Bob McCarty Writes

For perhaps the first time in his political life, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) proved he has a spine — and a brain — during a hearing yesterday with Attorney General Eric Holder on the subject of prosecuting terrorists such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court instead of a military one.
Not only did he [...]

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Almost nine months ago, President Barack Obama ordered members of his administration to stop using the phrase “Global War on Terror” to describe the nation’s effort to fight back against the likes of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.  In it’s place, he let it be known that “overseas contingency operation” was a term better suited to [...]

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As an Air Force officer for almost seven years, I became familiar with a document used to both assess how some event, activity or operation turned out and offer recommendations about what could be done to improve the same next time it took place.  We called it an “After-Action Report.”
Three days after Army Maj. Malik [...]

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Dick Cheney unleashed a barrage of common sense this morning in a speech to counter President Barack Obama’s defensive, namby-pamby approach for dealing with terrorism and terrorists.
Two videos — Part One (above) and Part Two (immediately below) capture the former vice president waging a staunch defense of actions taken by President George W. Bush’s administration [...]

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President Barack Obama gave his first sit-down media interview to Al Arabiya TV’s Hisham Melhem — much to the chagrin of U.S. media outlets — Monday evening. Due to the fact that Press Secretary Robert Gibbs opted to publish a six-paragraph snippet on The White House Blog instead of providing a full transcript, I had [...]

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