10 Suicides a Month at Ft. Hood -- War Stress Is Taking Soldiers to the Brink

Nov 10, 2009 - Editor's Note: This Tuesday, President Obama will attend a memorial service for the shootings at Ft. Hood last Friday. He would do well to consider that the war policies he's continuing, extending the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, are the underlying cause of acts of madness and desperation by soldiers at Ft. - 14 Comments

SECURITY CHECK-Distancing Obama

Nov 10, 2009 - Distancing Obama By The Prowler on 11.9.09 @ 6:08AM SECURITY CHECK While it is true that alleged Fort Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, never served in an any role for the Obama Administration's transition team, the White House was concerned enough about Hasan's appearance on a list of attendees at a homeland security conference that it ran a check on Hasan before President Obama made impromptu remarks about the shooting last week. "You hate to say it, but this is what it's come to," says a White House source. - 4 Comments

Pool of military recruits increasingly unfit

Nov 06, 2009 - RALEIGH -- The biggest long-term threat to U.S. national security might not be terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. According to a group of military leaders, it's homegrown obesity, ignorance and criminality, which together make seven of 10 target-age recruits ineligible to serve in the American armed forces. - 36 Comments

The sands are running out for Democrats up for election in 2010

Nov 05, 2009 - Hello, Tipping Point The Obama presidency was always a race against time. Kim Strassel (WSJ) 'We don't look at either of these gubernatorial races . . - 1 Comment

A Sudden Exit Driven By An 'Irrational' War

Oct 30, 2009 - A former Marine captain who became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan says staying in the country is not in America's interest. "The losses of our soldiers do not merit anything that comes in line with our strategic interests or values," Matthew Hoh, who signed on as a foreign service official in Afghanistan after fighting in Iraq, tells NPR's Melissa Block. Hoh resigned last month after spending five working months in Afghanistan. - 1 Comment

Obama: Running away from strong stands he took abroad as candidate. Berlin rhetoric vs. DC reality

Oct 26, 2009 - O's embarrassment Berlin rhetoric vs. DC reality By MICHAEL BARONE PRESIDENT Obama, who found time to go on a 24-hour jaunt to Copenha gen on Oct. 2 to seek the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, apparently can't find the time for a 24-hour trip to Berlin on Nov. - 10 Comments

The New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy.

Oct 09, 2009 - Decline Is a Choice The New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy. by Charles Krauthammer The weathervanes of conventional wisdom are registering another round of angst about America in decline. New theories, old slogans: Imperial overstretch. - 0 Comments

I wish every elected official could be challenged in a primary

Sep 09, 2009 - The Murtha Method Computer Analysis Shows 12 of 16 House Defense Subcommittee Members in Controversial Circles of Lobbyists, Earmarks, and Campaign Cash By The Center for Public Integrity | September 08, 2009 For months, a cloud has swirled around Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and the relationship that Murtha and other subcommittee members had with the PMA Group, a lobbying firm filled with former subcommittee aides. Index Follow the links to see reporting on individual committee members. ■Reps. - 4 Comments

Sarkozy junior embroiled in nepotism row

Oct 12, 2009 - http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j6-pq3ewBQFkY2YoOW0zeJ3ou8YA By Carole Landry (AFP) – 53 minutes ago   PARIS — The imminent promotion of President Nicolas Sarkozy's son to manage France's wealthiest business district drew howls of protest and derision Monday over the 23-year-old's meteoric political rise.   Opposition politicians accused the president of nepotism and charged the "Sarkozy clan" was tightening its grip on the "treasure chest" of La Defense, a district west of Paris where top French firms are headquartered.   Dubbed "Prince Jean" by the press, undergraduate Jean Sarkozy is in line to replace the minister for economic recovery, Patrick Devedjian, as chairman of EPAD, the agency overseeing office development in La Defense. - 5 Comments

Obama 'approved 13,000 more troops' to Afghanistan

Oct 13, 2009 - WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has approved the deployment of an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The additional troops are primarily support forces -- such as engineers, medical specialists, intelligence experts and military police -- the paper said, bringing the total build-up approved by Obama to 34,000. "Obama authorized the whole thing. - 13 Comments