By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  December 10th at 02:31 PM  | 

Some terrorists, including two al Qaeda affiliates who were living in Kentucky at the time of their indictment, have been able to enter the U.S. legally through a resettlement program for “vulnerable” refugees. The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is a joint venture between U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the State Department.  Together, the two agencies are responsible for determining which refugees are | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 30th at 01:50 PM  | 

The Obama administration has been diligent in employing a strategy of engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood. But, it is the Muslim Brotherhood’s agenda that is the focus of this joint effort, instead of the interests of the United States.  This is according to a report done by the RAND Corporation’s National Defense Research Institute, which is a federally funded research and analysis center and is | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 27th at 12:25 PM  | 

Options for preventing the implementation of Obamacare are diminishing as Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans appear to have given up on a full repeal of the health care law.  Boehner is now considering gutting particular aspects of the law by applying pressure on Obama and working with moderate Democrats. But, the failure of Boehner and House Republicans to defund Obamacare back in In April | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 20th at 05:11 PM  | 

A Senate proposal, which was originally heralded as a measure of protection for Americans’ e-mail privacy, has been rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law. According to CNET, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has significantly transformed his original legislation in response to pressure from law enforcement. A vote on the bill, which | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 17th at 06:46 PM  | 

In addition to illegal immigrants in the U.S. obtaining driver’s licenses, taxpayer-subsidized college educations and backdoor amnesty, there is now a nationwide push for the right of illegal immigrants to practice law. The DREAM Bar Association has been lobbying every state in the union to grant law licenses to illegal aliens. This nonprofit organization got its name from the controversial DREAM Act, which would provide | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 15th at 11:49 PM  | 

Top United States General, Carter Ham, urged a global fight against Al-Qaeda in Africa, saying it could “export violence” to the West. Ham is the head of the U.S. Africa Command and has reaffirmed the belief that Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was linked to the horrific September 11 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. “If we, the international community, don’t find a way | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 15th at 09:46 AM  | 

In response to a continuous barrage of rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip the IDF has launched a widespread campaign against terror targets in Gaza – Operation Pillar of Defense.  More than 700 rockets have struck Israel since the beginning of the year, and more than 120 since Saturday. The two main goals of the operation are to protect Israeli civilians and to cripple the | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 11th at 09:15 PM  | 

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declined an invitation to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which will take place on Thursday, regarding the Benghazi attack. But, Michael Courts, acting director of International Affairs and Trade for the Government Accountability Office, will be testifying, and so will a RAND Corp. analyst. Clinton, “was asked to appear at House Foreign Affairs next week, and we have | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 8th at 07:12 AM  | 

As we prepare to honor U.S. veterans on Sunday, it needs to be acknowledged that under the Obama administration, the backlog of veterans’ disability claims jumped by 179 percent. That translates into 883,949 outstanding claims, according to Veterans Administration (VA) statistics. This represents a near-record high, with 65.8 percent of claims having been backlogged for 125 days or more. Also tragic is the fact that | Read More »

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 6th at 07:30 AM  | 

The U.S. presidential election has already spurred a couple dozen lawsuits over the past six months.  These particular lawsuits have revolved around photo ID requirements and limited poll hours. However, a new torrent of litigation, beginning on election day, is looming over who gets to vote and which ballots will be counted. Voter rights advocates and attorneys may initially head to court to try to | Read More »