“Our national geography for America gives us a distinct advantage over many countries. I mean, our enemies are not going to come through Canada, they're not going to come through Mexico. I mean, we would clearly be able to stop that at those borders if they tried that.”
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Let’s suppose you’re a typical American family, with kids that have largely grown up and flown the coop, leaving you and your spouse empty-nesters. Well, maybe not complete empty-nesters. You had a rather large brood, and …
Actors, singers, and political figures are among the thousands of people living on food budgets of $1.50 per day during this week’s “Live Below the Line” challenge
“Over the course of the last few years, I have made several trips to Afghanistan and I've spoken to many women who own or run businesses in that country. To a one, they have all indicated their desire to leave before December 2014…The top reason they cite for leaving is physical security.”
Do we need to sacrifice privacy to be safer?
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At lunch with reporters Tuesday sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff made a public confession of sorts. He expanded on an earlier point he’d made to the New York Times about “bad …
Ailing Hunter Tomlin, 8, became an honorary B-52 crew chief at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., last week.
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For both good – grabbing the alleged Boston Marathon bombers – and bad – there are a lot of vile videos out there — cameras have become ubiquitous.
That’s how a videocam atop a dashboard was able to capture the final …
Hundreds of gay and lesbian Coloradans gained legal recognition for their relationships early Wednesday morning as the state’s civil union law went into effect.
An 8-page document divulges the evidence the FBI collected before charging James Everett Dutchske in the ricin letter Investigation.
Reports of possible chemical weapons use by Syria’s Bashar Assad regime are serious and need to be addressed.
But they are not a justification for involving the U.S. military in Syria’s bloody civil war, as Senators John McCain
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As the U.S. military pulls its combat forces out of Afghanistan by 2015, what drives the Taliban insurgency become increasingly important in trying to determine just how the country will fare without massive U.S. military …
A lesson drilled into me throughout officer training went something like this: “If you ever decide to leave the Army, companies will snap you up in a second. They’ll value your leadership and management skills. It’ll set …
