Monday, March 28, 2011

Today in the Washington Examiner March 28, 2011


Timothy P. Carney - Obama aides find moral clarity in Libya's foggy war



"I swore to myself that if I ever faced such a crisis again," Susan Rice said about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, "I would come down on the side of dramatic action, going down in flames if that was required."


Susan Ferrechio - House GOP to propose welfare cuts


When House Republicans finish crafting a budget resolution for the next fiscal year, it may include language that would incorporate the most dramatic attempt to reform the federal welfare system in 15 years.






Byron York - Gates: Libya not vital U.S. interest. Clinton: Yes, it is.


As the war in Libya moves into its second week, tag-team Sunday talk show appearances by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State suggest the Obama administration remains divided over the fundamental question of whether the war is in the United States' national interest. Read More






Michael Barone - The eyes of Texas are sparkling in the 2010 census


Texas' economy has diversified far beyond petroleum, with booming high-tech centers, major corporate headquarters and thriving small businesses. It has attracted hundreds of thousands of Americans and immigrants, high-skill as well as low-skill. Its wide-open spaces made for low housing costs, which protected it against the housing bubble and bust that has slowed growth in Phoenix and Las Vegas.






David Freddoso - Kucinich probably won't try to impeach Obama


Liberal, anti-war Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has joined forces with a motley crew of conservative and liberal congressmen who are speaking out against American involvement in Libya's civil war. Read More






Michael Barone - Liberal slams Obama silence on Libya


If you want to read a really stinging column on Barack Obama’s failure to make a speech on his decision to go to war (er, make that “kinetic military action”) in Iraq, don’t stop with conservative Peggy Noonan’s piece in the Wall Street Journal. Read More






NYT: Facebook courting Robert Gibbs for spokesman position


Is Robert Gibbs about to leave Team Obama for Facebook? That's what the New York Time reports: Mr. Gibbs, who left the White House in February after two years on the job, had been planning to help establish President Obama’s re-election campaign before taking a private sector job, these people said. Read More






Mark Tapscott - Is Media Matters breaking the law in its 'war' on Fox News?


Media Matters, the George Soros-backed legion of liberal agit-prop shock troops based in the nation's capital, has declared war on Fox News, and in the process quite possibly stepped across the line of legality. Read More






Byron York - Jihadis who fought U.S. in Iraq, Afghanistan now enjoy American support in Libya


Evidence is emerging that United States forces are waging war in Libya on behalf of rebels whose ranks include jihadis who fought against the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq. Read More

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