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Here performing eye surgeries on blind Guatemalans for several days in the rural town of Salama, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) strongly criticized President Obama's immigration policy in a closed-door Wednesday meeting with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina. “I told him, frankly, that I didn’t think the problem was in Guatemala City but that the problem was in the White House in our country, and that the mess we’ve got at the border is frankly because of the White House’s policies,” Paul said in an interview. The meeting, he explained, was primarily about the humanitarian mission for which Paul—an ophthalmologist before...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in a close contest against potential GOP rival, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul in a 2016 general election matchup in New Hampshire. Clinton has single-digit leads against New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio. She has a wider lead over Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Texas Senator Ted Cruz. But, only against Cruz is Clinton supported by more than 50% of New Hampshire voters. Clinton does better than each of her potential opponents among independent voters. The gender gap in all of these matchups is wide....

Bi-partisan legislation protects privacy rights while targeting terrorists July 29, 2014 | (202) 228-7561 WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 filed today. Senator Cruz is an original co-sponsor of this bill: “Republicans and Democrats are showing America that the government can respect the privacy rights of law-abiding citizens, while at the same time, giving law enforcement the tools needed to target terrorists,” said Sen. Cruz. “The USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 ends the government’s bulk record collection program and implements other necessary surveillance reforms. Importantly, it...

Looking ahead to 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the odds on favorite against Vice President Joe Biden among Iowa Democrats for her party’s nomination. But, she would find a general election matchup against either Kentucky Senator Rand Paul or New Jersey Governor Chris Christie very competitive. Clinton edges former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and has an early lead over Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. There is a wide gender gap in these matchups. Although each of the potential Republican candidates has a more positive than negative rating with GOP...

If there is any doubt about the hatred that Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats hold for the Second Amendment, that hatred was made apparent last week. To review the bidding: The Senate was slated, last week, to consider amendments to the giant appropriations bill funding the Justice and Commerce Departments. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) had submitted an amendment to prohibit Attorney General Eric Holder from continuing Operation Choke Point -- a program designed to shut down gun stores by forcing banks to dry up their credit and to stop processing their credit card purchases. alt You will remember that...

Rand Paul Offers Amendment to Stop Eric Holder’s Operation Choke Point Thursday, 19 June 2014 19:56 Written by Gun Owners Excellent news! A few weeks ago, we told you about “Operation Choke Point” -- an effort by Attorney General Eric Holder to put gun stores out of business. Basically, it works like this: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), at the behest of Barack Obama, has declared that gun stores are “high risk” businesses. “High risk” businesses have been, up until now, a small category of supposedly disreputable businesses, which have included pornographers, sellers of drug paraphernalia, and payday lenders....

Major Stefan Cook was a soldier set to be deployed to Afghanistan. Attorney Orly Taitz sued on his behalf for a temporary restraining order stopping his deployment based on the allegation that President Obama does not meet the Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 constitutional requirement that the President be a “natural born citizen”. Thereafter, the Department of Defense rescinded Cook’s deployment orders before the case was heard in court. This is quite amazing. In this we are seeing the stench of rot in the chain of command – a stench that could one day lead to civil war. Keep...

Why Aren’t Americans Allowed To Know What Foreign Passports Were Issued To President Obama? Has Obama ever held a UK, Kenyan or Indonesian passport? Specifically, the issue of whether Obama held a UK passport is absolutely relevant to determine whether he is currently a British citizen. (I will be publishing comprehensive research on this issue soon.) What passport did Obama travel to Indonesia with at the age of 6 years old? Even if you believe Obama is eligible to be President, the question of what passports he held and what nations he was a citizen of should be of paramount...

To: Electoral College, Congress of the United States, Federal Elections Commission, U.S. Supreme Court, President of the United States, other controlling legal authoritiesWhereas, by requirement of the United States Constitution, Section 2, Article 1, no one can be sworn into office as president of the United States without being a natural born citizen; Whereas, there is sufficient controversy within the citizenry of the United States as to whether presidential election winner Barack Obama was actually born in Hawaii as he claims;

Obama's Jakarta landlord dies of cancer The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 11/04/2008 4:20 PM | National Tata Abubakar Soerono, owner of the house that U.S. presidential candidate Barrack Obama once called his home in Jakarta, died on Tuesday from prostate cancer. Slamet Danuaji, a resident and neighbor of Soerono in Menteng, Central Jakarta, said the late Tata had been close with the young boy. "He treated Obama as if he were his own son," he said, as quoted by news agency Antara. The Obama family rented the house at Jln. Taman Amir Hamzah no. 22 from 1969 to...

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES - CLERK'S OFFICE CONTINUES SABOTAGE OF NJ CITIZEN STAY APPLICATION FOR 08 ELECTION - YOUR HELP IS REQUESTED Dear Citizens of the United States of America, I need your help and the US needs your help. My case, LEO C. DONOFRIO v. NINA MITCHELL WELLS, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY - US Supreme Court Docket # 08A407 - continues to be subjected to misconduct by the US Supreme Court Clerk's office, particularly by Mr. Danny Bickell, the Stay Clerk. For a full review of the Judicial treachery in this case,...

Donald Young, a vibrant, charismatic choir director at one of Chicago's largest open and affirming black congregations, Trinity United Church of Christ, was found shot to death this past Sunday in his home. Young,47, was a longtime member of Trinity's choir, initially singing bass and then moving up the ranks to become one of its most electrifying and popular directors. He was also a faithful attendee at the conferences of the Gospel Music Workshop of America. The details about why and exactly how he died remain unclear; there is, however, one story that emerges with some semblance of clarity: a...

Action Alert! Action Alert! *** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO VOTE ON FOUR HERITAGE AREAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH! The following four Heritage Areas will be voted on by the entire House of Representatives: - H.R. 280: “The National Aviation Heritage Area” sponsored by Rep. David Hobson (R-OH) -H.R. 1862: “The Oil Region National Heritage Area” sponsored by Rep. John Peterson (R-PA) -H.R. 1618: “The Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area” sponsored by Denise Majette (D-GA) -H.R. 1594: “The St. Croix National Heritage Area” sponsored by Rep. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands) Every single person who receives this email MUST act. Rumor has it...

Powers of the Attorney General to Authorize State or Local Law Enforcement Officers To Exercise Federal Immigration Enforcement Authority During a Mass Influx of Aliens AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rule implements section 103(a)(8) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), which permits the Attorney General to authorize any State or local law enforcement officer, with the consent of the head of the department, agency, or establishment under whose jurisdiction the individual is serving, to perform or exercise certain powers, privileges, or duties of officers or employees of the Immigration or Naturalization Service (INS...

In the largest, most complex military experiment ever conducted, the U.S. military launched a massive series of war games yesterday, designed to simulate a worldwide crisis five years from now. Staged with 13,500 troops from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines in 26 locations in the United States, the three-week-long military experiment, which will cost about US$250-million, is designed to give U.S. commanders a glimpse of how they will conduct wars in the future. Dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002, the joint war-fighting experiment combines field forces in live ammunition exercises and computer simulations in a variety of conflict scenarios,...

VATICAN CITY, JULY 22, 2002 (Zenit.org).- In a message addressed to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, John Paul II said he prays for peace in that country and in the region. According to a report of the official agency INA, the Holy Father's message was sent on the 34th anniversary of the Baath Party's coming to power. In his message, the Pope said that he "implores God to bless Iraq and its people, and to make peace reign in the region." On numerous occasions, John Paul II has urged the United Nations to end the embargo imposed on Iraq since 1990....

Jokes aside, there's a new type of Clinton intern: those with a green thumb. "Landscaping interns" are plotting where gardens and trees will go at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Center in Little Rock. And here's where you can help. Clinton's latest fundraising idea is to offer sponsorship of 666 trees.

The chief of the Czech foreign intelligence has cast doubt on government reports that Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi agent in Prague before last year's terrorist attacks in the United States. It was the first time a ranking Czech intelligence figure had publicly challenged official accounts regarding whether the meeting took place. Frantisek Bublan, director general of the Office of Foreign Relations and Information (UZSI), the nation's foreign intelligence wing, told The Prague Post he doubted whether Atta would have met Ahmed Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani, a second consul at the Iraqi Embassy in Prague, so...

United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 June 17, 2002 The Honorable James A. Traficant, Jr. House of Representatives Subject: Origin of the AIDS Virus Dear Mr. Traficant: In response to your request to review an individual’s allegations that the National Cancer Institute’s Special Virus Cancer Program (SVCP) created the AIDS virus, we obtained information on (1) the overall stated purposes and outcomes of SVCP, (2) scientific assessments of the origins of the AIDS virus (HIV-1) and any possible evidence regarding the origins of the AIDS virus at SVCP, and (3) the outcome of recent litigation regarding the origins...

Items from the latest Enquirer story (rolling out in newsstand/supermarkets over the weekend) I found to be new information: The running tights were at the base of the tree, perhaps indicating Levy had been tied to it and tortured. The bracelet Condit gave her was not at the scene. Her keys were not at the scene, perhaps lending credibility to the theory that someone scrubbed her apartment. (Recall no Condit memntos were found in her apt.) The source for the above items is a retired California sheriff (who they named) said to be "close to the investigation." Grand jurors in...