The question of how far the United States will go in its involvement in Syria was on the table this week as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with President Obama at the White House in order to ensure that the U.S. takes more of an active role in trying to push Syrian President Bashar [...]
As ‘Scandal’ Swirls Around Obama, Is There Any Fire Beyond the Smoke?
May 18, 2013 | Posted by
As President Obama finds himself beset with “scandals,” the pundits and commentators in Washington are trying to make sense of it all—trying to determine whether there is any fire beneath all the smoke. In an insightful piece, Jacob Weisberg, the editor-in-chief of Slate, concludes that there isn’t much meat at all—that we have entered the [...]
Obama Counters Benghazi Critics With Push For Diplomatic Security Funding
May 17, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama was actually asked at a White House news conference yesterday whether the controversies currently surrounding his administration placed him in a position to similar to disgraced former President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. The question demonstrated how eager his enemies are to push the matters of Benghazi and the IRS investigations of [...]
Nigerian President Declares State of Emergency In Response to Islamist Attacks
May 15, 2013 | Posted by
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three states after a series of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups. In a pre-recorded speech on national television, Jonathan acknowledged that the states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe were no longer under the control of the Nigerian government. “Already, some northern parts of Borno [...]
GOP May Regret Attacking Obama With Political Sideshows
May 14, 2013 | Posted by
In January 2012, as the presidential campaign moved into full swing, congressional Republicans vowed to unite to deny President Obama a second term. House Speaker John Boehner said he had instructed every committee chairman to step-up oversight of the Obama administration. The strategy was to nitpick everything the administration did, from national security to foreign [...]
Obama Hit by 3 Controversies That May Hurt His 2nd-Term Agenda
May 14, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama‘s second-term agenda is being threatened by three brewing controversies that could blossom into full-fledged scandals if the Republicans have anything to do with them. Obama is being hit with reports of political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service; allegations that the administration tried to cover up its involvement in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2012, [...]
Gates Defends Obama Administration on Benghazi, Calls Republicans ‘Cartoonish’
May 13, 2013 | Posted by
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates blasted Republicans who have been critical of the Obama administration’s response to the attack on the American facility in Benghazi last year, saying they are exhibiting a “cartoonish” knowledge of the American military. Gates, a Republican who served in both the Bush and Obama administrations, appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” [...]
NYPD Officer Called Stop-and-Frisk ‘All-Star’ Explains His Motives
May 10, 2013 | Posted by
The federal court in Manhattan yesterday heard from a NYPD officer considered a stop-and-frisk “all-star,” while Mayor Michael Bloomberg caused a stir by claiming the controversial policy caused a decline in the city crime rate. “That’s the results of this,” Bloomberg told reporters, talking about the link between the crime rate decrease and stop-and-frisk. “If [...]
Israel Says Russia is Selling Advanced Missile Systems to Syria
May 9, 2013 | Posted by
Even as Russia pledged to work with the U.S. to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, it was in the process of selling advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria that would make U.S. and Israeli intervention far more difficult , according the Wall Street Journal. The news of the imminent sale came from [...]
Pentagon Reports 35 Percent Increase in Military Sexual Assaults
May 8, 2013 | Posted by
The issue of sex crimes in the military jumped into the headlines this week, when the Pentagon reported a 35 percent increase in military sexual assaults last year. The report came two days after the chief of the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention branch was arrested for allegedly groping a woman outside a bar near [...]
