“While polls show Americans remain sharply divided over the Democrats’ landmark legislation, they aren’t clamoring for its repeal.” [Read More]

“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 [...]

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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]

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

Two-thirds of Americans back financial reform giving Democrats a huge advantage against Republican opposition to everything. [Read More]

Strict anti-abortion laws have been enacted in Oklahoma.  The governor of Oklahoma’s veto was overridden to enact laws that violated personal civil liberties and force women to undergo harsh medical procedures against their will. [Read More]

“George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The Times.” [Read More]

The Chicago Tribune discusses how Christian agencies are still receiving federal funds and use those funds to hire or fire based on religion or lack of religion. [Read More]