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In a reprehensible slap in the face to the oppressed people of Venezuela, far-left members of the Democratic Party are urging President Obama to resist bipartisan efforts to level sanctions against the authoritarian government of Nicholas Maduro. Based on comments by the Administration, apparently their sympathy for the Marxist regime is shared by the White House in a startling reversal of national doctrine of supporting freedom and liberty that has endured since the US was founded in 1776. John Conyers, Democratic Congressman from Michigan, penned a letter to Obama signed by he and 13 of his colleagues urging them to...

Remembering Henry Johnson, the Soldier Called “Black Death” Henry Johnson suffered 21 wounds and rescued a soldier while repelling an enemy raid in the Argonne Forest in 1918 but died 11 years later a forgotten man Henry Johnson and the Harlem Hellfighters in a parade up Fifth Avenue upon their return to New York in February, 1919. (New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs) Like hundreds of thousands of young American men, Henry Johnson returned from World War I and tried to make a life for himself in spite of what he had experienced in a strange and distant...

Here is pathetic video of Democrat Rep. Henry "Hank" Johnson saying today that GOP Rep. Joe Wilson must be censured by the House. Otherwise, he said racists would feel free to say whatever they please, and we will wind up with the KKK riding through the countryside with sheets on! I kid you not. This is beyond outrageous. Joe Wilson said "You Lie," as Obama made policy statements. He never said a word about race. Democrats are devoid of the ability to accept any disagreement on issues. It is always about race. . . (VIDEO)

The Army has agreed to give the Distinguished Service Cross to a black World War I soldier whose body was recently discovered buried at Arlington National Cemetery, an Army spokeswoman said. But lawmakers from New York had sought the military's highest honor - the Medal of Honor - for Henry Johnson of Albany. The lawmakers said they would sponsor federal legislation to do that. In 1918, Johnson fought off a German raiding party in France with a rifle and later with a knife after running out of ammunition. Wounded 21 times, he still rescued a wounded comrade. France awarded Johnson...