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Sen. John McCain Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter Syria since the bloody civil war there began over two years ago, The Daily Beast has learned. McCain, one of the fiercest critics of the Obama administration’s Syria policy, made the unannounced visit across the Turkey-Syria border with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army. He stayed in the country for several hours before returning to Turkey. Both in Syria and Turkey, McCain and Idris met with assembled leaders of Free Syrian Army units that traveled from around the country to...

In early August 2011, when speculation that Texas Governor Rick Perry was going to throw his hat into the ring for the 2012 presidential race, his college transcripts from Texas A&M University were leaked to the Huffington Post, published on August 5th. The grades, showing that Perry was far from a stellar student, can become a liability in the campaign where liberals will attempt to label him an intellectual lightweight. Or, as National Public Radio said, "All hat and no cattle."

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2007 – An Army mom in Malone, N.Y., is asking Americans to show their compassion and make life a little more pleasant for troops serving overseas through her Have a Heart/Adopt a Soldier program. Have a Heart/Adopt a Soldier is a member of America Supports You, a Defense Department program highlighting the ways Americans and the corporate sector are supporting the nation’s servicemembers. Gladys Walker started the organization in December 2002, when the popularity of her care packages spread beyond her son’s unit. “He called and said there were others … that weren’t getting any mail...

Over the past 2½ years, I have deduced that a few readers do not agree with my ideas. I'm clever that way. Most of my dissenters send in e-mail messages, some of which are printed in the paper. I like this. I can handle criticism. On the other hand, I hate it when no one writes in at all. That's awful. Coming to work the other morning, I took a voice mail from a reader who said he hated my column. You'd think such a reader would want to avoid me at all costs. But not this one. He actually...