One can hardly blame leaders of the nation’s oil and natural gas industries for feeling the need to be aggressive when it comes to combating the Obama Administration’s all-out war against fossil fuels exploration. Today, officials at the American Petroleum Institute called on the U.S. Department of State to approve the Keystone Pipeline Project as [...]
Pipeline ‘Matter of Critical National Interest’
January 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Does Hope Float in the Middle East?
June 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments
Is it possible that President Barack Obama’s signing of a presidential determination Jan. 27, 2009, resulted in direct support going to people aboard vessels in the Gaza-bound flotilla that has stirred up so much controversy in recent days? I think it is. According to this Feb. 4, 2009, entry in the Federal Register, President Obama [...]
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I Gladly Accept This Nomination, Mr. Sullivan
April 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments
Earlier today, after reading a post Pamela Geller published at Atlas Shrugs, I published a piece under the headline, Is State Dept Playing April Fools Joke on Israel? The difference between our posts? I videotaped my computer screen as I went through the motions and clicks on the State Department web site to show proof [...]
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Is State Dept Playing April Fools Joke on Israel? (Update)
April 1st, 2010 · 32 Comments
Based on his actions and the statements he’s made since climbing onto the world stage three years ago, I’m convinced President Barack Obama would be happy to see Israel and all of its Jewish inhabitants disappear from the surface of the Earth. Truth be told, his posture toward the Jewish State — minus out-and-out calls [...]
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Appointment of New Diplomat Hailed as ‘Brilliant’
September 5th, 2008 · No Comments
When I read in a Department of State news release this morning that Fran Drescher will be appointed the nation’s newest public diplomacy envoy Monday morning, I immediately surmised that Condoleezza Rice and her gang at the State Department had lost it. A few moments later, however, I realized the brilliance of such an appointment. [...]
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Transcript: Rice Remarks En Route to Belgium
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered remarks about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia and other matters while aboard an aircraft en route to Brussels, Belgium today. Below is a transcript of both her comments and the question-and-answer session with reporters that followed: SECRETARY RICE: Hello. Good morning, everyone. All right, well, welcome aboard. [...]
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Were Five Targets Added to Strike List in Iran?
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments
A news release issued by the State Department today makes it appear to me that the United States and/or Israel might be one step closer to taking action that ensures IRAN won’t soon have the capability of producing a nuclear weapon(s): Treasury Designation of Iranian Entities for Proliferation Activities Today, the Department of the Treasury [...]
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