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• From NRO’s The Corner: Brennan Embarrasses Himself

  Posted February 9th, 2010 at 3:46pm in Protect America with 0 comments

  Earlier this weekend, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told Chris Wallace in a Fox News interview that the Obama administration’s position on dissent is that detractors should “sit down and shut up.” The Huffington Post crowd immediately jumped on the statement, saying it couldn’t be supported. Well, 24 hours later, White House homeland-security adviser John Brennan [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Message for John Brennan: First Rule of Holes Is … Stop Digging

  Posted February 9th, 2010 at 3:30pm in Protect America with 0 comments

  In USA Today this morning, Obama’s top counter-terrorism advisor lashes out at those criticizing the administration’s bungling of the Christmas Day bomber interrogation.  Brennan accuses critics of “[p]olitically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering” which he declares “only serve the goals of al-Qaeda.” My goodness. Only one problem for Brennan.  [...] More

• The Increasing Ballistic Missile Threat

  Posted February 8th, 2010 at 1:00pm in Protect America with 6 comments

  The Pentagon’s release of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review confirmed that North Korea could be able to deploy a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile capable of striking the United States within the next decade. The Washington Times reports that the review expressed serious concern over North Korea’s two underground tests and its attempt to develop a long-range missile. The [...] More

• Will FEMA Bail Out State Budgets?

  Posted February 8th, 2010 at 12:00pm in Protect America with 7 comments

  In an article today titled, “Cash-Strapped States Feeling Burden of Snow,” Delaware and New Jersey lament how much money they have spent on snow removal this winter.  With budget deficits hitting most states, those two states aren’t the only ones who will be looking for cash to pay for the snow removal. One source may [...] More

• Playing the Numbers Game With Terrorism

  Posted February 5th, 2010 at 5:08pm in Ongoing Priorities, Protect America with 4 comments

  The Obama Administration’s preference to treat terrorists as mere criminals, and not as hybrid enemy combatants to be tried in military commissions, has been made crystal clear. The Administration boasts that the United States has successfully prosecuted hundreds of terrorists in federal court in the past, and as such, we should continue to use federal [...] More

• Night of the Living Dead Idea

  Posted February 5th, 2010 at 3:00pm in Energy and Environment, Protect America with 2 comments

  The Department of Homeland Security’s Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) is out. Like the Pentagon’s QDR it is supposed to detail future threats and how our government will deal with them. This report, also like the QDR (and the annual assessment of the Director of National Intelligence), includes the obligatory reference to global warming. The [...] More

• 5 Myths About White House Immigration Reform

  Posted February 5th, 2010 at 11:00am in Protect America with 31 comments

  1. There will be lots of positive measures in the bill that conservatives will support. That does not matter. A massive amnesty will overwhelm all the positive affects of visa reforms, added security workplace enforcement , and even establishing temporary worker programs. That is exactly what happened when the same approach was tried in 1986. 2. The [...] More

• In the Green Room: Rep. McKeon (R-CA) on Keeping America Great

  Posted February 5th, 2010 at 9:12am in American Leadership, Protect America with 1 comments

  In the most recent installment of "In the Green Room", Representative Buck McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee sat down with us before his speech yesterday at The Heritage Foundation to discuss national defense priorities. More

• So Why Isn’t Venezuela on the State Sponsor of Terror List?

  Posted February 4th, 2010 at 4:00pm in Protect America with 1 comments

  In a recent letter to Speaker Pelosi, President Obama stated that North Korea does not fit the criteria for being listed as a state sponsor of terrorism, which would automatically impose sanctions.  That leaves four countries on the list: Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria.  But given testimony this week from Director of National Intelligence Denis [...] More

• The NYT: Talk Softly and Ditch that Anachronistic, Unproven, Cold War-Era Stick

  Posted February 4th, 2010 at 2:45pm in Protect America with 3 comments

  The Pentagon’s major strategy known as the Quadrennial Defense Review was released this week. It immediately drew praise from the New York Times’ editorial titled “The Defense Budget” for cutting weapons programs—although not nearly enough—and for acknowledging a decline by choice regarding the role of the United States in the world. The editorial [...] More