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Charleston County Republican Party Censure Senator Graham

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:59:58 PM

County Republican Party leaders censure Sen. Graham

The Post and Courier
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Charleston County Republican Party's executive committee took the unusual step Monday night of censuring U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for stepping across the GOP party line.

County Chairwoman Lin Bennett said the unanimous vote "is an effort to get his attention. They (party leaders) are just fed up, and they want him to know they're fed up."

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/nov/11/county-republican-party-leaders-censure-sen-graham/
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Democrat vs. Democrat

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:59:39 PM

Health vote pits Democrat vs. Democrat



By ALEX ISENSTADT | 11/10/09 8:15 PM EST

Democrats who thought a vote against the sweeping health care package would inoculate them from political attack are facing serious blowback from angry constituents and interest groups on the left — fierce opposition that could prove as consequential as anything Republicans could have thrown at them. 

For some of the 39 House Democrats who opposed the bill, there are protests outside their offices and promises of retribution. For others, there are attempts to shut off their campaign money spigot. Still more are about to get drilled in a television ad campaign paid for by Democratic donors.

What they’ve all discovered is that there’s no safe harbor when it comes to the $1.2 trillion measure that the House passed Saturday.

Darcy Burner, executive director of the American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation, said the anger over the vote was a natural outgrowth of the value liberals have placed on the health care push.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29385.html

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Walter Reed Thought Hasan was Psychotic

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:56:20 PM

Walter Reed Officials Asked: Was Hasan Psychotic?

Starting in the spring of 2008, key officials from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences held a series of meetings and conversations, in part about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others last week during a shooting spree at Fort Hood. One of the questions they pondered: Was Hasan psychotic?

"Put it this way," says one official familiar with the conversations that took place. "Everybody felt that if you were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, you would not want Nidal Hasan in your foxhole."

In documents reviewed by NPR and conversations with medical officials at Walter Reed and USUHS, new details have emerged regarding serious concerns that officials raised about Hasan during his time at both institutions.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120313570


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There is No Guarantee Because it is Not Going to be in the Final Bill

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:56:01 PM
Waxman Says ‘No Guarantee’ Amendment Prohibiting Abortion Funding Will Be Retained in Final Version of Health Care Bill
Sunday, November 08, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says there is “no guarantee” that an amendment approved by the House on Saturday that prohibits federal funding of abortion in the health care bill will be retained in the final version of the bill. The bill must still go through a House-Senate conference committee and could be stripped out there.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=56840
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No Need to Worry Mahmoud, Obama Has Already Chosen You

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:55:44 PM

'Obama must choose - Israel or Iran'


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, according to Iranian state media.

Ahmadinejad said that for a real change in relations to take place, a choice must be made.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1257770037656&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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November 11th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:02:18 PM

1889 - Washington became the 42nd state of the United States.

November 11, 1918

World War I ends

At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=7078

November 11, 1921

Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns

Exactly three years after the end of World War I, the Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia during an Armistice Day ceremony presided over by President Warren G. Harding.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5516

November 11, 1942

Draft age is lowered to 18

On this day in 1942, Congress approves lowering the draft age to 18 and raising the upper limit to age 37.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6377

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Veterans Day

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:10:06 AM
Today is Veterans Day. A day where we remember all those who served in the armed forces of the United States. Teachers should emphasize today's importance and really the whole day should be about teaching and learning about our veterans. Schools should not have off because then no learning could be done. Unfortunately, the teaching and learning of our veterans has been ignored. Parents should also discuss with their children the importance of today and what it means. If it was not for those veterans who put their lives on the line, we would not be the America that we know it. Yes, I know many things our changing about America that most do not like, including me, and that is why it is so important to teach and discuss all the good that America has been and done for the world and our veterans have played a huge role in that.

If you know a veteran or if you see one anywhere thank him or her for their service. These people should not be forgotten. Politics should not be the major issue today. It should be about a day of thanking our veterans of the service to our country and the day that we forget to thank our veterans, this country will no longer be the same. We must never forget our veterans.

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Good Riddance

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:01:59 PM

DC sniper Muhammad executed for 2002 attacks

November 10, 2009 - 9:49pm
By DENA POTTER
Associated Press Writer

JARRATT, Va. (AP) - John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in October 2002, was executed Tuesday. Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, prison spokesman Larry Traylor said.

He said Muhammad had no final statement and that Traylor didn't hear him utter any words during the execution.

Muhammad was executed for killing Dean Harold Meyers, who was shot in the head at a Manassas gas station during a spree that left 10 dead across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=1763813
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A Good Explanation of the Battle Between UPS and FedEx

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:34:28 PM
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Bill Clinton to Senate Democrats: "The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning."

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:28:05 PM

Inside 42's lunch with Senate Dems

By LEE & BUDOFF BROWN | 11/10/09 4:50 PM

With the issue he has positioned to be his crowning achievement as president at a crossroads, Barack Obama once again called on his former rival to help him follow through.

Former President Bill Clinton told a room full of Democratic senators Tuesday that passing health care reform — which he failed to do 15 years ago — is not only a moral issue but also “an economic imperative.”

Clinton argued that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply from an economic standpoint. He reminded Democrats of the political momentum their failure to pass reform in 1993 delivered the House of Representatives to the Republicans the following year.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described the ongoing tea party protests against the Democratic agenda as a sign his party was making progress.

Whitehouse quoted Clinton arguing: "The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning."

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1109/clinton_we_are_winning_c3243bd1-33d6-42a7-ab70-5bae329fdc6e.html
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Snowe in Trouble?

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:32:02 PM

Tough future for Snowe as a Republican

It looks like Olympia Snowe could have a pretty hard time getting nominated for another term in the Senate as a Republican.

There are now more folks in her party who disapprove than approve of Snowe's job performance. 46% of GOP voters think she's doing a bad job to 40% who give her good marks.

Snowe is still pretty popular with the liberal/moderate wing of her party, earning a 64% approval rating from them. But even in Maine 68% of Republicans are conservatives and they give her just a 29% approval rating with a 56% majority disapproving of her.
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Anita Dunn, Mao Lover, is Resigning as White House Communications Director

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:48:53 PM

Dunn leaving White House, Pfeiffer takes over

White House communications director Anita Dunn will step down from her post at the end of the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy, will take over, according to sources familiar with the move.

Dunn, a longtime Democratic media consultant, took over the job on an interim basis earlier this year when Ellen Moran abruptly left the post to take a job at the Commerce Department. Dunn will remain as a consultant to the White House on the communications and strategic ends.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/white-house/dunn-leaving-white-house-pfeif.html

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November 10th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:33:32 AM

November 10, 1775

Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps

During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passes a resolution stating that "two Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and adopted in Philadelphia, created the Continental Marines and is now observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7077

1993 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Brady Bill, which called for a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases.

November 10, 2001

Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism

On this day in 2001, in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush addresses the United Nations to ask for the international community’s help in combating terrorism around the world. He also pledged to take the fight against terrorism to any place where terrorists were harbored.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52002

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Make a Decision Already Mr. President, While Our Troops are Fighting and Dying on the Battlefield

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:15:24 AM
Obama Adviser Dismisses Reports of Afghanistan Troop Decision

By Julianna Goldman and Viola Gienger

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s national security adviser dismissed reports that the administration has reached a decision to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan.

Obama hasn’t received final options that he has requested, neither has he reviewed those alternatives with his national security team, said National Security Adviser James Jones, responding to reports by the Associated Press and CBS News. The AP reported Obama would add “tens of thousands more forces,” while CBS said he plans to send four combat brigades plus thousands more support troops.


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZ71FJxCOJf4&pos=8
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Tensions between North and South Korea

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09:56 AM

Koreas Exchange Fire in Naval Clash

South Korean warship shoots at North Korean navy ship as it passes disputed western sea border; North fires back    
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