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From a press conference Defense Secretary Bob Gates held in Kabul: First, I think that the Taliban in Pakistan overreached with their offensive in Buner

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Debra Todd, via Facebook) Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appeared today at a Washington, D.C. breakfast fundraiser for Rep

Some very just desserts on this Columbus Day morning: Peter Diamond, a lauded economist at MIT, won the Nobel Prize, along with Dale T. Mortensen and

After much of the day’s news was dominated by Wikileaks’ distribution of a graphic video purporting to show U.S. military personnel in Iraq in 2007 firing from

Speaking at the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing today about torture, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) appeared to confirm reports that the Obama

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has made her decision regarding the 2012 calendar, and has decided to move forward with a date outside of the window established by the Republican and Democratic national committees, which has the potential of forcing the other early states forward

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story today on the role of states in ensuring pipeline safety. Much of the responsibility for enforcing pipeline

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) might have postponed this week’s planned Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on the Fort Hood shooting after President Obama

Bill Ayers must be having the time of his life. Yep, Shepard Smith has officially gone rogue. Grijalva says over 70 percent of House Dems support a robust

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s response to the news that a man he granted clemency in 2000 is a suspect in yesterday’s brutal massacre of four police

Chances are President Obama will announce a readjusted Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s very likely that strategy

Karl Rove, who is launching his new book today, by way of donations has already taken sides in several 2010 Senate races. Rove’s 2009 contributions

This morning, the Department of Labor reported that weekly initial jobless claims climbed to the highest level in five months, up 2,000 to 484,000, with last

Physics professor David C.

University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg is not shying away from previous statements criticizing professor accountability, weighing faculty’s

Via Robert Mackey at The New York Times, CNN obtains a new audiotaped message from Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki. He aims a section of the tape at challenging

I didn’t have much luck yesterday when I asked CIA spokesman George Little to respond to former Sen. Bob Graham’s (D-Fla.) charge that the agency admitted

The Tea Party-bolstered group has sent a blast e-mail out to its supporters, offering strategy and talking points to block a health care reform vote. Over

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain will be in the Sunshine State this week, for stops in both Tampa and Sanford.

Last week, U.S. Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced H.R. 937, which was submitted with the curious name, “The Rising Tides Act of 2011.” The

That didn’t take long. On the first day of the 111th Congress, House Democrats are already targeting the last-minute regulations passed down by the Bush