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		<title>Scribecast: AEI’s Marc Thiessen on Dangers of the Obama Doctrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Bluey</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Obama’s use of drone strikes to target terrorists is depleting U.S. intelligence on al Qaeda and making America less safe in the process, according to Marc Thiessen, an American Enterprise Institute fellow. “The Obama administration has completely eliminated live capture of terrorists and bringing them in for interrogation,” Thiessen said. “As a result, we are not getting insight into the inner workings of al Qaeda.” Thiessen, author of “Courting Disaster” and a former speechwriter...<br/>
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		<title>Obamacare: Pay No Attention to Mandate Behind Curtain of Spin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Torre</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In yet another slight to rule of law, the Obama Administration has asked a federal court to put a press conference pronouncement above official regulation. Last week, the Department of Justice filed a legal response to one of numerous lawsuits currently challenging the constitutionality of the Obamacare anti-conscience mandate. The Administration submitted its response to the legal complaint of Belmont Abbey College, represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, to the U.S. District...<br/>
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		<title>Heritage Expert’s New Book Addresses Battle for the Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Inserra</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today we have access to vast amount of information at the click of mouse but are also faced with those who seek to steal secrets, disable defenses, or otherwise use the Internet for their own purposes. Heritage’s James Carafano addresses these threats in his new book, Wiki at War: “The war for winning dominance over social networks and using that dominance to [one’s] advantage is already underway.” While our first thoughts might be the worrying threats of cyber espionage or even cyberwarfare,...<br/>
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		<title>Thousands More Oppose Obamacare Mandate’s Religious Liberty Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Torre</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[More than 2,500 Christian leaders have signed a letter opposing Obamcare’s anti-conscience mandate. The letter’s release adds to the most recent furor over the rule’s blatant violation of religious liberty and decries the mandate’s coercion of religious employers to subsidize abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, and sterilization regardless of moral or religious objections to such services. The letter, sponsored by the Family Research Council, explains: Our country was founded on certain...<br/>
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		<title>Obama Doctrine Leaves World Less Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Kincaid</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In his State of the Union address, President Obama declared that “America is back.” Examining Obama’s foreign policy efforts, however, this statement seems doubtful. To better understand Obama’s foreign policy, Heritage hosted a panel discussion with Kim Holmes, Mark Thiessen, and Clifford May. As Holmes has previously written, Obama defines America as just another nation with no particular claim to greatness or exceptional responsibilities. As such, his foreign policy downplays the U.S....<br/>
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		<title>Syria’s (Literal) Information Warfare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helle Dale</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[To hide its myriad of other crimes, the Syrian government is determined to prevent news of its atrocities against its own citizens from getting out. Journalists claim that this week they were deliberately targeted by troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and they have released videos pleading for help. On Wednesday, Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and award-winning French photographer Remi Ochlik died in the besieged city of Homs when artillery shells and rockets rained down...<br/>
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		<title>Heritage vs. ACLU at Voter ID Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Meyer</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Voter fraud has a history of plaguing elections, inspiring a growing number of states to enact voter identification laws in recent years. The issue was the focus of a debate Thursday at the National Press Club between Heritage senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky and Laura Murphy, director of the ACLU&#8217;s Washington Legislative Office. Proponents of voter ID laws believe they reduce fraud and improve the integrity of elections. Opponents argue these laws decrease voter turnout and...<br/>
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		<title>End—Don’t Extend—the Wind Energy Tax Credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Romina Boccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy subsidies]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Hill reports that a bipartisan group of Senators is urging lawmakers to extend the wind energy production tax credit, which is scheduled to expire by the end of this year. Congress should let the tax credit expire and offset the resulting tax hike with reductions elsewhere. The wind energy industry has grown substantially since the wind energy production tax credit was adopted in 1992, and yet wind produces only about 2 percent of our electricity nationwide. Electricity from wind by itself...<br/>
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		<title>Department of Education Gets Defensive on National Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey Burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[no child left behind]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a press release issued late Thursday afternoon, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the following in response to skepticism on the part of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) about the Common Core national standards push: The idea that the Common Core standards are nationally-imposed is a conspiracy theory in search of a conspiracy. The Common Core academic standards were both developed and adopted by the states, and they have widespread bipartisan support. The secretary’s defensive...<br/>
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		<title>A New, Green Stimulus Throughout the President’s Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Tubb</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A closer look at President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal shows how the White House intends to initiate a “green stimulus” through not just the Department of Energy (DOE) but other federal agencies as well. Though not a comprehensive accounting of non-DOE energy spending, a quick survey of the President’s budget proposal reveals the following examples: Department of Agriculture $6.1 billion for loans to rural electric companies that switch to clean energy generation $200 million...<br/>
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