latimesblogs.latimes.com - 5/21/2009
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Facing off against conservative Republicans while seeking to reassure senior Democrat lawmakers, President Obama today will outline his national security policies. In what is being billed as an important speech at the National Archives, home to the Declaration of Independence and the ...
weeklystandard.com - 5/21/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
THE WEEKLY STANDARD has obtained an advance copy
of VP Cheney's remarks as prepared for delivery later
this morning at the American Enterprise Institute. I've read it quickly. I think fair-minded people will find it very well-argued and powerful. ...
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Text of Cheney's AEI Speech
scotusblog.com - 5/21/2009
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scotusblog.com —
In our continuing examinations of the decisions of
judges rumored to be under serious consideration for nomination
to the Supreme Court, below are summaries of a number of Judge Sotomayor’s decisions that provoked dissents from other panel members. ...
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Judge Sotomayor’s Opinions with Dissents – Part I
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 5/21/2009
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com —
The following is the prepared text of President
Obama's speech today on national security. You can also
watch the speech live . These are extraordinary times for our country. We are confronting an historic economic crisis. We are fighting two ...
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Obama's National Security Speech
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Obama leans to the Left, leans to the Right, leans…
neo-neocon —
... And the behavior continues. In today’s foreign policy speech, Obama tacked to the Left again on security, indicating that he’s not given up defending his rash promise to close Guantanamo despite the lack of what might be called an exit strategy, and despite the current opposition of much of his own party. Nor has he stopped repeating as an unsubstantiated article of faith that techniques such as waterboarding have enhanced recruitment for al Qaeda rather than detracted from it. Nor has he finally acknowledged the benefits such techniques accrued in terms of ...
Will Obama ever apologize to Bush?
neo-neocon —
... Not only that—although Crook fails to point this out—Obama’s recent speech explicitly said the opposite. Not only did he fail to apologize to Bush, but he spent considerable time and words bashing the previous administration in exactly the same manner as during the campaign, as an affront to and a violation of basic US values. ...
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Fascimile Constitution Gets Starring Role in Presidential Speech
blogs.abcnews.com 5/21/2009 — No, that was not an actual copy of the Constitution behind President Obama as he spoke today. A spokeswoman for the National Archives confirms that just like in the movie National Treasure, the document on display today was a facsimile....
Obama's crock
powerlineblog.com 5/22/2009 — In his speech at the National Archives yesterday, Barack Obama gave a full-throated, campaign-style version of the left-wing critique of the Bush administration's national security policies. As John pointed out in his excellent dueling speeches ...
The Scare Party —
The Mahablog
I didn’t watch the President’s national security speech today, but I take it he made a firm commitment to closing Guantanamo in spite of the lack of confidence from congressional Democrats. Good for you, Mr. President.
I also understand many people watched a split screen duet ...
Obama's National Security Speech —
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The following is the prepared text of President Obama's speech today on national security. You can also watch the speech live .
These are extraordinary times for our country. We are confronting an historic economic crisis. We are fighting two wars. We face a range of challenges that will ...
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