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University of Washington students pushing for the removal of the campus' George Washington statue is one of many instances of college students targeting the United States' founding father, Campus Reform correspondent Justin Brascher said on Tuesday. "This is just another further example of how we as a society cannot seem to separate the good that somebody has done from the evil. This particular petition was brought forth by one of the student unions on campus and has actually been adopted by the school newspaper," Brascher told "Fox & Friends." Brascher said that the school newspaper "is calling for the removal...

It was a big election night for Republicans overall. But their lone disappointment – the loss of a New York congressional seat in a crossfire between moderates and conservatives – could portend struggles next year for GOP leaders. Channeling the Tea Party-inspired energy is a particular headache for Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions, whose costly effort to keep the New York seat was a casualty of the civil war.

Conservatives to renew their marriage vows By Philip Johnston Last Updated: 3:50pm GMT 11/12/2006 Gimson Unbound: Duncan Smith crosses no man's land View the Conservatives' policy report The Conservatives today launched a bid to return marriage and family to the centre of public policy-making as they unveiled a nightmare audit of social breakdown in Britain. ‘Hoodies’ on an estate. Iain Duncan Smith says that community disintegration is endemic and he blames family breakdown A report from the Social Justice Policy Group set up by David Cameron, the party leader, paints a grim picture of an entrenched underclass inhabiting a nether...

BERLIN -- The conservative Christian Democrats and their Free Democratic partners will restore Germany's alliance with the United States and downgrade Berlin's ties with Russia if they win elections in September, leaders from both parties say. In a series of interviews, they also said that they would review their alliance with France, which they intend to keep strong, but warn Paris not to challenge Berlin to choose between the United States and France, as was the case with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Wolfgang Schaeuble, deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) parliamentary group who is in...

"Be happy! Don’t worry! We have a true conservative in the White House!" At least that is the message that I keep hearing from many who have duct taped a "conservative" label on themselves these days. The proof, they contend, is in the $674 billion dollar "tax cut/economic stimulus" plan the president is proposing. For that, they think he should immediately be stamped with the "Good Conservative Seal of Approval" for exhibiting sound conservative credentials. But should we really have no concerns? Now don’t get me wrong, I think the tax cuts are great. But in this case, they don’t...