
By Patrick Goodenough
International Editor
Dec. 31, 2009
On the last day of 2009, December was on track Thursday to become the first month since the United States invaded Iraq almost seven years ago when not one U.S. soldier, sailor, airman or Marine has died in that country in combat-related circumstances.
With the month drawing to a close, the [...]
December 31, 2009 | Posted in
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By Diana West
GCC/Staff
Dec. 31, 2009
Editor’s Note: This is the last part of a three-column series assessing the benefit, gain, outcome of six-plus American years in Iraq as we rev up to do it all over again in Afghanistan—only with much more exciting logistics. We hoped you enjoyed this series.
We would like to know what you [...]
December 31, 2009 | Posted in
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By Rick Krug
GCC/Staff
Dec. 30, 2009
It’s not so much that Americans don’t trust President Obama’s ability to defend our safety; it’s that we don’t quite understand just how he plans on doing so.
Christmas day, 2009, on a Michigan bound flight from Europe, a Yemen national is subdued by other passengers while trying to ignite an explosive [...]
December 30, 2009 | Posted in
Business |
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By Sarah Palin
Dec. 30, 2009
Last weekend while you were preparing for the holidays with your family, Harry Reid’s Senate was making shady backroom deals to ram through the Democrat health care take-over.
The Senate ended debate on this bill without even reading it. That and midnight weekend votes seem to be standard operating procedures in D.C.
No [...]
December 30, 2009 | Posted in
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By Elizabeth MacDonald
Dec. 30, 2009
Submarined in an “update” on the “status” of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), the White House quietly announced on Christmas Eve that, instead of just pumping in hundreds of billions of dollars, its support for the GSEs’ damaged Hindenburg-sized balance sheets would be unlimited for the next three years.
Yes, unlimited.
But [...]
December 30, 2009 | Posted in
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By Michael Goldfarb
Dec. 30, 2009
As soon as Obama came out for that second press conference, you knew that there were going to be some new revelations. Now the avalanche begins — and so do the questions…
“It now appears that weeks ago this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community but was not [...]
December 30, 2009 | Posted in
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By Fox News
Dec. 30, 2009
The U.S. government had intelligence from Yemen before Christmas that leaders of a branch of Al Qaeda there were talking about “a Nigerian” being prepared for a terrorist attack, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
A senior official told the Times that President Obama was told in a private meeting Tuesday while [...]
December 30, 2009 | Posted in
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By Scott Winchell
GCC/Staff
Dec. 30, 2009
It is most interesting to note the smaller events occurring than it is the larger on occasion.
The following report is one of those smaller events that may forebode greater events about to occur.
We can only sit back and watch, but with the Chinese buying up as much non-middle-eastern [...]
December 30, 2009 | Posted in
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By Diana West
GCC/Staff
Dec. 30, 2009
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a three-column series assessing the benefit, gain, outcome of six-plus American years in Iraq as we rev up to do it all over again in Afghanistan—only with much more exciting logistics. We hope you will like this series.
We would like to know what [...]
December 30, 2009 | Posted in
Politics |
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By Scott Winchell
GCC/Staff
Dec. 29, 2009
A friend sent me the following note. It is, as one might suspect, eye-opening when you think of recent events.
What have we become? Why are we in this situation here in the USA? What does the future hold for us in the coming days, weeks, and months?
Please read the following and [...]
December 29, 2009 | Posted in
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