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Complete title: Obama Added More to National Debt in First 19 Months Than All Presidents from Washington Through Reagan Combined, Says Gov’t Data (CNSNews.com) - In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan. The U.S. Treasury Department divides the federal debt into two categories. One is “debt held by the public,” which includes U.S. government securities owned by individuals, corporations, state...

The national debt is the single biggest threat to national security, according to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tax payers will be paying around $600 billion in interest on the national debt by 2012, the chairman told students and local leaders in Detroit. “That’s one year’s worth of defense budget,” he said, adding that the Pentagon needs to cut back on spending.

Note: The following text is a quote: Gates, Mullen to Join U.S. Delegation to Mexico By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 19, 2010 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will travel to Mexico City next week as part of a U.S. delegation focused on helping the Mexican government fight drug-trafficking cartels and other security threats. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead the delegation to the March 23 Merida U.S.-Mexico High Level Consultative Group meeting, State Department officials announced. Homeland Security Secretary Janet A....

secureputer.com/obamadeniedsecurityclearance Barack Obama Denied National Security Clearance Aug.20, 2008 in General Barack Obama cannot be Trusted with Classified Information How can the President of the United States be denied a basic security clearance? How can the Commander and Chief of the most powerful military be denied access to classified information? Barack Obama would be denied the necessary security clearance for President if he was held to the same standard as everyone else. If you can’t pass a Secret level background investigation, which is required for many soldiers, you should not be eligible for the Presidency. What is a Security Clearance?...

Note: The following text is a quote: THREAT LEVELS Members of the public should always remain alert to the danger of terrorism and report any suspicious activity to the police on 999 or the anti-terrorist hotline: 0800 789 321. If your information does not relate to an imminent threat, you can also contact the Security Service via the How You Can Help us page. Current threat level The current threat level is assessed as SEVERE (as of 22nd January 2010 - see threat level history for previous changes). This means there is a strong possibility of future terrorist attacks and...

In the latest of many shameful lapses, the federal agency in charge of securing the nation’s transportation system approved background checks for a dozen illegal immigrants working in sensitive areas of a busy U.S. airport. The illegal aliens, from Central America and Mexico, worked in operational areas of Stewart International Airport, a 2,400-acre facility located about 60 miles north of New York City. Stewart is a major passenger airport for the state’s mid-Hudson region that also handles large quantities of cargo and serves as a military field. The illegal aliens all had security badges approved by the Transportation Security Administration...

The illegal leaks of classified information dealing with ongoing operations and intelligence sources and methods put our American men and women in the military and intelligence community in danger. These leaks also cause immediate harm to our relationships with our allies in the war on terror, some of whom are asking whether the work we do together can be kept a secret. This week, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) suspended a Democrat staff member of the Committee over concerns he may have illegally leaked the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) to The New York Times last month. The Democrat...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents yesterday arrested 48 illegal aliens in an investigation targeting unauthorized contract workers at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., an active air-combat command base and home to the Air Force's 4th Fighter Wing. ...The arrests follow similar investigations in the past few months in which illegal workers have been found at military installations and facilities. Last month, ICE agents arrested 26 illegal aliens who worked and had access to the Northrop Grumman Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. They also were accused of using phony documents to gain employment. In May, ICE agents...

FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETINIran plans to knock outU.S. with 1 nuclear bombTests missiles for electro-magnetic pulse weapon that could destroy America's technical infrastructure Posted: April 25, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin is an online, subscription intelligence news service from the creator of WorldNetDaily.com ?a journalist who has been developing sources around the world for almost 30 years. By Joseph Farah¨Ï 2005 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON -- Iran is not only covertly developing nuclear weapons, it is already testing ballistic missiles specifically designed to destroy America's technical infrastructure, effectively neutralizing the world's lone superpower, say U.S. intelligence sources, top...

Surreptitious Weapon Looks Like A Cell Phone Guns Disguised As Cell Phones Pose New Airline Security ThreatPOSTED: 4:33 p.m. EDT June 27, 2002UPDATED: 2:35 p.m. EDT June 28, 2002FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Aviation security consultant Wayne Black finds many airport screeners don't know what they're doing. "We are still playing catch-up, and will be playing catch-up [for some time]," Black said. "We are still not trained." "I saw people with these little wands scanning the forehead of a bald man," Black continued. "You'll see them pull an 80-year-old lady in a wheelchair out of line and search her and scan...