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Congressman Ryan Launches New Effort to Recruit Conservatives for Congress

By On December 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Limited government. Economic freedom. These are the traits that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is seeking from a new generation of Republican leaders to serve in the Congress. And he plans to put a lot more money behind the effort.

According to the The Daily Caller, Ryan has penned a memo for Prosperity [...]

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Dick Cheney Spends Time In Wyoming

Newt “Si”, National Security “¿Que?”

By On November 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

If you’re a Republican who follows the inner happenings of our party, then former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s somewhat new immigration stance with regards to illegal aliens may have been the highlight of the GOP national security debate.

At times, he almost he appeared presidential. He respected his colleagues and continued to, wisely, treat Ron [...]

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Guest Dispatch: Medicare and the Do-Nothing Democrats

By On June 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By Guillermo Vallejo

Democrats have been giddier than a kid in a candy store since their special election victory in New York’s 26th district last month.  They believe that this is a sign of things to come in 2012.  More than anything else, Democrats believe that Medicare is the issue that will lead to Republican [...]

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Criminals and Terrorists Kill, Not Guns

By On April 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Just a few years ago, you could not get people in this town to focus on the pockets of instability throughout the Western Hemisphere. It is not top-ranked news but, as of late, it has become the issue du jour in some wonk circles.  Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan still dominate the headlines and think tank [...]

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Nothing to fear from the Donald, the 2012 Monty Brewster

By On April 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

He’s in, he’s not. No matter. If Donald Trump runs for President as a Republican it will be good entertainment for the Party. It will also keep establishment politicos off balance and will force serious candidates, as well as Congressional Republicans, to sharpen their dull messaging.

Trump reminds me of Monty Brewster played [...]

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An Export Control Potemkin Village

By On September 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

For weeks now numerous Obama Administration officials have been delivering speeches that they are busy at work reforming what they call “outdated” U.S. export control laws.  Outside input has been limited to a very select group of industry and like-minded academic types. Even key Congressional Committees have been kept out of the substantive loop.

Better the [...]

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Treasury Department Publishes New Iran Sanctions Regulations

By On August 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published today Congressionally mandated regulations to implement the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA).  President Barack Obama signed CISADA into law earlier this summer.

While CISADA specifically targets Iran’s energy sector, the law is already having a [...]

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Around Town …

By On June 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A May 31, 2010 United Nations IAEA report may bolster case for advocates of a new round of Iran sanctions.  The findings state that Iran has enough fuel for two nuclear weapons.  The question for those of us who follow these issues in D.C. remains: will the Obama Administration focus on the UN [...]

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Around town …

By On May 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

On the resignation of DNI Blair, Frank Gaffney  penend this week, Don’t Stop with the DNI.  Gaffney says, “[w]hile the exact reasons for Admiral Blair’s departure have yet to be fully explained, chances are they involved frustrations he and others felt with the office of DNI and its dysfunctional relationship to the rest [...]

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Iran Sanctions Process Continues Slow Crawl in the U.S. Congress

By On April 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The potential for new U.S.-Iran sanctions has been lingering about for what seems to be a political eternity.  If a month is a light year in politics, we could  have sent astronauts to Mars and back at least twice by now.  Media and Capitol Hill sources are now reporting that House leadership will move this [...]

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