Steve Kelly cartoon via Townhall Charles Krauthammer: Obamacare laid bare: Every disaster has its moment of clarity. Physicist Richard Feynman dunks an O-ring into ice water and everyone understands instantly why the shuttle Challenger exploded. This week, the Obamacare O-ring froze for all the world to see: Hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters went out … Continue reading
Republican lawmakers have been trying nearly a year to get to the bottom of what went wrong in Benghazi. After being stonewalled for months by a State Department unwilling to make Benghazi witnesses available, they are finally having some luck with the CIA. Fox News reported: CIA Director John Brennan now says his agency will … Continue reading
On the heels of CNN reporter Arwa Damon’s exclusive interview with Ahmed Abu Khattala, a ‘lead suspect’ in the Benghazi attack, Rep Jason Chaffetz appeared on CNN to discuss his call for the FBI to get more aggressive on the Benghazi investigation. “Our people aren’t even talking to him, let alone capturing him or killing … Continue reading
Drip, drip, drip…. The General who was in charge of AFRICOM on the night of the Benghazi attack has gone on the record to say that it was clear that it was terrorism almost immediately. Fox News reports: A senior United States military commander at the time of the Benghazi, Libya attack has come forward with firsthand … Continue reading
Ted Cruz, Red State: Latest “Deal” from the Senate: Pass Amnesty First, Read the Bill Later: On Monday at 5:30pm, the United States Senate will vote on the most sweeping immigration reform proposal it has considered in almost 3 decades – and it will do so having only seen the nearly 1200 pages of text for approximately 72 … Continue reading
Bob Gorrell via Cartoon via Town Hall Andrew McCarthy, NRO: No Special Counsel for the IRS Scandal: Let’s put law and atmospherics aside and try to be completely practical. The imperative in the IRS scandal is not criminal prosecution. It is political accountability: to lay bare what corrupt officials have done, for the purpose of swiftly … Continue reading
On NBC’s Meet Meet the Press Sunday, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa announced that the Committee will formally ask the Benghazi Accountability Review Board co-chairs, Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Admiral Mike Mullen, to submit to bipartisan depositions with Committee investigators. The Oversight and Reform Committee is interested in hearing the co-chairs’ … Continue reading
Why does the man still have any credibility? The Washington Times reported: White House spokesman Jay Carney cautioned that he could not immediately respond to live testimony from the committee but went on to say that the administration remained unsure of the identity and affiliations of the attackers, noting that Ansar al-Sharia had taken credit for it on Twitter but then later recanted. “What I can … Continue reading
Senator Lindsey Graham spoke with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News, last night about Benghazi and the importance of finding out the truth about what happened there. Graham said there should be bipartisan support for finding out what happened to these brave people, and why the story told by Washington was so wrong. MSNBC’s Andrea … Continue reading
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Ca) appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation, Sunday morning to talk about the upcoming hearing on Benghazi that will be held this Wednesday. The Chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee said the administration’s talking points on the Benghazi attacks were a “fatal error” because they were harmful to the FBI’s investigation … Continue reading
Via Oversight and Reform: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced three witnesses who will appear at a full committee hearing, “Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage,” on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 11:30 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. “I applaud these individuals for answering our call to testify in … Continue reading
Congressman Trey Gowdy appeared on Fox News, this afternoon to talk about the new information that’s come out about Benghazi. Noting that he is primarily concerned about the eye witnesses, he said, “it is sad that someone would have to cloak themselves in confidentiality for fear of reprisal, but that’s where we are…” Responding to … Continue reading
Via The Washington Free Beacon: 8 Stories of Heroism from the Iraq War: Early in the Iraq war, on April 7, 2003, ground forces ran into trouble on the North Baghdad Bridge. Enemy fighters had blocked the site, with allies advancing. A-10 fighter pilot and then-Capt. Kim Campbell was called in to provide air support. … Continue reading
Ramirez cartoon via Townhall If you’re like me, you took a little vacation from the news, this past week to focus on Christmas. I actually avoided the news because I didn’t want it to dampen my spirits. There’s little good news out there, I’m afraid. Yes, as much as I respect John Boehner, he’s been … Continue reading
Image via Pseud O’Nym FOX Nation reported, via Maggies Farm: The United States had an unmanned Predator drone over its consulate in Benghazi during the attack that slaughtered four Americans — which should have led to a quicker military response, it was revealed yesterday. “They stood, and they watched, and our people died,” former CIA … Continue reading
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