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CAIR Only Cares about Supporting Terrorism

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:47:02 AM

Dallas Islamic Leader Deported

Government links him to terror groups

By SCOTT GORDON
Updated 6:04 PM CST, Fri, Feb 19, 2010

An immigration judge in Dallas on Friday ordered an outspoken Islamic leader deported after the U.S. government alleged he had ties to terrorist groups in the Middle East.

Nabil Sadoun, a Dallas resident and former board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, was deported to his native Jordan after he failed to appear at his immigration hearing. He entered the U.S. in August 1993.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Dallas-Islamic-Leader-Deported-84809767.html

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Tea Party Organizer Wins NY State Assembly Race

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:22:27 AM

Tea Party Organizer Wins New York State Assembly Race

By Eric Shawn

 - FOXNews.com

Dean Murray, a 45-year-old Long Island, N.Y., businessman who organized Tea Party protests, will be sworn in as the new Republican state assemblyman representing Long Island's eastern 3rd Assembly District after being certified the winner of a special election held last Tuesday.

The Tea Party followers can boast about their first elected official.

Dean Murray, a 45-year-old Long Island, N.Y., businessman who organized Tea Party protests, will be sworn in as the new Republican state assemblyman representing Long Island's eastern 3rd Assembly District on Monday, after being certified the winner of a special election held last Tuesday. 

Murray defeated his Democratic opponent, 28-year-old Lauren Thoden, 51 to 49 percent, making him what is believed to be the first Tea Party organizer who has attained public office. His district has been in Democratic hands for the last 13 years and he is the third Republican to hold the seat in the last 37 years. The assemblywoman he replaced, Patricia Eddington, resigned to take another post as a town clerk. 

"I'm thrilled," Murray told Fox News after a week-long recount in the close race. "The phone's been ringing off the hook and the e-mails are coming in like crazy."

The final tally, according to the Suffolk County Board of Elections, shows Murray pulled it out by 160 votes from over 8,600 cast: 4,396 to 4,236 for Thoden. He has to run for a full term in November's election.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/17/tea-party-organizer-wins-new-york-state-assembly-race/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fpolitics+%2528Text+-+Politics%2529

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RNC Raised $10.5 Million in January

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:20:59 AM
RNC announces January fundraising results
Posted: February 19th, 2010 05:45 PM ET

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Washington (CNN) –- The Republican National Committee raised $10.5 million in the month of January, the national party committee announced Friday.

The RNC also said it has $9.4 million in cash-on-hand and no debt.

The RNC raised $6.6 million in December 2009, CNN previously reported.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/19/rnc-announces-january-fundraising-results/?fbid=GaAm0BXgzOo

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Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig has Died

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:21:27 AM

Former Presidential Adviser Haig Dies

FOXNews.com

Former secretary of state and presidential adviser Alexander Haig has died, his family said.

The four-star general served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own. President Richard Nixon appointed him White House chief of staff in 1973. In that role, Haig helped the president prepare his impeachment defense and handled many of the day-to-day decisions normally made by the chief executive.

Haig later served as secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/20/presidential-adviser-haig-dies/

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CPAC 2010 Saturday February 20th Agenda

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, February 20, 2010 8:49:06 AM
http://www.cpac.org/agenda_20908.html
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NY Times Unintentionally Revaling Profile of Attorney General Holder

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, February 20, 2010 5:56:02 AM

The NYT's Unintentionally Revealing Profile of Eric Holder

BY Thomas Joscelyn

February 15, 2010 6:45 PM

On Sunday, the New York Times published what Power Line’s Scott Johnson rightly calls a hagiographic profile of Attorney General Eric Holder in the context of his decision to bring 9/11 co-conspirators to New York to stand trial. That decision has come under unrelenting criticism, of course. But the Times piece portrays Holder as an-above-the-fray actor who just wants to do his best to honor the law and restore the Justice Department’s honor after the supposedly scandal-plagued Bush years. Some would disagree with that take on Holder. (See, for example, Holder’s role in the Marc Rich pardon scandal. Clearly, Mr. Holder knows how to play the political game to the detriment of the law.)   

Still, even in this mostly fawning portrait a few passages stand out and, when put together, tell an important story the Times wasn’t really interested in exploring more fully. Consider these sentences with respect to Holder’s role in closing Guantanamo (emphasis added):

 But his national security résumé is short, his genial temperament may be unsuited to political combat, and his approach to terrorism is guided more by case-specific pragmatism than an overarching ideology reducible to sound-bites. …

Asked why he wanted to be attorney general, Mr. Holder did not mention national security issues; instead he said he took the job to put a department he loves on track after scandals during the administration of President George W. Bush. Still, just after Mr. Obama’s inauguration, the president asked Mr. Holder to lead the effort to resolve the fate of the detainees at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

It was not the first time Mr. Obama had entrusted him with a crucial matter.

Why was a lawyer with little to no national security experience put in charge of the process of closing Guantanamo?

The Times doesn’t pursue this line of inquiry.

http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/nyts-unintentionally-revealing-profile-eric-holder


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