Two and a half years ago, I exposed Leon Panetta’s ties to a George Soros-funded, anti-CIA think tank in my article, Ties to KGB-Friendly Think Tank Should Disqualify Panetta for Central Intelligence Agency Post. Today, World Net Daily writer Aaron Klein quoted me on it in his article, Obama’s DoD nominee linked to Cold War [...]
World Net Daily Cites 2009 Piece About Panetta (Update)
June 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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‘TICKING TIME BOMB’ ID’d in Fort Hood Report
February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment
A TICKING TIME BOMB. Those four words appear atop a report compiled by Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) on the “COUNTERTERRORISM LESSONS FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE TO PREVENT THE FORT HOOD ATTACK.” Wondering what conclusions Senators Lieberman and Collins reach in developing the special report as members of the U.S. Senate [...]
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Top Three Defense Stories of 2010 Revisited
December 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
During 2010, I researched, wrote and published several stories about issues impacting people on the front lines in defense of this country. I revisit some of those stories below: MICHAEL BEHENNA 1st Lt. Michael Behenna On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st. Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a [...]
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New Survey: Americans More Concerned Than Ever About Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay
December 15th, 2010 · No Comments
Americans are more concerned than ever that the ongoing Obama administration effort to close the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba will allow dangerous terrorists to go free, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Eighty-four percent of likely U.S. voters are now at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free [...]
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Northrop Grumman Ends Bid for Tanker Contract
March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
After publishing 13 posts during the past two years about the battle over the contract to produce new inflight refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, today I’m pleased to report good good news in the form of a statement from Wes Bush, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation [Editor's Note: Click [...]
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Congress to Debate Raising Debt Limit — Again!
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Congress is scheduled to begin debate tomorrow on raising the debt ceiling near the $12.4 trillion limit, and Americans need to take action to stop them, according to the folks at the Employment Policies Institute. Why? Because spending is out of control. “Last year, all of the government’s tax revenue was used to cover Social [...]
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Report on Fort Hood Shootings a ‘Whitewash’
January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Appearing on Fox News Channel, retired Army Col. Ralph Peters described the recently-released Department of Defense report on the shootings at Fort Hood as a “whitewash” of a report that never asked the question, “Why did this happen?” Peters, author of “The War After Armageddon,” blamed the pervasive climate of political correctness in the Army [...]
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