Opinion List - Government
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
Republicans Leaders Call on President Obama and Speaker Pelosi To Commit To Moving a Clear War Supplemental Spending Bill
Washington, D.C.— In an effort to spur action, the Secretary of Defense urged Congress to approve more money for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while testifying before...
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
Last month, in a hearing with BP CEO Tony Hayward before the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, Republican Ranking Member Joe Barton of Texas apologized to BP for creating $20 billion accountability fund to pay claims to those affected by the spill after meeting with...
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
WASHINGTON – Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, commented on a report released by the Treasury Department detailing enrollment data for the temporary COBRA premium assistance program that was enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This ...
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
Tiahrt Momentum Grows with Endorsements from NW Johnson County Republicans, Darla Jaye and Sen. Julia Lynn
Overland Park, Kan. - Todd Tiahrt (R-Goddard) announced that the Northwest Johnson County Republicans organization has endorsed his campaign for the U.S. Senate. As the battleground county ...
Senator George V. Voinovich
July 30, 2010
Since 1959, each president has proclaimed the third week of July to be Captive Nations Week, recognizing the suffering of those who languished under Communist rule. The grandson of Serbian and Slovenian immigrants, I have fought throughout my career for the rights of people to rule themselves; free ...
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
Notes first-round recommendation; Gowen up for new mission
Washington, DC – Members of Idaho´s Congressional Delegation say the announcement by the U.S. Air Force that neither Mountain Home Air Force Base nor Gowen Field made the initial list for a new F-35 mission is "disappointing," but d...
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
When enacted, the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act would: 1) ensure that BP pays to clean up its mess; 2) invest in Home Star, a bipartisan energy efficiency program that lowers consumers´ energy costs and create jobs; 3) protect the environment by investing in the Land and...
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
WASHINGTON– Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt, the deputy ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, offered an amendment to the Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources Act designed to enhance safety and preparedness measures in the wake of BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. O...
Congressional Desk
July 30, 2010
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement late tonight after the House passed H.R. 5850, the fiscal 2011 Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill. The bill creates jobs and bolsters the economic recovery by making key investments in transportation and housing infrastruc...
Steve Selengut
July 30, 2010
Risk minimization requires the identification of what's inside a portfolio. Risk control requires decision-making by the owner of the investment assets. Risk management requires a selection process from a universe of securities that meet a known set of qualitative standards.
National Desk
July 30, 2010
OAKLAND, Calif. - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help the state of California fight the West Fire in Kern County.
The authorization makes FEMA funding available to reimburse 75 percent of the e...
California Political Desk
July 30, 2010
LOS ANGELES - On Wednesday Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that Honorable Tani Cantil-Sakauye is his choice for Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. If confirmed, Justice Cantil-Sakauye would be the first Filipino-American and the second woman to preside over the state's highest ...
California Political Desk
July 30, 2010
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Venice), chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment and a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today introduced the bipartisan Next Generation Public Safety Device Act of 2010 ...
California Desk
July 30, 2010
Courage Campaign tells Carly Fiorina "Bigotry has no place in the United States Senate" as it tracks "National Organization for Marriage" tour across America.
LOS ANGELES -- Amidst its anti-gay bus tour across 23 eastern and midwestern cities, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has j...
National Desk
July 30, 2010
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the South Coast Air Quality Management District announced that Lifoam Industries, Inc. will pay $450,000 in fines, claiming the company violated the federal Clean Air Act and state air quality laws at its poly...
California Political Desk
July 30, 2010
Legislation to Ensure Broad Application of Public Safety Exception to Miranda in Terrorism Cases, Provide Adequate Time for Questioning of a Suspect Before Appearance in Court.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced legislation to allow for more thorough interrogations ...
California Political Desk
July 30, 2010
San Francisco — Mayor Gavin Newsom today signed a balanced budget for San Francisco´s 2010-2011 fiscal year that invests in jobs, protects public safety, and preserves the City´s social safety net for the most vulnerable – without new general tax increases. The City´s final $...
California Desk
July 30, 2010
By the end of October, Muni´s monthly "A" Fast Passes and disabled discount monthly passes will only be available on the reusable Clipper Card.
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates the Municipal Railway (Muni), has announced ...
Lucy Johnson McBain
July 28, 2010
Claims in personal injury cases could be difficult sometimes even when you have a genuine case. The need to take the right steps at the right time is stressed here if you must be compensated with what is your due.
Jon Paul Schilling
July 29, 2010
What do you know about the Securities and Exchange Commission?
Congressional Desk
July 29, 2010
Crapo, Risch, say restrictions needed on Presidential declarations
Washington, D.C. – Presidential authority to declare new federal monuments on public land will be restricted under legislation introduced by Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch. The National Monument Designation Transparency ...
Congressional Desk
July 29, 2010
Rep. Schiff Co-sponsors bill, along with fellow Blue Dog Members
Washington, DC – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) supported and the House passed H.R. 2142, the Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act of 2010.
"For Congress to make fiscally responsible budgetary decision...
Congressional Desk
July 29, 2010
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) voted to repeal the provision in the government health care takeover that mandates Americans buy government-run insurance. The motion was voted down by House Democrats on a187-230 vote. Congressman Wilson released the following statement after the vo...
Congressional Desk
July 29, 2010
Urges House & Senate Conferees to include Udall measure
Washington, DC — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and seven of his House colleagues sent a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, urging them to include a measure in...
Congressional Desk
July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him to rescind the administration´s challenge to a 2007 Arizona law that prevents illegal immigrants from being hired in the state. The letter was signed by Tiahrt and five other mem...
Congressional Desk
July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The top Republicans on the House Armed Services, Appropriations, and Education and Labor committees urged President Obama and Speaker Pelosi to publicly reject any further delay in troop funding. Although the Senate approved the measure in May, action has been delayed in the House...
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if you need help finding cheap and reliable health care insurance, visit HealthCare.gov. The following is a message from Nancy-Ann DeParle...>
Good morning,
After we launched HealthCare.gov – the new one-stop-shop that helps you take control of your ...
Gary S. Bekkum
July 29, 2010
US intelligence officials, and their private sector associates, have been exposing themselves to the international on-line UFO community for years. Is your UFO friend on Facebook an international spy?
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, Oil and Coal are on their way out but they sure are putting up a fight! The Chevrolet Volt is now being sold at a dealer near you and soon, the rest of the World will be selling small and cheap, fast and clean, Electric Vehicles.
This will put a big hole ...
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, yesterday I brought my 82 year old friend to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, without an appointment. We had to wait a few hours while more than one ambulance brought in emergency cases to the hospital. After four happy hours where I talked with alm...
Gary Ater
July 29, 2010
The FOX Network & Hillsdale College prove that "Birds of a Feather" really do "Flock Together".
Joseph Raglione
July 29, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, Brazil just passed a great new anti-corruption law that hinders and blocks any politician suspected of being corrupt, from working in government. The "clean record" law was a bold proposal that banned any politician convicted of crimes like corruption and m...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
Washington, DC – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) voted to protect consumers, crack down on mortgage fraud and create jobs in the housing industry. H.R. 5072, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Reform Act, passed the House by a 406-4 margin. The legislation will expand homeownership opportunities, r...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa have jointly requested that California water regulators immediately examine the implications of wastewater discharges flowing from Sacramento into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta.
In a two-page letter, Cardoza and Costa noted that ...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
Washington, DC – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) submitted additional stories from survivors of the Armenian Genocide to be included in the Congressional Record – the second set of many submissions into the national record as part of the new Armenian Genocide Congressional Record Project.
"Today, I sub...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
Washington, D.C.—The top Republican on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee urged the Secretary of Defense to communicate the critical operational need for Congress to approve the President´s request for emergency wartime operations funding without further delay. In a letter to Secre...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Cardoza announced that the Bureau of Reclamation will increase the water allocation for Westside San Joaquin Valley farmers by an additional 5 percent. The increase brings the total allocation to 45 percent.
In February, the initial allocation projected for Westside...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
WASHINGTON--Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt, deputy ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called BP and the Administration to task for their poor response to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill during a hearing which included executives from the largest international oi...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA) convened a joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Health and Oversight Subcommittees to examine the Administration's efforts to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare. The hearing comes one day after the Department of...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
Congressional Republicans continue to protect insurance companies and threaten to take us back to the failed Bush policies that left workers, families and small businesses with high premiums, denied care and lost coverage. Despite the clear benefits of the Affordable Care Act, Republican leaders hav...
Bill Haymin
July 28, 2010
By Jan Markell
www.olivetreeviews.org
There is now a war on words in America. The battle to further censor words, transform words, twist words, and silence words is raging. The Left in leadership is determined to rob Americans of one freedom after another but the greatest loss would be our fre...
Bill Haymin
July 28, 2010
By J.B. Williams
http://www.newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams100.htm
America´s Founding Fathers did NOT form a "democracy." They formed a "representative republic" and guaranteed every state a "republican form of government" in the US Constitution.
Contrary to modern propaganda,...
Bill Haymin
July 28, 2010
By Chuck Baldwin
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=1882
It is no hyperbole to say that the consequences of the recently passed "Obamacare" bills by the Congress will be horrific. In fact, I´m not even sure that the English language contains a word sufficiently suitable to describe exa...
Bill Haymin
July 28, 2010
By Ron Paul
http://www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml
I have often spoken about the excessive size of government, and most recently how waste and inefficiency needs to be eliminated from our military budget. Our foreign policy is not only bankrupting us, but actively creating and antagonizing enem...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
July 28, 2010
In five earlier articles titled ´Overwhelming Oromo Reaction Against CIA-planned Amharization of OSA: No to Racist Ethiopianist Dogma´
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/171063), ´CIA Sponsored Amhara Smiley Gangsters to Subvert Oppressed Oromos in Fake, Failed State of Ethiopia´ (htt...
Daya Sagar Sharma
July 23, 2010
It is a bitter truth that separatist are carrying on unchecked in Jammu and Kashmir
This day JK politics has gone total Kashmir centric. This too can not be ignored that the sanctity of 1947 Accession of JK with Indian dominion has been tarnished in the eyes of the common man of JK as well a...
Szandor Blestman
July 26, 2010
Well, at least some of them. I read an article lately in which some Economics Ph.D. tried to convince me (and anyone else who reading his essay) that economics was really, really complicated. A gentleman named Kartik Athreya penned an essay entitled "Economics is Hard. Don't Let Bloggers Tell You Ot...
Daya Sagar Sharma
July 26, 2010
It was again no more than a CORDIAL get together in Islamabad
Talking to media persons on July 14 Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna at Chaktala air base { Pakistan} has been quoted as having said:::"India has always taken a consistent position. Whatever is happening in Kashmir is an i...
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) will announce the introduction of the Strategic Manufacturing & Job Repatriation Act to develop a national manufacturing strategy to create American jobs. The legislation would comprehensively align existing federal funding – at no new cost – to support job repatriation and m...
Kathryn Smith
July 28, 2010
Imagine the day when the government says that the rainwater belongs to them, and if you collect it from your own rooftop, you are violating the law! Enter post-911 USA. Welcome to the new American dictatorship. Depressing as this is, we have got to spread word because holding our heads in the sand is only enabling it to happen. "Sometimes the greatest evils are committed by the silence of good people" --Edmund Burke. Please pass this around widely, post to blogs, etc! Class action lawsuits, an idea whose time has come? Remember: There are entities such as the Center for Constitutional Rights which specialize in nothing but suing the government. So yes, it can be done and the idea that we can't sue them is false. Please spread word.
Congressional Desk
July 28, 2010
Legislation Directs Foreclosure Counseling To Communities With Most Need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Reform Act of 2010 by a vote of 406-4. Included in the bill was an amendment by Congressman Dennis Cardoza. The amend...
Joel S. Hirschhorn
July 28, 2010
Consumer confidence is terrible; citizen confidence is worse: Only 11 percent of Americans have confidence in Congress. No surprise there is record-setting anti-incumbency anger rampant among Americans. But the sad truth is damned if you do and damned if you don´t vote for incumbents.
T...
William Lambers
July 28, 2010
The Senate should back this resolution with food, the foundation of all hopes for peace and stability in Yemen
David Swanson
July 28, 2010
On Tuesday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill already passed by the Senate that funds a $33 billion, 30,000-troop escalation in Afghanistan. The vote was 308 to 114. What could the good news possibly be?
Frank A. Hilario
July 28, 2010
MANILA - Just to set the record straight, I voted for President Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro, who turned out to be the Tin Man in these narrow, wonderful islands of Oz; I didn´t vote for Noynoy Aquino, who instead of the Scarecrow I thought he was, turned out to be the Uncowardly Lion. Roar! Not yellow. ...
Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, Susan Shaw is a Marine Toxicologist speaking as a TED.COM lecturer...http://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_shaw.html
"About Susan Shaw
Susan Shaw is an internationally recognized marine toxicologist, author and explorer. Full bio and more links can be found...
Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the "Disclose Act" will identify who is spending millions of Dollars in an effort to influence Washington Politicians. This sounds like one heck of a good Bilateral Act if government Republicans allow it to pass...>
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Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
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Joseph Raglione
July 27, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the Oil industry is callously arrogant and dangerous and when something happens, like an Oil Spill, they shrug it off and cover it up. They are so rich from years of selling Oil to the World, they basically don't worry about lawsuits or even government inte...
Gary S. Bekkum
July 27, 2010
(STARpod.org) -- STARpod.org, the public website presence for STARstream Research, has posted a 72-page Defense Intelligence Agency briefing on-line.
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
Joint Strike Fighter Competitive Engine Program Mischaracterized by Opponents as "Earmark"
Washington, D.C. — The engine program for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has generated significant debate as the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and the full House of Representatives consid...
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
282 House Members Vote to Block Detainee Transfers into the United States
Washington, D.C. — During House consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, 114 Democrats joined with an overwhelming number of House Republicans to reject the Obama Administration&ac...
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi named House Democratic Members to the conference committee that will complete comprehensive Wall Street reform legislation. These House conferees will work with their Senate counterparts to send a strong bill to the President for his signature that achi...
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) joined his colleagues and UCLA alumni in introducing a House resolution to honor the remarkable life and achievements of one of the greatest sports figures and educators in our lifetime, Coach John Wooden. The legislation passed with unanim...
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) joined with U.S. Congressman Peter King (R-N.Y.) to introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that will protect the unconditional right of Israel to defend itself. The America Stands with Israel Act is directed at the United Nat...
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
Tiahrt Momentum Grows as Conservative Leaders Continue to Join the Fight
WICHITA, Kan. - Todd Tiahrt (R-Goddard) announced that Karl Rove will endorse his campaign for the U.S. Senate at two rallies.
Rove served as Senior Advisor and later Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. R...
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
Stark Praises Implementation of Health Reform Provision to Help Medicare Beneficiaries in the "Donut Hole"
WASHINGTON – Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, announced that seniors who fall into the Medicare Part D "donut hole" will begin receiving $250 re...
Congressional Desk
July 27, 2010
Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) to help families realize the dream of homeownership, protect Americans from mortgage fraud and save taxpayers money.The FHA Reform Act of 2010 (H.R. 5072) ensures that the Federal H...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
July 27, 2010
In four earlier articles titled ´Overwhelming Oromo Reaction Against CIA-planned Amharization of OSA: No to Racist Ethiopianist Dogma´
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/171063), ´CIA Sponsored Amhara Smiley Gangsters to Subvert Oppressed Oromos in Fake, Failed State...
Patricia L. Johnson
July 27, 2010
Through the years I have heard a lot of what I would consider to be "off the wall" remarks coming out of both parties, but I don´t remember ever hearing anything quite so out of touch with reality as the remarks made by Republican Senators Jon Kyl and Mitch McConnell.
Not one, but both of ...
Dr. Wolassa L. Kumo
July 26, 2010
1.Introduction
Sub Saharan Africa is a home to 47 of the 53 countries in the continent. In 2009, based on GNI per capita, the World Bank classified countries into four categories: (a) low income, with GNI per capita of $995 or less; (b) lower middle income $996 - $3,945; (c) upper middle income, ...
Ahmed Kheyre
July 27, 2010
Somaliland has peacefully inaugurated its 4th President, and the second directly elected President since the restoration of sovereignty in 1991.
After a free and fair election on the 26th of June, 50 years after Somaliland independence from the United Kingdom, Somaliland has once again successful...
Ryan Seth Cohen
July 09, 2010
It is not true that when you are in debt you are condemned for life. Get the top debt reduction strategies hidden from you that you can use now to tackle your debt troubles head on.
Lucy Johnson McBain
July 27, 2010
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William Lambers
July 22, 2010
The heavy burden of armaments is simply not a prescription for lasting peace, not with so many people today who struggle to find the basic necessities to survive. This is why the global zero movement to rid the world of nuclear weapons is of such great importance.
Gary Ater
July 22, 2010
FOX starts a political fire-storm, and then blames President Obama……….typical for FOX!
Gary S. Bekkum
July 22, 2010
Imagine this: your day job requires clandestine interaction with ordinary US citizens who have reported experiences of weird, inexplicable phenomena. And at the end of the day, you must report your findings to your boss, the Director, and to his boss, the US President.
Gary Ater
July 19, 2010
It may be a bit too early for the Republicans to see real progress in their "Just say NO" to the Democrats approach.
Gary S. Bekkum
July 22, 2010
A "core secret" is so sensitive, its very existence is a secret. In the U.S. Intelligence Community, the tale of an extraterrestrial UFO presence is known as the "core story."
Joseph Raglione
July 26, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, governor Tim Kain is a good man who wants to help the lower and middle class citizens of the United States, improve their lives! The rich and upper class groups have been helping themselves for years and honestly don't need much help, unless it is legal hel...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
McKeon, Armed Services Committee Republicans to Press the Administration to Develop National Military Strategic Plan to Prevent Iran from Obtaining Nuclear Weapon
Washington, D.C.— Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee believe new revelations that Iran has obtained the abilit...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Rep. Cardoza Continues To Press for Additional Economic Assistance in Hardest-Hit Regions
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama Administration announced that additional support will be provided to communities that have been hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. The announcement comes after more than a year...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Washington, D.C. - At a press conference the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, which is chaired by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), unveiled the "2010 International Piracy Watch List." In an effort ...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Turner Amendment Passed by Voice Vote
Washington, D.C. — The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill that holds the Administration accountable for deploying a missile defense system in Europe to protect the U.S. homeland.
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Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Majority Blocks Release of Restricted Portion of Pentagon´s Fort Hood Report
Washington, D.C. — The families and victims of the tragic Fort Hood shooting last year will receive combat benefits if an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 offered by Re...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Washington, D.C. – An effort by Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) to prevent the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States was blocked by Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee during a markup of the annual defense policy bill. Democrats used a parliamentary procedure...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Armed Services Committee Approves Independent Investigation into Alleged Improprieties by Some Defense Lawyers for Guantanamo Detainees; Amended Miller Effort Triggers Review by the Department of Defense´s Inspector General into the Actions of the "John Adams Project"
Washington, D.C. &mdas...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Turner Amendment Accepted as Committee Votes to Send a Strong Message to the Administration
Washington, D.C — The House Armed Services Committee voted to send a strong message to the Administration that it believes the recently-released Nuclear Posture Review weakens the national security o...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Amendment Allows Additional Life-Saving Combat Enablers To Be Deployed to Afghanistan; Kline Amendment Exempts Key Combat Support Troops from Authorized Deployment Count
Washington, D.C. — Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee successfully amended the National Defense Authorizat...
Congressional Desk
July 26, 2010
Amendment Would Require the Administration to Develop a National Military Strategic Plan to Prevent Iranian Regime from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons
Washington, D.C. - The House Armed Services Committee approved a Republican amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) that requires the De...
Joseph Raglione
July 26, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, for poor and average people like myself, who do not have a large social network, Television is sadly our only entertainment. How many of us believe all of the product commercials T.V. producers broadcast at us on a daily basis? I don't believe any of it and...
Joseph Raglione
July 26, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, war and murder and violent Bloodshed is wrong no matter who initiates the actions. The hardest thing to do on Earth is to stop a War after aggressive escalation has occurred! One young soldier, a man of good conscience, is trying to do exactly that!...>
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Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
July 26, 2010
In the present article I do not intend to undertake a comprehensive presentation about this subject that hinges on the interaction of multiple fallacies and systematized falsification.
Primarily, there is no Biblical reference to the state that today is fallaciously and mendaciously named ´...
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
July 25, 2010
Indian government should immediately look into this matter and resolve the current problem centering NE Bangla channel. It is important to mention here that, Bangladesh has a number of private TV channels and there had never been any instance of suddenly shutting down the channel by the owner by depriving journalists and employees. Rather, Bangladeshi government gives fullest protection to the rights and interests of the reporters and employees of every TV channel in the country. There are even instances of cancelling broadcast license of television channels, for non-payment of salaries and other benefits to the journalists and employees.
Bryan Edward Leighton
July 25, 2010
The S&P 500 Index surged higher this past week gaining 38.34 into Friday's close. The early July support level remains intact at this time, and the broad based index has closed above the important July 15th pivot high resistance point. As long as the index can stay above this current 1100.00 area it could see further upside. However, as we have seen from the past six trading sessions this index can be very volatile. Therefore, it would be prudent to prepare for surprises in both directions with large point swings. If July has proven one thing
Tim Williams
July 22, 2010
Legend or Myth? The answer to one of histories most perplexing adventures. Did King Arthur really exist or was it a fable spun from the imagination of men made from the conquests of other authenticated nobles thought-out the history of Great Britain? The Ark of The Covenant, The Holy Grail and Excal...
Vinod Mehta
July 25, 2010
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is a self-claimed ´Muslim Zionist´ in Bangladesh , who runs an English language newspaper named Weekly Blitz from the capital city of Dhaka since 2003. Editorial policy of this newspaper is unique, because, it is the only newspaper in the Muslim world, openly declaring it as an "anti-Jihadist newspaper".
Lucy Johnson McBain
July 25, 2010
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Lucy Johnson McBain
July 25, 2010
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Congressional Desk
July 25, 2010
WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) joined with Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.), Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and other Republican colleagues to call on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to block any American taxpayer-funded bailouts of Greece. In a letter to ...