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Last week five police officers in Dallas were assassinated by a black nationalist. Today, President Obama spoke at an interfaith memorial service to honor the officers and their sacrifice. During his remarks, President Obama couldn't help himself and lectured the country about gun control. @POTUS— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 12, 2016The full statement was, "We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to by a Glock than to get his hands on a computer or a book." Not only is this statement completely untrue, it was wholly inappropriate for the solemn occasion. Obama also...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama is taking his sweet time deciding if he will respond to Kiev's urgent pleas for help in the face of Russian advances into eastern Ukraine. Vladimir Putin seized the Crimean Peninsula to test the West's resolve and got away with it, dismissing Obama's economic sanctions as meaningless. Emboldened by how easy it was, he sent forces deeper into Ukrainian territory last summer, bragging he could take over the country if he wanted. The poorly equipped Ukrainian army was no match for the armed-to-the-teeth, Russian-backed rebels. The Ukrainian government needs anti-tank weapons and other arms from the...