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Kit Bond And Peter Hoekstra Continue To Embarrass Themselves

The baseless stupid attack on John Brennan continues . And then this world class fool : These fools just have no respect for the rule of law in this country as well as even federal officials now. Keep the insanity coming I guess?

This Definitely Wasn't Going To Be Apart Of His Speech Tonight

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The United States secret assistance with Yemen troops in trying to kill Al Qaeda members or Al Qaeda affiliates in that country is the main gist of this article from the Washington Post's Dana Priest. But a stunningly buried tidbit in the lengthy article's third paragraph is revealed As part of the operations, Obama approved a Dec. 24 strike against a compound where a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Aulaqi, was thought to be meeting with other regional al-Qaeda leaders. Although he was not the focus of the strike and was not killed, he has since been added to a shortlist of U.S. citizens specifically targeted for killing or capture by the JSOC, military officials said. The officials, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the operations. Wha wha what? Added to added to a shortlist of U.S. citizens specifically targeted for killing oR capture by the JSOC? Stunningly and disturbing stuff indeed, isn't it? ...

12/1/08-TWD's Agenda For The Day: Just Look Up Top

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(From left to right in photo originally from USA Today; Eric Holder, Hilary Clinton, Jim Johns, Janet Napolitano, Robert Gates, and Susan Rice) Obama announces officially his national security team this morning in Chicago, including Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. The bios presented by the transition team of the President-elect, via Kos contributing editor and Front Page writer, Susan G . I'll highlight two people, and allow you to see the rest for yourself, if you want to: Susan Rice, Ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Susan E. Rice served most recently as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Obama for America campaign while on leave from the Brookings Institution where she is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development Programs. Rice currently serves on the Obama-Biden Transition Project Advisory Board. From 1997-2001, she was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Prior to that, Rice served in the White House at the Nationa...