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Kerry Heads to Mideast for Talks on Islamic State

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia and Jordan this week to meet with Mideast leaders about confronting threats from the Islamic State militant group. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki (SAH’-kee) said the meetings

Kerry Heads to Mideast for Talks on Islamic State

O'Reilly Fires Back at 'Ridiculous' State Department

On Friday, the Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly responded to State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf’s attacks on him for lacking “intelligence or class,” and using “sexist” and “personally offensive language.” O’Reilly argued that “on the

O'Reilly Fires Back at 'Ridiculous' State Department

CA State Senator Welcomes Iraqi Christians to The USA

California State Senator Joel Anderson is sponsoring a bill calling for President Barack Obama to eliminate quotas and speed up the process for Iraqi Christian refugees to enter the United States. Fox 5 reported that Bill SJR17 directs the State

CA State Senator Welcomes Iraqi Christians to The USA

Americans Detained in North Korea Call for US Help

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea gave foreign media access on Monday to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and — watched by officials as they spoke — called for Washington to

Americans Detained in North Korea Call for US Help

Obama's Cabinet: The Few, The Proud, The Dumb

Where does Obama find these people!? Another asinine and irresponsible statement has come out of the Obama administration, this time its from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey. Dempsey has said that he cannot authorize

US Diplomats Barred from Ice Bucket Challenge

WASHINGTON (AP) — The charity stunt has lured athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars and gone viral on the Internet, but don’t look for U.S. diplomats to get in on the fun. Lawyers at the State Department have banned American

US Diplomats Barred from Ice Bucket Challenge

Obama: I'm Not That Powerful

President Obama is increasingly seeking to explain his foreign policy failures by saying he’s not powerful enough to influence foreign events, according to the New York Times. “People have forgotten that America, as the most powerful country on earth, still

Obama: I'm Not That Powerful

WHO: Ebola Toll May 'Vastly Underestimate' Crisis

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may “vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak,” the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared

WHO: Ebola Toll May 'Vastly Underestimate' Crisis

With Israel Still Under Terrorist Attack, Obama Denies Ammo

President Barack Obama claimed that he “had Israel’s back,” and his supporters defended his record in 2012 by claiming: “No president in history has done more for Israel’s security than Obama.” Yet the supposedly “most pro-Israel president” even has clamped

With Israel Still Under Terrorist Attack, Obama Denies Ammo

Report: Obama Blocks Israel Missile Shipment

A new Wall Street Journal report reveals that President Barack Obama’s administration blocked a shipment of missiles to Israel in late July and tightened additional weapons shipment procedures to Israel, revealing increasing tensions between the two governments.  The U.S. decision

Report: Obama Blocks Israel Missile Shipment

Rare Recess Hearing to Deal with Ebola Threat

With Ebola claiming more than 900 lives and a handful people in America receiving tests for the deadly virus, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa is convening a hearing Thursday to examine the threat.  “Around the country there is a

Rare Recess Hearing to Deal with Ebola Threat