The United States is failing to address its most urgent threat—biological proliferation and terrorism—concluded a report issued today by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. In a news release yesterday, the commission also felt the Obama Administration has given appropriate high-level attention to the nuclear threat but [...]
Report: U.S. Failing to Address Urgent Biothreat
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
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Law Professors Snubbed U.S. Northern Command
October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
During an appearance as the guest speaker at the Oct. 8 meeting of The World Affairs Council of San Antonio, Jeffrey F. Addicott told the story of what happened after U.S. Northern Command issued a plea for help to professors serving at the nation’s 200 law schools: Only one professor replied. Addicott. Distinguished Professor of [...]
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Limbaugh Says Obama ‘Incompetence on Parade’
June 9th, 2009 · No Comments
In his morning update today, Rush Limbaugh described President Barack Obama’s administration as “incompetence on parade.” Below is the full transcript of the morning update: “The Obama Administration is considering changing the law that applies to terrorists at Club GITMO. “The New York Times reports that changes to the law are detailed in a draft [...]
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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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Tanker Contract Must Be National Security Priority
May 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Under the headline, U.S. Air Force’s tanker fleet showing its age, writer Molly McMillin of the The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle shared a story Sunday about the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers and the $35 billion contract battle between Boeing and Northrop Grumman that has immense national security implications. At the same [...]
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Senator John Kerry Wants U.S. to Get ‘L.O.S.T.’
May 8th, 2009 · 6 Comments
It appears Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) wants the United States to get “L.O.S.T.” Today, he’s pushing for quick passage of the controversial United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty. According to a report published yesterday in The New York Times, Senator Kerry — who, by the way, served in Vietnam — [...]
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If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be Issue (Part 2)
May 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Bob McCarty Copyright © 2009 Bob McCarty Writes. All rights reserved. To request reprint permission, send an e-mail to BobMcCartyWrites (at) gmail (dot) com. Despite the overwhelming success of the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer® while it was used by the U.S. military from 2002-2008, a small group within the Department of Defense bureaucracy — [...]
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