Obama couldn't utter
Postat de admin acum 5 zile (http://www.salon.com)
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WASHINGTON — The latest target for the United States, as it tries to tighten the screws on North Korea, is a shadowy party organization, known as Office 39, which raises hard currency to buy fine liquor, exotic food and luxury cars for cronies of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-il.
The Obama administration on Monday singled out Office 39 as one of several North Korean entities that it says are engaged in illicit activity — fleshing out new sanctions that were first announced in July by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a visit to South Korea. Under a new ex .. citeste |
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Move over Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria. The State Department has made it official: The United States violates human rights. In an unprecedented move, the Obama administration submitted a report to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights detailing the progress and problems in dealing with human rights issues in this country. The document is a strange combination of left-wing history and White House talking points.
It describes how the United States discriminates against the disabled, homosexuals, women, Native Americans, blacks, Hispanics and those who don't speak En .. citeste |
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Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti electoral rejection
Postat de admin acum 15 zile (http://www.reuters.com)
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Musician Wyclef Jean plans to appeal his rejection as a candidate in Haiti's November presidential election, his spokeswoman said on Sunday.
Haiti's provisional electoral council, the CEP, ruled on Friday night that the singer-songwriter did not meet the requirement that presidential candidates maintain five consecutive years of residency in Haiti prior to running. Jean told his spokeswoman, Marian Salzman, that he would appeal the ruling, Salzman said. Jean also posted a message via Twitter saying, "Tomorrow our lawyers are appealing the decision of the CEP. We have m .. citeste |
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Hard on the heels of the Ground Zero Mosque controversy, significant numbers of Americans think President Obama is a Muslim. The uncomfortable fact for the White House is the more the American people get to know Mr. Obama, the more they think he is a follower of Islam.
Rumors of Mr. Obama's purported Muslim identity spread in January of 2007 and were tied to Hillary Rodham Clinton operatives, who denied responsibility. The Obama camp responded that "Barack Obama is not and has never been a Muslim. Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was not raised a M .. citeste |
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Election council rejects Wyclef Jean's Haiti presidential candidacy
Postat de admin acum 16 zile (http://edition.cnn.com)
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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti -- Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is not on the list of candidates approved by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council to run in this year's presidential election.
Jean's name was not on the list of 19 approved candidates Haitian elections officials read to reporters Friday night. "I respectfully accept the committee's final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same," Jean said in a statement Friday night. In an interview with CNN shortly after the approved candidate list was announced, Jean said he was surprised by the news. "This has come t .. citeste |
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The Ground Zero Mosque project already has failed in its intended outreach mission, and its backers now seem to be committed to alienating as many Americans as possible.
The latest galling revelation is that the cash-strapped Cordoba Initiative is willing to accept funding for the mosque from overseas sources, including Saudi Arabia and Iran. This was not necessarily something the project's backers wanted known. In 2008, the Cordoba Initiative raised only $18,255, which generated questions why the group believed it could undertake a $100 million project. If the developers ha .. citeste |
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Bombs away in three days. It's time to strike Iran's nuclear program
Postat de admin acum 19 zile (http://www.washingtontimes.com)
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Israel's long-anticipated attack on Iran's nuclear program may come as soon as Friday. Yesterday, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Israel had eight days to strike Iran's nuclear facility at Bushehr before it would become operational. He revised the timeline to three days after word came that nuclear fuel would begin loading on Friday. We're now down to two days and counting.
Action is needed. In February, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported for the first time "concerns about the possible existence in Iran of past or current und .. citeste |
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Four E.U. Nations Stoke Fears of an Immigrant Flood
Postat de admin acum 20 zile (http://www.time.com)
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Immigration has always been a contentious issue in Europe. But these days, with enduring economic turmoil further fueling concerns over rising unemployment, European nations are especially sensitive about the prospect of foreigners taking jobs away from their citizens. So it's not difficult to understand why leaders in many European Union countries are displeased at seeing their peers in four member nations extend the promise of citizenship to nearly five million people — most of whom come from outside the E.U., with its relatively high standards of living.
It's a trend that .. citeste |
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Reid immigration flip followed labor's flip on immigration
Postat de admin acum 21 zile (http://www.washingtontimes.com)
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Liberal defenders of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are complaining that the “whole story” is not being told about Mr. Reid’s flip-flop on birthright citizenship. The Washington Post will point to when Mr. Reid “apologized profusely” on the Senate floor in 2006 for proposing his failed 1993 immigration bill which would have ended birthright citizenship for individuals born to illegal immigrants, but Mr. Reid's immigration flip-flop was likely more a result of organized labor changing their immigration stance to a pro-amnesty policy than a Nevada Senator feeling guilt about a .. citeste
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Instead of protecting civil liberties, the Justice Department is wasting money coddling prison inmates, including convicted terrorists. A report released by the department's inspector general last week examined implementation of a section of the USA Patriot Act that requires the evaluation and, if necessary, investigation of claims of civil rights or civil liberties violations allegedly committed by Justice employees. This part of the act was meant to serve as a safeguard against abuse of the law's newly granted anti-terrorism powers. One might imagine, for example, a complaint .. citeste
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Obama's Islamic America. What country is he talking about?
Postat de admin acum 24 zile (http://www.washingtontimes.com)
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President Obama says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we don't?
It has become customary for presidents to offer greetings to various religious communities on the occasion of their most holy days. Presidents Ford and Carter both issued Ramadan messages, as did Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. The Ramadan greeting became intensely political during Mr. Bush's tenure because he was seeking to dispel the charge that the war on terrorism was a crusade against Islam. But Mr. Obama .. citeste |
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In a severe case of clock envy, Saudi Arabia has erected a nearly 2,000-foot-high timepiece intended to stake a symbolic claim for Mecca as the world's center. Islamic scholars have proposed that the Royal Mecca Clock Tower supplant the observatory in Greenwich, England, to set the new global standard time. It is the latest form of Muslim global outreach - taking control of time itself.
The Mecca clock is as much propaganda as it is a timepiece. Its purpose is to proselytize. "In the name of Allah" is written in Arabic on the clock face, and tens of thousands of green and w .. citeste |
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The State Department is sending Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf - the mastermind of the Ground Zero Mosque - on a trip through the Middle East to foster "greater understanding" about Islam and Muslim communities in the United States. However, important questions are being raised about whether this is simply a taxpayer-funded fundraising jaunt to underwrite his reviled project, which is moving ahead in Lower Manhattan.
Mr. Rauf is scheduled to go to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Qatar, the usual stops for Gulf-based fundraising. The State Department defends the five-coun .. citeste |
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Former Senator Ted Stevens Is Killed in a Plane Crash
Postat de admin acum 27 zile (http://www.nytimes.com)
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Former United States Senator Ted Stevens was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska on Monday night, a former member of Mr. Stevens’s Congressional staff said on Tuesday.
There were nine people on board, and five were believed to have been killed in the crash, authorities said. Mr. Stevens, who had been the longest serving Republican in the United States Senate, was 86. The body of Mr. Stevens was found just after daylight, according to the aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of respect to the family. Three survivors were airlifted to Anchorage for .. citeste |
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America's front-line defenders against illegal immigration want to do their jobs, but they say the Obama administration
is practicing unilateral disarmament. The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council and its affiliated local councils, which represents rank-and-file ICE officers, unanimously approved a no-confidence motion on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton and Assistant Director Phyllis Coven. A letter a .. citeste |
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Arab majority backs nuclear Iran
Postat de admin acum 31 zile (http://www.washingtontimes.com)
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A new poll shows that the percentage of the Arab world that thinks a nuclear-armed Iran would be good for the Middle East has doubled since last year and now makes up the majority.
The 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll found that 57 percent of respondents not only believe that Iran's nuclear program aims to build a bomb but also view that goal positively -- nearly double the 29 percent who thought so in 2009. The percentage of those who view an Iranian nuclear .. citeste |
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The world hurts, America responds. Recent floods in Pakistan have killed at least 1,500 people and affected millions more. The United States is rushing aid to the scene, and hopefully this time the people of Pakistan will remember who their friends are.
U.S. response to the Pakistani disaster was immediate. In a matter of days, the American military has rushed hundreds of thousands of pre-packaged halal meals to the flood region, and the Pentagon reports, " .. citeste |
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In Speech on Iraq, Obama Reaffirms Drawdown
Postat de admin acum 35 zile (http://www.nytimes.com)
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ATLANTA — Nearly eight years after he denounced what he called a “dumb war” in Iraq and nearly two years after he won the White House promising to end it, President Obama marked the formal conclusion of the combat mission in a country still finding its way in a new era.
“As a candidate for president, I pledged to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end,” Mr. Obama told a convention of Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta on Monday. “Shortly afte .. citeste |
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Word is out that the Wikileaks classified-document dump contains reports naming Afghans who have been cooperating with Coalition forces. This is the kind of information that can get people killed. It also raises the data release to a new level of criminality.
The Washington Times Editorial Board reviewed the reports in question on the day of their release but chose not to write about them because of the potential damage that revealing the information could .. citeste |
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Leaking death. Wikileaks is putting American troops in danger
Postat de admin acum 41 zile (http://www.washingtontimes.com)
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The Wikileaks release of 92,000 mostly secret documents on the Afghanistan War has produced no bombshell revelations, but it has revealed the dangers of the "open government" movement. The main impact of the document dump may be to teach the enemy how better to kill our fighting forces.
Reporters are naturally trying to find scandal in the massive document trove, but these are not the Pentagon Papers. Not all secret documents have news value or historical i .. citeste |
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat and Senator Al Franken, Minnesota Democrat, addressed Netroots Nation activists on Saturday highlighting Congressional Democratic accomplishments while reminding audience members the Democrats no longer have a 60 vote filibuster proof majority in the Senate. They also stressed the enthusiasm of grassroots conservatives who want to roll back recently passed left wing legislation like health care reform.
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U.S. House votes to restore jobless aid for millions
Postat de admin acum 46 zile (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
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Congress has approved a six-month extension of emergency jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. On a vote of 272 to 152, the House gave the measure final approval and sent it on to the White House, where aides said President Obama plans to sign it immediately.
The Senate passed the measure Wednesday. The bill will revive a program that provides up to 99 weeks of income support to those who have exhausted state benefits, restoring aid to nearly 3 .. citeste |
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Mercy for terrorists is a mistake. Almost a year ago, 57-year-old former Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was released from prison in Scotland where he was serving a 27-year minimum term for his role in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. The convicted terrorist was said to be suffering from terminal prostate cancer and had three months to live. He was set free on compassionate grounds so he could die with dignity in his homel .. citeste
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Shouldn't terrorist groups be called terrorist groups? This question is at the center of a new dispute over the future course of the effort in Afghanistan. Pakistan has been promoting dialogue between the Afghan government and some of the most militant extremist groups; the United States would rather see the terrorists defeated.
Among the radical groups in question are the Haqqani network, a clan-based group centered in North Waziristan on Pakistan's tribal .. citeste |
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Reality won a rare victory against the White House on Sunday when President Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, admitted that the November 2010 congressional elections will be a tough time for Democrats. "There's no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control," he said. "There's no doubt about that."
The sea change in the public mood has come about because the ruling party's policies are deeply unpopular. Democrats a .. citeste |
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Gov. Brewer says Ariz. Dems feign outrage over DOJ lawsuit
Postat de admin acum 56 zile (http://www.washingtontimes.com)
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Democrats in Arizona are coming out vociferously against the Obama administration’s lawsuit challenging Arizona’s new immigration law, but Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer is not buying it. Arizona Democratic Representatives Gabrielle Giffords, Ann Kirkpatrick, and Harry Mitchell have criticized the action of the Department of Justice.
Governor Brewer is not impressed. At the National Governors Association conference in Boston on Saturday, I asked the .. citeste |
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White House: Recess appointment made to avoid election politics
Postat de admin acum 56 zile (http://www.washingtontimes.com)
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President Obama's top political aide said Sunday the White House made a health care recess appointment last week with an eye to heading off a political fight in the middle of an election campaign, though he denied the charge that they did it to keep the nominee's views from being aired publicly.
Mr. Obama has come under fierce criticism, including from a key Democratic committee chairman, after he bypassed the Senate and made a recess appointment last week .. citeste |
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A new survey shows that Americans, on average, are growing more patriotic. Among some predominantly liberal groups, however, patriotism is on the decline, and the gap between the left and the American public is widening. The two sides of the chasm reflect two distinct views of the United States.
The USA Today/Gallup poll conducted in mid-June shows that 32 percent of Americans describe themselves as "extremely patriotic," the highest number in the reported .. citeste |
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Treasury Designates Two Individuals for Supporting Terrorist Activities
Postat de admin acum 61 zile (http://www.ustreas.gov)
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today targeted the financial and support networks of al Qai'da in Iraq (AQI), al-Qai'da and Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) by designating two Europe-based individuals for providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism under Executive Order 13224. Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al-Dulaymi was designated for providing financial, material, or technological support to AQI, and German national Atilla Selek, a member of the IJ .. citeste
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