The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the stimulus provided jobs to between 1.2 million and 2.8 million people during the first three months of this year.  The stimulus also raised GDP by as much as 4.2%. Raised the level of real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) by between 1.7 percent and 4.2 percent Lowered the unemployment [...]

“Teams of American special forces have been authorised to conduct spying missions intended to pave the way for a military strike on Iran in case President Obama orders one, US government sources have confirmed. The military units would penetrate Iranian territory to reconnoitre potential nuclear targets and make contact with friendly dissident groups, according to [...]

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg expressed outrage over a federal loophole that allows people on the FBI terrorist watch list to legally purchase guns and explosives.  Being “known or reasonably suspected of being involved in terrorist activity” is currently not a reason for someone to be denied purchasing weapons or chemicals that could make [...]

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The U.S. would most likely not repeat our counterinsurgency strategy in any new situation that we used in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The new counterinsurgency strategy will focus on having less U.S. forces in the area, more training of local forces, air-strikes, and special forces. [Read More]

Republican voters are now not as excited about the upcoming election as they were. [Read More]

Crime Rates have remained stable in Arizona over the past decade, despite claims that drug cartels are flooding into the country from across the border.  FBI crime statistics show that violence is actually down in border towns and across Arizona.  The nations illegal immigrant population has nearly doubled over the last decade, but violent crime has dropped [...]

The Obama administration has been able to successfully start indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. [Read More]