From the Institute for Energy Research: WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama unveiled his new energy plan to decrease America’s imports of oil by one third over the next ten years. In response, Thomas Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research,
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Just in time for the handover to NATO, Britain’s Telegraph reports: Since the conflict began, a squadron of 18 RAF Typhoon pilots has enforced the Libya no-fly zone from an air base in southern Italy. However, a shortage of qualified
This is the latest in a series of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor at Grove City College, on his latest work, Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, which is based on a remarkable volume
Why the heck was this guy even allowed to stay in the Army? From Wired: A year before he entered the Army, police removed WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning from his father’s home after he allegedly threatened his stepmother with a
Gotta love this: a Marine Corps dad taking on Lebron James. From the Marine Corps Times: Pro basketball superstar LeBron James used his @KingJames Twitter account to pump himself up for the remainder of the NBA season. “20+ games left
From ABC News: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that Libya did not pose a threat to the United States before the U.S. began its military campaign against the North African country. On “This Week,” ABC News’ Senior White House
The Associated Press is reporting: SAN DIEGO — At first glance, the white van seemed full of clean-cut Marines in uniform — not necessarily an unusual sight near the Border Patrol’s desert checkpoint along Interstate 8 in eastern San Diego
From the Associated Press: A crew for Dan Rather was harassed and humiliated by Israeli security officials, a producer for his show has said, accusing them of forcing the staffers to drop their pants for a strip search before seeing
A report: Kiss’ Israeli-born singer-musician Gene Simmons is shouting out loud at the string of musicians who refuse to perform in his homeland. “They’re fools,” the legendary bassist told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday, on his first return
On the Persian New Year, March 21, Iranians gathered at the tomb of Hafez, Iran’s national poet. The crowd quickly started chanting “Death to the Dictator” and denounced Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. [youtube YmPxAdjmoWQ]
My friend Marc Thiessen points out in the Washington Post: It tells you everything you need to know about Barack Obama’s worldview that he sought authorization from the United Nations, and not from Congress, before launching military action in Libya.
Reports are that the crew is fine. Witnesses report that the crew was rescued by a “plane that could turn into a helicopter.” Here’s a video of the crash site: [youtube 5TXk6SbigZs nolink] The Opsrey:
Words of Wisdom: The American president defined the mission in Libya for himself and for the world: Protecting the Libyan people from the brutality of their leader, who massacred them on the streets of Tripoli and at the outskirts of
That’s apparently what many people surveyed in several European countries believe. The poll was conducted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a think tank associated with Germany’s Social Democratic Party. The results? As Ynetnews reports: The study – “Intolerance, Prejudice, Discrimination:
The New York Times reports: TRIPOLI, Libya — Even as the Allied intervention began, a group of foreign journalists were bused on a rare visit inside Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi‘s compound — a labyrinth of concrete barracks, fortified walls and barbed
The Financial Times reports: French warplanes struck against Libya on Saturday, after leaders from the Arab world, Africa, the United States and other western powers approved action to protect civilians under threat from the Gaddafi regime. Defence officials said French
Army Times reports: Benefits rates for service members who suffer traumatic injuries to their genitals are under review by Defense and Veterans Affairs department officials in the wake of complaints from a key lawmaker. A revision could happen by summer,
Kyodo is reporting: Japan raised the severity level of crisis-hit reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from 4 to 5 on an international scale of 7, the same level as the Three Mile Island accident in the United
A great piece in the Telegraph (London) by Tom Chivers which explains how Fukushima is a powerful distraction from the larger tragedy: It could all get worse, and I don’t want to belittle it. But here is the thing: the
Japan Times reports: The U.S. military will operate a Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft over a stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, possibly on Thursday, to take a closer look at its troubled reactors, a Japanese government source
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The Japan Times is reporting: A crisis continued Tuesday at the troubled No. 2 reactor at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, as fuel rods became fully exposed again after workers recovered water levels to cover half of
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Anti-nuclear activists and the media are no doubt hyping what is going on in Japan, but the nuclear incident is relatively minor. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a scale for nuclear incidents. What is happening at Fukushima is
The BBC is reporting: “The Associated Press is also now citing Japanese nuclear safety agency officials as saying that radiation levels inside one of the reators at the Fukushima-Daini nuclear power plant have surged to 1,000 times their normal levels
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LIVE STREAMING TELEVISION FROM JAPAN’S NHK UPDATES: Quake map 10-meter tsunami slams into Japan’s coast Video: Tsunami moves inland PM: Japanese quake caused ‘major damage’ WSJ: Fifth largest recorded world-wide since 1900 Japan says death toll at least 5 in
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He’s also trying to strike a bargain with the Egyptian military. Voice of America (VOA) reports: Libyan government warplanes have struck an oil facility near the rebel-held eastern town of Ras Lanuf during a heavy bombardment aimed at driving out
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress
Marc Thiessen writes in today’s WaPo: The administration is positioning military assets in the Mediterranean but seems unwilling to use them. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has expressed deep reluctance about establishing a no-fly zone over Libya, and he recently gave
This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, on his book revealing how communists, from Moscow to New York to Chicago, have long manipulated America’s liberals/progressives. Dupes:
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama approved Monday the resumption of military trials for detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban. It was the latest acknowledgement that the detention facility Obama had vowed to
On Saturday there was an “Islamic-Iranian fashion show” in Tehran, which was attended by the government’s “director of the committee for organizing costume and fashion” and the “Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.” Here are the hits of the season
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With the situation fluid on the ground and defections from the Gaddafi regime continuing, the fate of Libya may be in the hands of the Libyan Air Force. The Air Force is the elite branch of the Libyan Armed Forces
A report: A German security official said Arif Uka, the gunman who allegedly shot dead two US airmen in an attack on their bus at Frankfurt airport on Wednesday, cried “Allahu Akhbar” (“God is Greatest”) before opening fire. German federal