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The Problem With The NRA's Plan In One Venn Diagram
Earlier today, the NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre advocated for putting an armed police officer in every school during a rather stunning press conference.Whatever your thoughts on the merits of the NRA's idea...
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US Intelligence Suspects Foreign Nations Of Using Corporate Takeovers To Get...
Foreign nations may be using a "coordinated strategy" of corporate takeovers to access critical U.S. technology, according to a report highlighted by the Financial Times from the Committee On Foreign...
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Obama Nominates John Kerry As Secretary Of State
President Barack Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to be Secretary of State today in a press conference at the White House."He understands that we have a responsibility to use American power...
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SYRIA EXPERT: Assad Will Eventually Flee To The Coast And Rebels Will Battle...
Syria expert Joshua Landis told Voice of America journalist Cecily Hilleary that he thinks Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will eventually flee to the coastal mountains of his ancestral Alawite...
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Michael Bloomberg Slams The NRA's 'Paranoid, Dystopian Vision Of A More...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has urged for more strict gun control legislation after the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., slammed the National Rifle Association today after the organization's...
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12 Charts On Firearms In GUN NATION
After last week's horrific mass shooting left 20 first-graders and seven adults dead, everyone is taking a hard look at guns in America.Obama has called for a gun control task force. Many have called...
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65 Beautiful Photos Of The US Military In 2012
This was a year to remember for the U.S. Military.After years of combat, some 23,000 troops serving in Afghanistan were pulled out in 2012, with plans to withdraw the rest by 2014.The U.S. Military...
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Congress Just Approved This Sweeping Defense Bill
The US Senate on Friday approved a $633 billion defense spending bill for next year that tightens penalties on Iran, funds the war in Afghanistan and boosts security at US missions worldwide.The...
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Congress Is Quietly Abandoning The 5th Amendment
What everyone must understand is that American politics doesn't work the way you'd think it would. Most people presume that government officials would never willfully withhold penicillin from men with...
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Hamid Karzai Says Americans Made Afghanistan One Of The Most Corrupt...
President Hamid Karzai on Saturday blamed foreigners for most of the corruption in Afghanistan and said the withdrawal of NATO troops in 2014 would help rid the country of graft.More than 11 years...
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A Grandmother Hunts For Argentinian Babies 'Stolen' Decades Ago
Estela de Carlotto isn't like most grandmothers. Instead of easing herself into retirement and enjoying the slower pace of life it affords, she remains a dogged workaholic.Every weekday she rises early...
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North Korea Confirms Arrest Of US Citizen
PYONYANG – North Korean state media has confirmed that a U.S. citizen has been arrested after entering the reclusive Communist country as a tourist.In a short dispatch, The Korean Central News Agency...
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Marine Turned Filmmaker Explains Why We Need An Animated Film About The...
Brian Iglesias, a combat decorated Marine infantry officer now in the Reserves, just completed his most recent campaign.But unlike earlier ones in combat, this campaign was online. Using the social...
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Why The NRA's Speech To 'Four Million Moms And Dads' Was Bizarre As It Was...
On Tuesday, the National Rifle Association released its first official response following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. The statement was brief, and began by...
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Lockheed Martin's New Killer Laser Will Change Life For Troops On The Ground...
Using lasers for tracking objects through the sky has been possible for years, but there's never been anything like Lockheed's new laser defense system successfully tested last week.It's not that using...
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Walmart Sells Assault Weapons But Bans Music With Swear Words
Neil DeGrasse Tysonpoints out a bizarre dichotomy in America:Walmart sells assault weapons but bans music that contains swear words.That policy tells you a lot about this country.We can guess why...
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Gawker's Jaw-Dropping Robert Bork Obituary Has People Up In Arms
Yesterday's news of Robert Bork's death left most Americans with a vague recollection of the Supreme Court nomination he'd somehow lost out on, if anything at all.But Bork's death and legacy meant far...
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The US Is Helping Iraq Beef Up Its Navy And Delivered Two New Ships Today
The United States has delivered two support ships to Iraq, which is seeking to boost its fledgling naval capabilities, the US embassy said on Sunday.The two 60-metre offshore support vessels were...
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US Marine Jon Hammar Is Finally Out Of Mexican Jail For Antique Shotgun Fiasco
A former US marine, jailed in Mexico after illegally crossing the border with an antique shotgun, has been released, a Florida congresswoman said in a statement.Jon Hammar, 27, a south Florida resident...
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Looks Like South Sudan's Shooting Down UN Helicopters As A Matter Of Policy Now
The shooting down of a UN helicopter in South Sudan by the army, which killed four Russian crew, is the latest of a long line of UN troubles with government forces in the country, a UN spokesman said...
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