spectator.org - 10/17/2008
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The lowest-ranking enlisted persons in the Armed Forces of the United States who are expected to handle sensitive matters in the scores of jobs involving classified equipment or written material must be investigated before obtaining their security clearance. Could Barack Obama gain such a ...
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Is Obama the New FDR? At this point
it's clear that, barring some sort of catastrophic revelation,...
Obama is going to win the election. The most important task facing him will be fixing the economy. Given his economic proposals to date, what ...
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Knockin’ on the Wrong Door
The Wide Awake Cafe —
When we moved to Fairfax, Virginia in 1992 our family was looking forward to living so close to history in our nation’s capital and my husband was headed to work at the pentagon working for the Joint Staff. One afternoon someone knocked on the door and when I opened it a man standing at the door flashed a badge at me, claiming that he worked for the FBI.
I remember being a little shocked but kind of pushy, asking him to let me see his badge again. He did. He started asking me questions about a family that had just moved into the neighborhood. By the time a few questions had been asked it was obvious that he was asking me questions about my ...
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