Power Of Politics In America

Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

J.V. DeSantis — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:04 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country.

Republicans Should Go Easy on Obama

J.V. DeSantis — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:03 +0000

Charlie Cook, National Journal
With the newest controversy over Justice Department subpoenas of Associated Press reporters’ and editors’ telephone records, President Obama and his administration find themselves drawing fire from three different directions. Last week’s stories indicating that the Internal Revenue Service targeted tea-party groups and other conservative organizations for investigation sent a shiver down the spines of those of us who lived in Washington 40 years ago during the Watergate scandal. Meanwhile, allegations about the lapses in security that led to the fatal attacks on...

Bush’s Legacy: European Socialism

J.V. DeSantis — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:03 +0000

The results of the G-20 economic summit amount to nothing less than the seamless integration of the United States into the European economy. In one month of legislation and one diplomatic meeting, the United States has unilaterally abdicated all the gains for the concept of free markets won by the Reagan administration and surrendered, in toto, to the Western European model of socialism, stagnation and excessive government regulation. Sovereignty is out the window. Without a vote, we are suddenly members of the European Union. Given the dismal record of those nations at creating jobs and sustaining growth, merger with the Europeans is like a partnership with death.

At the G-20...

Obama Urged to Create Broad Plan on Veterans Issues

J.V. DeSantis — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:01 +0000

A former infantry platoon leader in Iraq who now heads a veterans group said Friday that while positive steps have been taken to reintegrate America’s veterans into the workforce, there’s still a “long way to go.” Paul Rieckhoff, the CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America -- the largest nonpartisan organization serving the newest generation of veterans -- offered his observations during a forum hosted by RealClearPolitics at the Newseum in Washington. Rieckhoff (pictured, right, with RCP's Carl Cannon) said that after returning from Iraq...

Lawmakers blast Air Force moves on cancelled Northrop drone

J.V. DeSantis — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:04 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers urged Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to ensure that the Air Force complied with a law requiring the service to buy three high-altitude Global Hawk unmanned planes built by Northrop Grumman Corp that it had tried to cancel.