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(Part 1 of my phone interview with former Congressman Hunter took place the morning of March 18, 2009, as he was in transit with his lovely wife Lynne to the San Diego airport) PA: First, I’d like to know what your immediate plans are. Sounds like you are writing a book and more or less taking it easy for a little bit? Hunter: Yes, well, I’m writing a book and doing a little land development out here. And time with the Grandkids. And doing a little business and free enterprise. PA: Now the book that your writing, is it going...

Fmr. Rep. and fmr. presidential candidate Duncan Hunter is on Fox News now, He is TRYING to put forth some excellent points re: our economy, but Hannity won't seem to let him finish a sentence.

For John Stossel fans -- looks like it'll cover bailout stuff but maybe also libertarian whining about illegal immigration and marijuana legalization enough to get freepers raging. Nevertheless, looking forward to it.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) walks into his congressional office after a House vote, takes a look around, then leads a reporter and photographer back to a small, sparse room where he keeps his desk, a couch and a couple of chairs. With a television on in the background, he sits down, opens a Diet Coke, takes a sip and answers the first question — What was it like growing up the son of 2008 presidential candidate and former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.)? — with one word. “Normal,” the 32-year-old freshman lawmaker says. The “normal” occurrences of the younger Hunter’s life...

Many in this country are looking for the “Second Coming” of Reagan. They can quit looking. There is a man with vast experience and the ideals of Ronald Reagan who is still ready to serve. After one of the debates last year he got a phone call from Michael Reagan who told him that he answered the questions just like his (Mike’s) dad (Ronald Reagan) would! That man is Duncan Hunter. Issue by issue you can look at his record to verify that he is the one true conservative on the horizon today. He knew Ronald Reagan, served WITH Ronald...

February 13, 2009 (Washington DC) –Congressman Duncan Hunter has introduced H.R. 881, which would declare that life begins at conception. The Right to Life Act would establish “personhood of the unborn” by requiring equal protection under the 14th amendment of the Constitution to the “born and unborn” beginning with the moment of fertilization or cloning. Hunter’s bill contains no exceptions for victims of rape or incest, or to save a woman’s life. Yet during his campaign, Hunter told East County Magazine that while he is pro-life, he would support exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or when a mother’s life...

Washington DC – Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) announced today that he will be joining the House Republican Whip Team for the 111th Congress. Hunter was recently appointed to the Whip Team by Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), and will assume the role of Assistant Whip. "I am honored to be appointed to the House Republican Whip Team," said Congressman Hunter. "This is a great opportunity to work more closely with my colleagues on a wide-variety of issues and help build support for important initiatives that reflect the best interests of American families. The Republican Whip Team is committed to advancing...

GOP Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, in his first month as East County congressman after succeeding his father, took our questions on several topics: For opposing the possible move of Guantanamo detainees to Camp Pendleton or Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, you were criticized in a Union-Tribune editorial for having insufficient confidence in the Pentagon's good judgment and its concern about the public safety of San Diego County residents. What is your response? It's not a matter of whether I have confidence in the Pentagon's judgment and ability to coordinate an orderly transfer, because I do. In Iraq and Afghanistan, our...

Pentagon officials looking at possible relocation sites for Guantanamo detainees toured California’s Camp Pendleton brig on Dec. 11, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Tuesday. Republican congressman Duncan Hunter told the paper that Marine commanders told him about the Dec. 11 inspection. The freshman congressman, who served combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan before leaving the Marine Corps in December 2007, has introduced a bill to bar the transfer of terrorism suspects from Guantanamo to San Diego County. "To find out about the visit [to Camp Pendleton] from the Marine Corps and not the Department of Defense tells me they are...

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) introduced legislation today to prevent detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba from being transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar or Camp Pendleton in San Diego County. “Transferring detainees to these bases would cause an enormous distraction and interfere with [troops'] training and mission requirement,” said Hunter, a Marine captain who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Obama has ordered the Guantanamo site closed within a year. The Miramar and Camp Pendleton bases have been mentioned as possible locations to which the detainees could be transferred.

For a century, the narrow canyon leading into California from Mexico provided cover for cattle thieves and opium dealers, bandits, and booze runners. More recently, it has hidden thousands of illegal immigrants on their journey north, sealing its place in border lore. Now, it's a fading memory. In 2005, the Bush administration waived state and federal environmental laws to overcome opposition..... Once a breach in the coastal hills, the gulch is now more like a dam than a passage. Anyone attempting to cross confronts a 150-foot-high berm that soon will be topped with stadium lighting, video surveillance cameras, and 15-foot-high...

(Glenn Beck) We have Tara Setmayer on the line with us now to talk to us a little bit about Compean and Ramos. We're running out of time. snip SETMAYER: snip nine other members of congress that are pointing out the fact that U.S. attorney Johnny Sutton, who everyone knows oversaw the prosecution of Ramos and Compean, pointing out the fact that even Johnny Sutton in his own words has said (snip) he recognizes that the punishment in this case is extremely high snip So we're pleading with the President and with Mr. Sutton to do the right thing: Come...

Many of us have been contacting President Bush, over and over again, to pardon or commute the sentences of Ramos and Compean. Davila, the drug dealer got less time than our border patrol agents. The families of these men are suffering, as well as the men. So let's contact VP Cheney and ask him to use his influence and hopefully convince Bush to let these men go free! Here's his email: Vice President Richard Cheney: vice_president@whitehouse.gov If you're a good talker, call talk shows and get radio listeners to contact President Bush, and VP Cheney.

SAN DIEGO—An historic canyon, used in years past by cattle rustlers and bandits as an illegal border crossing between Mexico and the United States and more recently by illegal immigrants, is slated to be wiped off the map. The federal government's project to fill in Smuggler's Gulch with dirt is scheduled to be completed by May. The government has lopped off the top of nearby hills and shoved some 1.7 million cubic yards of earth into the pass and neighboring Goat Canyon.

Dear Congressman Hunter, Welcome back to the private sector. Having had the opportunity to talk to you a number of times, I know that you are looking forward to doing some "real" work for a few years before you retire. I wish you well in the construction business. But I want to thank you for your service to the country. Frankly, the vast majority of politicians in DC provide nothing but disservice to our nation, including most republicans. But you, on the other hand, have been a national treasure. A true Reaganite from the beginning, you never wavered from your...

Duncan Hunter went on Hardball and criticized the New York Times editorial on detainee abuse as "left wing rubbish". Janice Karpinski would disagree with Hunter's assertion that the blame for the abuse did not go all the way to the top.

(CNSNews.com) - The $2.7 billion border “fence” authorized by Congress to be built along stretches of the U.S.-Mexico border is just over two-thirds finished--and should be mostly complete by the end of the year. But not everyone is happy with it. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) said the fence that is being built is “not the one Congress had in mind” when it passed legislation in 2005 authorizing a double fence combined with a patrol road. The law Congress enacted specifically directed that “the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for at least 2 layers of reinforced fencing, the installation of...

RUSH: We're joined now by Bill Gertz, another book, a prolific writer. Bill, it's a long title. I'm going to mention the title in full once, and I'm just going to call it The Failure Factory after that. Is that all right? GERTZ: That's great. RUSH: The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans are Undermining America's Security and Leading Us to War. Now, your focus is the Pentagon, that's your beat for the Washington Times, but you cover in this book the financial sector in a way. I mean, you write about Henry Paulson, you...

China has accelerated computer espionage attacks on the U.S. government, defense contractors and American businesses, a congressional advisory panel said Thursday. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission also said in its annual report to lawmakers that aggressive Chinese space programs are allowing Beijing to more effectively target U.S. military forces. "China is stealing vast amounts of sensitive information from U.S. computer networks," said Larry Wortzel, chairman of the commission set up by Congress in 2000 to advise, investigate and report on U.S.-China issues. SNIP

Fox & Friends TV interview with former Congressman and Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter and newly elected Congressman Duncan D. Hunter.

Here are the results of a poll of RWN's readers that I ran on Friday. There were 1,355 responses to the following question, If you had to pick today, which of the following candidates would you like to see the GOP run in 2012? Here are the results. 11) Charlie Crist: 1% 10) Tim Pawlenty: 1% 9) Mark Sanford: 1% 8) Jeb Bush: 2% 7) Rudy Giuliani: 2% 6) Mike Huckabee: 4% 5) Ron Paul: 5% 4) Mitt Romney: 6% 3) Duncan Hunter: 6% 2) Bobby Jindal: 23% 1) Sarah Palin: 48%

FReepers - let's get a list of congressional leaders in both houses who are RINO's only - those who pretend to be conservative... We need to know who they are - so we can find conservative challengers to boot them out in the primaries... Let's get a grassroots operation going to educate the public on what conservatism is - visit the Reagan Library, visit heritage.org, etc. I totally agree with Rush's comments over the last two days - conservativism is not dead - people will follow conservatism if they see it in action and not in name only.

California will send two new congressmen to Washington next year, and one of them will be Republican Duncan D. Hunter of Lakeside, son of Rep. Duncan Hunter, who has represented East County for 28 years. The younger Hunter soundly defeated Democrat Mike Lumpkin in the 52nd Congressional District, 57 percent to 39 percent, thereby keeping the seat in the GOP column. With Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Carlsbad, beating back a challenge by Democrat Nick Leibham in the 50th Congressional District, none of San Diego's five congressional districts will change party affiliation. While Democrats may pick up 20 or more House seats...

Duncan D. Hunter comments on global warming

Duncan D. Hunter says gay marriage will destroy America. Prop. 8 question at 52nd District debate Oct. 28, 2008, at Grossmont College in El Cajon between Hunter and Mike Lumpkin

The electorate voted for change yesterday. Now we will see what kind of change they will get. We will also see that with change comes opportunity. First, a mea culpa. I have been blogging away about how how the voters, given the choices they had, should have chosen John McCain as the nation's 44th president. They obviously had other ideas. Most voters were aware of how deep in the tank for Obama was the country's media and how far off were some of the polls. They voted for Obama anyway. They either didn't perceive the arrogance of Obama's campaign and...

Republican Duncan D. Hunter is on a path to succeed his father as the representative in East County's 52nd Congressional District, according to early returns. In the county's other close House contest, Republican Brian Bilbray appears to be holding off Democratic challenger Nick Leibham, who ran a well-funded and spirited campaign in the largely North County 50th district. Voters appear to be returning the county's other three representatives to office. They are Democrat Susan Davis, whose 53rd district is concentrated in San Diego; Democrat Bob Filner of the 51st, which takes in South Bay and Imperial County; and Republican Darrell...

The Republicans should just shut their pie holes. Every time one goes on TV and opens their hate vent, some horrible thing comes out. While I was just watching Hardball moments ago, Duncan Hunter explained that Barack Obama is impressive because, "He has nice teeth." Oh, Jesus. He then followed up by saying, "He is also a good debater and very eloquent." Yes, Obama is an "elequent black man with great teeth." By the way, "great teeth" is what they used to say about slaves on the trading block. Hunter: Listen, McCain’s..all campaigns have many, many dimensions, but in John...

Duncan Hunter came to Washington State yesterday (saturday) to campaign for fellow republican, and former King County sheriff Dave Reichert. Reichert is running for his third term in congress and his opponent (for the 2nd time) is a typical dingbat liberal, anti war democrat. Two events were scheduled. The first was a simple meet in greet at a park in the small town of Orting. The 2nd was a $1000/head event at someone's home in the swanky neighborhood of Medina. OF course, I chose the former for my opportunity to meet the retiring Hunter and to throw a few shekels...

BORDER FIELD STATE PARK, Calif. -- Each face would be overlaid with the rusted chain links of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, but Jorge Ibarra snapped the photos anyway. There was his cousin, holding up her baby boy for the family to see. There, his aunt, wiping her eyes under the shade of her parasol. And there, his grandmother, her face filled with joy as she touched her daughter's fingertips through the fence with her own. Ibarra, 17, of National City, Calif., shot the family photos on a recent Sunday afternoon here, where the 2,000-mile line separating the United States and...

This video is an excerpt from Ballot'80, a 30 minute election program. This video was posted as part of a blog post by Gloria Penner, one of the hosts of the show: "Van had good-naturedly agreed to the encounter as he had many times before, although he complained to me this time that the program would be a waste of time since his re-election seemed assured. He had nine successful campaigns as evidence. Besides, he was running against a young and unknown political novice, Republican lawyer, Duncan Hunter, 32. So Congressman Van Deerlin casually relaxed on the TV set. His...

McCain is not capable.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Duncan Hunter has been involved in 28 defense authorization bills during his long career in Congress. But rarely has he been as tongue-tied -- or as honored -- as he was Tuesday when President Bush signed into law the latest such bill. This one was different from all the others -- it was officially named after the Alpine Republican: "The Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009." The honor was the idea of the Democrat who replaced Hunter as chairman of the Armed Services Committee when Republicans lost their majority in 2006. During closing...

Fake microchips from China are causing a growing number of failures in military systems, according to an investigation by BusinessWeek magazine. The FBI is also investigating a consignment of Cisco-badged routers which turned out to be counterfeit - and could have been used to hack into sensitive equipment. The investigation found that the new tendency for the US Pentagon to buy equipment from off-the-shelf suppliers - some of them operating from residential addresses - has led to a fall in quality of supplied chips: Robert P. Ernst, who heads research into counterfeit parts for the Naval Air Systems Command's Aging...

Remember the good old days, when the world economy hummed along and globalization seemed exciting? When President Clinton told Americans to stop what they were doing and help him build a bridge to the 21st century? When famous columnists celebrated the fact that The World Is Flat? Well, those days are over. The world economy is teetering. Suddenly globalization seems frightening. Construction on Clinton's bridge has been indefinitely postponed. And apparently the world is no longer simply flat. It's Hot, Flat and Crowded. Future historians will spend careers arguing over when this new era began. They'll have plenty of options....

Dear Rush, Laura, Michelle, Mike, Glenn and other conservative talkers, First, let me say thank you for your efforts to inject some spine into our public officials this week. You were all correct about this bailout, as were the vast majority of Freepers here on little ol FreeRepublic. We almost pulled off the upset. But as usual, the 'conservative' punditry was split along familiar lines. The Fred Barneses, Hewitts, Medveds, and the National Review ladies were all pimping the bailout, providing much needed cover for some House Republicans (and democrats) to suddenly see the merits of adding another 150 Billion...

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the financial “rescue” package under consideration by the U.S. Senate today: “Bill Isaac, former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) during the turbulent Savings and Loan crisis decades ago, well instructed the nation with his practical plan to resolve the current credit crunch without spreading huge amounts of cash to institutions around the world. “Isaac reminds us that the banking network is a $15 trillion system, providing a huge forest for the Administration’s $700 billion of taxpayer money to get lost. When asked how the credit...

Just got of the phone with Duncan Hunter's office. I called to thank him for his NO vote on monday, and to urge him to stand against this socialist boondoggle once more. The nice lady taking his calls assured me there are no worries regarding Duncan; that Hunter wants nothing to do with this garbage and will try to convince others to hold firm in their opposition. However, she said it is not looking good. Apparently, other supposedly conservative congressman have decided that another 150 billion in pet projects tacked onto to this marxist wet dream is enough inducement to...

WASHINGTON – Undeterred by heavy lobbying and threats of reprisals, four out of five members of San Diego County's congressional delegation voted against the Wall Street bailout hammered out by the Bush administration and the bipartisan leadership of the Congress. Only Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, voted for the $700 billion plan. Voting against was Democrat Bob Filner of San Diego and Republicans Duncan Hunter of Alpine, Darrell Issa of Vista and Brian Bilbray of Carlsbad. For Hunter, who is retiring, the measure presented perhaps the last big vote of his 28 years in Congress. And the administration trained one...

The bulk of San Diego's congressional delegation voted today against the proposed $700 billion bailout of U.S. financial institutions, but agreed that lawmakers need to work fast to come up with an alternative now that the House has rejected the plan. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, opposed the plan as a "bad deal for taxpayers." "The American people spoke clearly and forcefully against this bailout scheme, which was crafted by a privileged few meeting behind closed doors," Issa said. "During the last week, members of Congress have been meeting with economic experts outside the government and have heard many alternatives that...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said today that he will continue opposing and vote against the $700 billion taxpayer funded bailout of Wall Street proposed by Congressional Democrats and Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson. “If the taxpayer funded bailout of Wall Street proposed by Congressional Democrats and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson comes to the House floor, I will vote against it,” said Congressman Hunter. “There is absolutely no guarantee under this proposal that taxpayer funds, used to purchase $700 billion of questionable Wall Street assets, would be re-circulated in the U.S. economy. In fact, this money...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part of a special series of stories focusing on the election that Baptist Press will run between now and Nov. 4. Stories will run on Wednesdays and Fridays. WASHINGTON (BP)--For years, pro-lifers have set their sights on changing the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping that a conservative judicial lineup would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. But what if the Supreme Court someday overturns Roe, and abortion nevertheless remains legal? That's the goal behind the Freedom of Choice Act, a bill in the House and Senate that would ensure abortion remains legal...

I've been thinking alot about this election season as of late. I've looked back at the ups and downs, the highs and lows of this whole festival we call the presidential elections. What a roller coaster ride it has been, and that ride has brought me to this thread and feeling the need to vent a bit. When this whole zoo kicked off, I was and to a large degree remain a full-throated supporter of Duncan Hunter. One can only imagine how energized the conservative cause would have been with a Hunter/Palin ticket if that had occurred. For whatever reason...

CARSON CITY -- Until Saturday afternoon, Yerington resident Laura Tracy never had attended a political rally in her life. But she had a hard time controlling her emotions and her political sign when she and 5,000 others pushed into a park pavilion to scream for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin like she was one of The Beatles. You see, Tracy, like Palin, is a hunter, good enough to have shot a wild turkey for her family's dinner last Thanksgiving. For Palin's first campaign appearance in Nevada, Tracy hoisted a sign that read "Hunter Chick 4 Palin" on one side...

Completion of fence along U.S.—Mexico border hinges on Congress approving the transfer of $400 million in existing infrastructure and technology funding Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) today commended the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) proposal to reprogram available border infrastructure and technology funding for the completion of physical fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressman Hunter also received confirmation from DHS that such action, if approved by Congressional Appropriations Committees, will not impede the fence construction project at “Smugglers Gulch” in San Diego, California. I strongly support the proposal by DHS to take money from virtual fence and...

Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee issued the following opening statement: Today, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee heard testimony from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, regarding ongoing operations and the way ahead in Iraq and Afghanistan. Drawing attention to the fact that Iraq remains the central front in the war on terror and U.S. efforts in Afghanistan have denied al-Qaeda the opportunity to successfully plan and execute an attack in the United States, Ranking Republican Duncan Hunter (R-CA) released the following opening statement for the hearing: "Thank...

WASHINGTON – The House overwhelmingly voted to end the disputed cross-border trucking pilot project yesterday, raising the possibility that Congress could shut down the program before year's end. In a 395-18 vote, the House approved legislation to bar the U.S. Department of Transportation from granting authority to Mexican carriers to travel into the United States beyond a narrow commercial zone along the border. To become law, the bill would need to be approved by the Senate and signed by President Bush before the end of the year. Only last month, the administration announced plans to extend the program for two...

State Sen. Tom McClintock spoke to a gathering of Minutemen from the Sacramento region on the steps of the State Capitol Tuesday. In town for their annual ‘Lobby Day,’ the Minutemen make visits to lawmakers to raise awareness on issues stemming from illegal immigration. This year, one of the topics is crimes caused by illegal aliens. One high-profiled example is the murder case involving Edwin Ramos, a native of El Salvador who is charged with three counts of murder. Tony Bologna and his two sons, Michael and Matthew, who were on the way back from a family gathering, when they...

By: Center for American Progress Action Fund ASHINGTON, DC Aug. 13, 2008 - Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) voted against every attempt to increase clean alternative energy sources during this Congress, according to a new analysis by the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Rep. Hunter's opposition to wind, solar, geothermal and other clean energy sources contrasts with his participation in the House Republicans protests in favor of offshore oil drilling in protected areas. These protests in the closed House chamber began on August 1st and House Republican Leaders announced that they will continue through August 22nd. "Rep. Hunter wins the...

The sea crashes on to the rocky beach, with the marbled sand black and white, looking like paradise with the sound of norteño music lingering in the background, but this view is violently interrupted by a metallic wall, penetrating the sea, salted water responding to the aggression by corroding the metal sheets. Here, right under the light house, thousands of families have gathered for summer days, weekends and holidays, meeting to share, kiss, and hold hands, for over 30 years. Lone men coming from the US side to see their kids grow across the fence, while they cry in their...