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Hillary Clinton received a pointed question during the final debate that echoed a criticism she has faced for months: Was her family's global charity a "pay-to-play" arrangement in which donors got special favors from her State Department? She did not initially respond with a direct yes or no. "Well, everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of our country's interests and our values," she said as she went on to list a number of Clinton Foundation achievements such as distributing HIV medication. When moderator Chris Wallace asked her again, Clinton responded that "there's no evidence" - but...

Donald Trump won tonight’s debate. He didn’t implode, he didn’t blither, he didn’t continually interrupt Hillary Clinton and he didn’t even sniff much. And, frankly, he had the best retorts and one-liners. Clinton was on her heels much of the night, and several times, she had to reset by resorting to tired, hollow platitudes — which only drove home the point that she lacks authenticity and appears to be a typical politician who is therefore dishonest. That said, Clinton was an able, informed politician, but Trump — for the first time — appeared to be a worthy opponent. The fact...

The long-awaited dream for most conservatives finally arrived, and Donald Trump did not disappoint. For the better part of the last year and a half, most if not all Republicans and Tea Party faithful had dreamed of a Trump-Clinton throw-down on a debate stage. Last night in Las Vegas did not disappoint us..... The brawl at the Thomas and Mack Center actually began rather quietly, for the first few questions regarding the Supreme Court and the appointment of a new Justice. The sparring politicians were polite with no interruptions or insults. Each allowed the other to make their case about...

YOUTUBE showing bayonet training. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADBBekiLkoE

From The Washington Post From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com Reviewed by Chris Bray "Horse Soldiers" tells the important story of the Special Forces soldiers who first put American boots on the ground in Afghanistan in 2001. Fighting alongside the Northern Alliance, the troops, often riding on horseback, achieved several important victories against the Taliban.

Video at link of Rumsfiled describing the specila forces on horseback.

Editor's note: Freelance war correspondent Alex Quade spent nearly 18 months in Iraq and Afghanistan covering U.S. special operations forces on combat missions, including for CNN. Demossville, Kentucky (CNN) -- The U.S. special operations teams that led the American invasion in Afghanistan a decade ago did something that no American military had done since the last century: ride horses into combat. "It was like out of the Old Testament," says Lt. Col. Max Bowers, retired Green Beret, who commanded the three horseback teams. "You expected Cecil B. DeMille to be filming and Charlton Heston to walk out." Bowers spoke while...

1.   Fox News' Carl Cameron Said Kerry's Claim To Have Personally Authored 56 Bills "Not Entirely Accurate."  CARL CAMERON:  "That's not entirely accurate. Some of them were bills that he cosponsored or worked with and by putting his name on it.  In legislative parlance, being a cosponsor does not necessarily mean that one is a principal in the writing of the legislation but one who has joined on it." (Fox News' "Special Debate Coverage," 10/13/04) Since Joining The U.S. Senate In 1985, Kerry Has Been The Lead Sponsor On 316 Bills, Only 5 (1.6 Percent) Of Which Became Law.  (Thomas...

Bob Schieffer was easily the worst moderator of the four selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates, the one who most clearly favored John Kerry. This might not be surprising — after all, CBS has emerged this year as the network favoring John Kerry to the point of spreading forged documents across the country to paint Bush as a man who defied orders. The spin was apparent from the first question, when Schieffer asked, "Will our children and grandchildren ever live in a world as safe and secure as the world in which we grew up?" This echoes the...

Pusillanimous Debates Versus Real Politics: Bring on Negative Campaigning  If George Bush loses, note a few points in tonight’s debate: Bush talked a tough line against "amnesty." But he let John Kerry move to his right on illegal immigration, even though Kerry didn’t mention the 25 Chechens who moved across the Arizona border. Bush also let Kerry off the hook on racial quotas. Moreover, Bush let Kerry go on his war protest record—Kerry, who tried to seize the mantle of Ronald Reagan.  In June Reagan was rightly eulogized as a great President, but few emphasized that he was also...

President Bush's Domestic Agenda: Freedom and Dignity  President Bush's performances in the three scheduled debates have become progressively better, culminating in tonight's superior effort. I think the key to his success in this debate that focused on domestic issues is his clarity about the virtues of American citizenship. The President was asked some tough questions about health care, Social Security, the minimum wage and unemployment, and he deftly tied them all to citizens' taking responsibility for their lives and their own self improvement. He made health care clearer than anyone in a presidential debate I can remember by emphasizing...

Transcript: Third Presidential Debate Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. October 13, 2004 Partial transcript of third presidential debate. Transcript will be expanded as debate proceeds. President Bush, Sen. John F. Kerry Moderator: Bob Schieffer