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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Breaking: Rep. Jo Bonner
resigning from Congress
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Press-Register [Mobile, AL], by George Talbot
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Posted By: Ribicon- 5/23/2013 4:25:43 PM
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Mobile - U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, confirmed today that he intends to resign from Congress later this year and take a job at the University of Alabama. Bonner, 53, has represented Alabama´s 1st Congressional District since taking office in 2003. He was re-elected in November with no Democratic opponent. Bonner´s office had no immediate comment but said the congressman planned a "major announcement" at a 4 p.m. news conference today in Mobile. Bonner will leave Congress effective Aug. 15 for a position as vice chancellor of government relations and economic development at the University of Alabama System, according to
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Obama stretches terror
definitions in national
security speech, claims ´no
large-scale attacks on the
United States´ since 9/11
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Daily Mail (UK), by David Martosko
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/23/2013 4:00:51 PM
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In a long-awaited speech at the National Defense University, Barack Obama claimed that the nature of international terror attacks threatening the United States has changed since Sept. 11, 2001, with ´no large-scale attacks´ on America occurring since then. But his definition of ´large-scale attacks,´ his speech made clear, doesn´t include the 2013 Boston Marathon attack that wounded hundreds, the 2012 Benghazi terror attack that injured dozens and killed four, and the 2009 attack at Fort Hood that killed 13 and injured 30. All those attacks had the potential to leave far more American bodies in their wake than they actually did.
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Code Pink Heckler Completely
Derails Obama’s Counterterrorism
Speech: ‘You Can Close Gitmo Today!’
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Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/23/2013 3:55:37 PM
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Another major political speech, another Code Pink heckling. During President Obama‘s counterterrorism policy speech at National Defense University on Thursday afternoon, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin interrupted when the topic turned to the closing of the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. “I’m about to address it, ma’am,” Obama said as Benjamin went off about the hunger strike currently taking hold amongst Gitmo detainees. “Why don’t you sit down? But you’ve got to let me speak.” “You are commander-in-chief! You can close Gitmo today!”
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Obama Narrows Scope
of Terror Fight
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New York Times, by Peter Baker
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/23/2013 3:52:32 PM
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WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday announced new restraints on targeted killings and narrowed the scope of the long struggle with terrorists as part of a transition to a day he envisions when the nation will no longer be on the war footing it has been on since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In a widely anticipated speech at the National Defense University, Mr. Obama offered his most expansive defense of the drone war he has waged since taking office, but he signaled that he planned to wind down the strikes, which have stirred controversy
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EXCLUSIVE: Todashev neighbors
discuss FBI surveillance, shooting
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Washington Times, by Alan Jones
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Posted By: lmruth- 5/23/2013 3:47:02 PM
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ORLANDO, May 23, 2013 – Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was fatally shot at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers yesterday, raising numerous questions in the minds of neighbors Todashev lived, and was killed, at his home in the Windhaven condominium complex located in Orlando, Florida, near to the Universal Studios Theme Park. Agents were talking to the man regarding his role in a 2011 triple murder in Massachusetts.
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Battle of the hi-tech
offices: Amazon reveals plans
for biosphere HQ in Seattle
to take on Apple´s spaceship
in Silicon Valley
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Daily Mail (UK), by Lee Moran & Victoria Woollaston
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/23/2013 3:45:34 PM
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Amazon plans to build a trio of 65,000-square foot glass domes in Seattle as parts of its new headquarters to take on Apple´s plans for ´spaceship´ headquarters in Silicon Valley, San Francisco. The domes will be filled with plants and have been dubbed ´biospheres´. All the plants will be chosen specifically to survive in the microclimate of the domes that has also been designed to be comfortable for Amazon employees to work in. Scroll down for more pictures and video - The proposals were submitted earlier this week at Seattle City Hall´s Design Review Board and explain
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Flying High with the Angels
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Canada Free Press, by Judi McLeod
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Posted By: snowcloud- 5/23/2013 3:36:50 PM
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It’s not—thank God—the words of politicians like British Prime Minister David Cameron or London Mayor Boris Johnson that will be long remembered about the brutal murder of drummer Lee Rigby but the voluntary acts of three courageous women who tried to do what they could for “Riggers” at the horrific scene of his death. Young Rigby, who was deployed to Helmand Province in Afghanistan as a member of the Fire Support group in Patrol Base Woqab, served his country well, putting his own life at risk for his countrymen. When unspeakable horrors like the one that happened yesterday
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#FreeKate? Movement to Normalize
Pedophilia Finds Its Poster Girl
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American Spectator, by Robert Stacy McCain
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Posted By: ragu- 5/23/2013 3:29:50 PM
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In January, Rush Limbaugh warned that there was “an effort under way to normalize pedophilia,” and was ridiculed by liberals (including CNN’s Soledad O’Brien) for saying so. But now liberals have joined a crusade that, if successful, would effectively legalize sex with 14-year-olds in Florida. The case involves Kaitlyn Ashley Hunt, an 18-year-old in Sebastian, Florida, who was arrested in February after admitting that she had a lesbian affair with a 14-year high-school freshman. (Click here to read the affidavit in Hunt’s arrest.)It is a felony in Florida to have sex with 14-year-olds. Hunt was expelled
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Boehner: House won´t just ´take up
and accept´ Senate immigration bill
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The Hill [DC], by Russell Berman & Mike Lillis
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/23/2013 3:26:29 PM
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Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday said the House won't pick up the Senate immigration bill and pass it. "The House remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system, but we will not simply take up and accept the bill that is emerging in the Senate if it passes," said the statement from Boehner, his top three lieutenants and Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction on immigration. "The House remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system, but we will not simply take up and accept the bill that is emerging in the Senate if it passes," the statement said. "Rather, through regular order,
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New evidence in George Zimmerman
case: Trayvon texted about being
a fighter, smoking marijuana
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Orlando Sentinel, by Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/23/2013 3:09:24 PM
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Defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman case today released evidence they discovered on Trayvon Martin´s cell phone, including text messages in which he wrote about taking part in an organized fight, smoking marijuana and being suspended from school. The new evidence also includes texts in which he wrote that his mother had just kicked him out of the house and that he was in trouble for cutting class. The evidence packet also includes more than two dozen photos: Some — including one that shows
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911 Dispatcher Tells Woman
About to Be Sexually Assaulted
There Are No Cops To
Help Her Due To Budget Cuts
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CBS Seattle, by Staff
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Posted By: PaleAle- 5/23/2013 3:08:29 PM
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JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore.— An Oregon woman was told by a 911 dispatcher that authorities wouldn’t be able be able to help her as her ex-boyfriend broke into her place because of budget cuts. Oregon Public Radio reports that an unidentified woman called 911 during a weekend in August 2012 while Michael Bellah was breaking into her place. Her call was forwarded to Oregon State Police because of lay-offs at the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office only allows the department to be open Monday through Friday.
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Senators: ´What We Do Not
Know´ About Benghazi
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/23/2013 3:07:14 PM
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Three U.S. senators have identified the missing parts of the response to the Benghazi terror attack. In a statement, Senators Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain list "What We Do Not Know" about Benghazi: We do not know whether the President was made aware of the classified cable that, according to published media reports, Ambassador Chris Stevens sent in August 2012, stating that the U.S. Mission in Benghazi could not survive a sustained assault from one or more of the threatening militia groups that were operating in eastern Libya.
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Eva Longoria graduates with
master´s degree in Chicano studies
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 5/23/2013 3:03:53 PM
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Eva Longoria is backing up her beauty with a whole lot of brain. The actress graduated with a master´s degree Wednesday. Longoria, 38, took home a real degree (not an honorary one) in Chicano studies from Cal State Northridge, where she physically attended classes for three years, according to TMZ. "Big day today!!! Very excited to graduate for my master´s degree in Chicano studies! You´re never too old or too busy to continue your education!" the actress wrote on her Who Say site Wednesday, sharing loads of pics of her big day, posing with her family, cohorts and diploma.
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Murdered Woolwich soldier
named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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The Sun (U.K.), by David Willetts
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/23/2013 3:02:49 PM
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THE soldier butchered in broad daylight by Muslim fanatics yesterday has been named as Drummer Lee Rigby. Lee, 25, is a dad to a young son called Jack and served with 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He served in Afghanistan and was today described as "true warrior" by comrades. His family were told the tragic news in the early hours last night. Sources say he is separated from his wife. Lieutenant Colonel Jim Taylor MBE said: “Drummer Lee Rigby was a dedicated and professional soldier." He added: "An experienced and talented side drummer and machine gunner,
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Barack Obama Was
a Smooth 17-Year-Old
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New York Magazine, by Joe Coscarelli
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/23/2013 2:50:04 PM
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Time magazine has finally obtained the smoking gun we´ve been waiting for from Barack Obama´s radical past: senior prom photos. It was 1979, and a 17-year-old Obama wore a white jacket and "sipped champagne" on a double date with his basketball bud Greg Orme ("They were like brothers") and their companions for the night, one of whom leaked the pictures. But the real highlight is the future president´s yearbook note to Kelli, Greg´s girl. "You are extremely sweet and foxy," he wrote in blue ink and respectable cursive.
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Two more arrested as
London terror probe expands
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Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/23/2013 2:48:07 PM
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British police have made two further arrests and searched multiple properties as they widened their investigation into Wednesday´s fatal hacking to death of a British soldier in broad daylight on a busy London street by two Muslim terrorists. The two arrests, of a man and a woman -- both 29 -- on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, raises the possibility that the gruesome attack was not a so-called "lone wolf" killing as once thought. Earlier it had been reported that the attackers were known to both UK authorities and a radical jihadist group well
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Obama Calls for Gitmo Inmates to
Be Transfered to the United States
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/23/2013 2:45:53 PM
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In a speech today, President Obama is calling for the transfer for Gitmo inmates to the United States. "The original premise for opening GTMO – that detainees would not be able to challenge their detention – was found unconstitutional five years ago. In the meantime, GTMO has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law. Our allies won’t cooperate with us if they think a terrorist will end up at GTMO. During a time of budget cuts, we spend $150 million each year to imprison 166 people –almost $1 million per prisoner.
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Ruemmler met one-on-one with
Treasury lawyer long before April
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Daily Caller, by Charles C. Johnson
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/23/2013 2:45:33 PM
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Although White House Chief Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler claims to have learned about the IRS audit scandal only last month, she had three unprecedented one-on-one meetings last year with the Treasury Department’s chief lawyer, who has known about the inspector general’s investigation of the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative nonprofits since at least June 2012. The Treasury lawyer in turn has a long history of extreme left-wing agitation. Christopher J. Meade, Treasury Chief Counsel, met with Ruemmler on September 27th, December 11th, and December 13th, 2012, according to White House Visitor Records requests.
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´Ghetto´ tours stopped
amid Bronx residents´ outrage
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Associated Press, by Verena Dobnik
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 5/23/2013 2:36:49 PM
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NEW YORK - A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," issued a statement this week saying it would immediately cease all tours there. Three times a week, the $45 ride took visitors past food-pantry lines, a housing project and a park a guide described as a pickpocket hangout. Tourists were told they´d get a look at
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Full Text of Obama´s ´Future of our
Fight against Terrorism´ Address
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/23/2013 2:26:57 PM
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The full text of President Obama´s "Future of our Fight against Terrorism" address, as prepared for delivery: It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans, and served as our compass through every type of change. Matters of war and peace are no different.
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Is Greek yogurt
hurting the environment?
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The Week, by Jon Terbush
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 5/23/2013 2:20:47 PM
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Good for your body; terrible for the planet. Greek yogurt has seen an astronomical growth in sales over the past half decade — but it may be taking an unexpected toll on the environment. (Snip) Not only would that be illegal, but whey decomposition is toxic to the natural environment, robbing oxygen from streams and rivers. That could turn a waterway into what one expert calls a "dead sea," destroying aquatic life over potentially large areas. Spills of cheese whey, a cousin of Greek yogurt whey, have killed tens of thousands of fish around the country in recent years.
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Obama condemns
brutal London killing
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Politico, by Reid J. Epstein
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/23/2013 2:15:44 PM
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President Barack Obama condemned “in the strongest terms the appalling attack" that killed an off-duty British soldier in a London suburb. “There can be absolutely no justification for such acts, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim, the police and security services responding to this horrific act and the communities they serve, and the British people,” Obama said in a statement the White House released Thursday. Obama also reaffirmed the “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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RNC Chair Spars With MSNBC’s
Heilemann Over IRS: ‘Don’t
Need To Plead The Fifth If
You’ve Done Nothing Wrong’
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Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/23/2013 2:14:45 PM
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus grew a bit testy during his Morning Joe appearance on Thursday as the other guests — John Heilemann in particular — challenged his assertions regarding the IRS scandal. Right from the start, Heilemann objected to Priebus inferring guilt from IRS official Lois Lerner‘s using her Fifth Amendment right. Lerner didn’t do herself any favors by choosing not to answer any questions at yesterday’s congressional hearing, Priebus argued — “which, whether you agree with it as a basis of law or not, implies there are some criminal aspects of this investigation.”
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Obama Rejects ´Global
War on Terror´
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/23/2013 2:12:26 PM
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President Obama is using his national security address today to reject the "Global War on Terror." "Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless ‘global war on terror’ – but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America. In many cases, this will involve partnerships with other countries. Thousands of Pakistani soldiers have lost their lives fighting extremists. In Yemen, we are supporting security forces that have reclaimed territory
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How JFK secretly ADMIRED
Hitler: Explosive book
reveals former President’s
praise for the Nazis as he
travelled through Germany*
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Daily Mail (UK), by Allan Hall
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/23/2013 2:08:40 PM
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A new book out in Germany reveals how President Kennedy was a secret admirer of the Nazis. The news comes embarrassingly close to a visit being paid to Berlin next month by President Obama - one week before 50th anniversary commemorations of JFK´s memorable ´Ich bin ein Berliner´ speech pledging US solidarity with Europe during the Cold War. President Kennedy´s travelogues and letters chronicling his wanderings through Germany before WWII, when Adolf Hitler was in power, have been unearthed and show him generally in favour of the movement that was to plunge the world into the greatest war in history.
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Reject pipeline´s jobs pipe dreams
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Politico, by Rep. John Conyers
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/23/2013 2:00:33 PM
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President Barack Obama knows the dangers of not going far enough or fast enough to stop the climate crisis. History will celebrate his decision to lead us toward a clean energy economy that solves climate change and creates long-term, sustainable jobs for Americans. But achieving this awesome goal requires that we reject the TransCanada Corp.’s proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would cut through the heartland of America. This is a simple decision for a president who supports protecting our climate and creating jobs. Returning our economy to stable growth requires Americans to
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