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Will More Early-Childhood Education Funding Improve Young People’s Fitness for Military?

November 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Not surprising because he’s a liberal, Arne Duncan believes throwing more money at early-childhood education programs will ensure that a more-qualified pool of applicants will be available for future military service.
On Thursday, according to a media advisory, the former head of the failed Chicago Public Schools-turned-Secretary of Education will precede a call for more “investment” [...]

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LaHood Overhauling Mexican Truck Program

June 2nd, 2009 · 17 Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a National Press Club gathering May 21 that his plan to overhaul the controversial Mexican truck demonstration program is now being vetted by the White House and has the support of “a number of members of Congress.”  If he gets his way, Mexican tractor-trailer rigs will soon be crossing our [...]

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Industry Hopeful About Offshore Drilling Prospects

November 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

“I do not believe at this point in time that there are any proposals being made to reinstate the moratoria across the board,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in response to a reporter’s question about his plans regarding a quarter-century-old ban on offshore oil and gas drilling that was lifted last year.

Hoyer’s statement, [...]

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Madrid Interfaith Conference Linked to Terror

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

In an exclusive news release this afternoon, Steve Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism exclusively revealed today that a major international interfaith conference set to start Wednesday in Madrid was organized by Abdullah al-Turki, an alleged associate of a senior Al Qaeda financier, vocal supporter of Palestinian suicide bombings and head of the Muslim World League [...]

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File This Under ‘Thank God for Disclaimers’

June 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Following the news conference staged this afternoon by Larry Sinclair at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., I thank God that He gave me the wisdom to include the following editor’s note — call it a disclaimer — at the end of a post, Man Claims He Had Sex, Used Drugs With Obama, published [...]

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