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Michelle Malkin 5/31/2014 While many people jumped aboard the Bowe Bergdahl bandwagon, I was not one of them. His release today in exchange for five Taliban commanders who had been in custody at Gitmo underscores troubling questions that have persisted since his alleged abduction. Longtime readers will recall questions raised here about the circumstances of […] June 1st, 2014 | Tags: Brad Thor, desertion, Guantanamo Bay detainees, IEDs, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, Michael Hastings, negotiations, Rolling Stone magazine, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Susan Rice, Taliban | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Islam, Media accountability, Military, National Security, Politics, terrorism | Comments are closed
Sancho Panza Soopermexican 6/1/2014 Early Saturday it was announced by the administration that the only American prisoner of war in the Afghanistan was released in exchange for 5 Guantanamo Bay terrorists being set free to Qatar. The circumstances of the capture of Bowe Bergdahl had been in question long before his release – supposedly he […] June 1st, 2014 | Tags: Andrew C. McCarthy, AWOL, Guantanamo Bay detainees, negotiations, Patriot Act, Rep. Buck McKeon, Robert Bergdahl, rule of law, Sen. James Inhofe, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Taliban, treason, Twitter | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bloggers, Congress, Foreign Policy, Islam, Media accountability, Military, National Security, Politics, Social networking websites, terrorism | Comments are closed
Prof. Jonathan Turley 5/27/2014 …President Obama is now responding by attacking the Constitution and saying that James Madison and others simply got it wrong by guaranteeing equal voting in the United States Senate. Of course, he has not shared such views with the public. Instead, he discussed them with a small group of Democratic donors […] May 31st, 2014 | Tags: Electoral College, executive power, Prof. Jonathan Turley, Separation of Powers | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Congress, Foreign Policy, National Security, Politics, Progressives, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Karen Tumulty The Washington Post 5/31/2014 Amid jubilation Saturday over the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from captivity by the Taliban, senior Republicans on Capitol Hill said they were troubled by the means by which it was accomplished, which was a deal to release five Afghan detainees from the military prison in Guantanamo […] May 31st, 2014 | Tags: Guantanamo Bay detainees, negotiations, Qatar, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Taliban | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Congress, Foreign Policy, Mexico, Military, National Security, terrorism | Comments are closed
CBS News Washington, DC 5/23/2014 White House officials have been holding private meetings this week aimed at soothing lawmakers’ concerns over the U.S. posture in Syria, the future of the American military presence in Afghanistan and defense spending. The meetings come as a frustrated White House seeks to push back at criticism of President Barack […] May 27th, 2014 | Tags: Denis McDonough, Sen. Bob Corker, Sen. Bob Menendez, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jeff Flake, Sen. Susan Collins, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Susan Rice, Syria | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Congress, Foreign Policy, Media, Military | Comments are closed
Nick Gillespie Reason.com 5/27/2014 Remind me: Where have we seen this sort of tip-toe routine before? Was it here? Reader Ken Constantino emailed this tip our Hit & Run box with the succinct phrase “Shit” in the text field. Via the Wall Street Journalcomes this news: In a commencement address at the United States Military […] May 27th, 2014 | Tags: al Qaeda, Syria, Viet Nam, West Point | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Congress, Islam, Middle East, Military | Comments are closed
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