Woodward Book Explores Obama Afghanistan Exit Strategy
On September 22, Voice of America and other media outlets cited material from Obama's Wars — a new book by Washington, D.C.-based journalist Bob Woodward — stating: “Key members of the...
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First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since Vietnam
The White House has announced that a 25-year-old soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue two comrades during a 2007 military operation in Afghanistan will become the first living American serviceman...
Iraq Runs Surplus, but Obama Wants to Send More Money
Suppose you’re the President of the United States at a time when your country is facing a $1.3 trillion annual budget deficit and a $13 trillion national debt. Meanwhile, a country...
Obama’s China Trade Solution: Give Them Our Hi-Tech
The China Daily US Edition reported on September 7 that "China will 'vigorously' expand its imports of key products as the nation strives to cut its trade surplus amid growing protectionism...
Appeals Court Bars Suits on Government Torture
The September 8 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, often described as the most "liberal" in the nation, came down on the side...
U.S. Bankrolling of Afghan Security Forces
President Barack Obama set a date of July 2011 to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. This does not, however, mean that the United States will cease pouring billions of taxpayer...
Combat in Iraq Continues as Plans for Long-term U.S. Presence Are Laid
On August 31 President Barack Obama announced that “the American combat mission in Iraq has ended.” ...
Iraq to Buy 13B in U.S. Military Equipment
USA Today reported on September 2 that Iraq is preparing to buy as much as $13 billion in U.S. arms and military equipment. The report cited U.S. officials who said the...
News Contradictions: Americans Must Pursue Truth
Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was once quoted as saying, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” It...
Obama Claims End to “Combat Operations” in Iraq
President Barack Obama claimed August 31 in an Oval Office address to the nation that “tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom...
(Supposed) End of U.S. Combat Role in Iraq
Speaking in a television address broadcast nationally just hours before the formal end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq on August 31, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the nation it...
Boondoggles in Baghdad, Basra, and Beyond
Your tax dollars at work, as reported by the Associated Press: “As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, it is leaving behind hundreds of abandoned or incomplete projects. More than $5...
Trilateral Commission Keeps Expanding
Launched in 1973, the Trilateral Commission (TC) listed an initial roster of 187 members, all of whom hailed from three areas: Western Europe, North America, and Japan (hence the name Tri-lateral)....
American Held by North Korea Returns Home
Aijalon Mahli Gomes — a U.S. citizen imprisoned in North Korea last January, and later sentenced to eight years of hard labor with a fine of about $600,000 for the crime...
Peace Activists Attempt to Stop Iraq Deployment at Ft. Hood
According to the Daily Paul website, early Monday morning, August 23, five anti-war protesters wearing black shirts that read “Disobey,” attempted to block six buses carrying troops from Ft. Hood’s 3rd...