The letter from former drug law enforcement officials comes as a United Nations agency, the International Narcotics Control Board, called on U.S. officials in its annual report released Monday to “ensure full compliance with the international drug control treaties on its entire territory.”
Chavez, an icon from his prison days, promised to rid the country of corruption and pledged to divert revenue from the country’s ample oil sales to projects aimed at helping the poor, including improved education and health care. Unemployment and poverty, however, remain high despite the country’s oil wealth.
The email signals that the administration is sacrificing flexibility in order to justify its earlier dire predictions. That’s very unfortunate.
Radio host Rush Limbaugh says there’s a relatively simple reason why Republicans have not been able to win the presidency in the last two election cycles: they don’t have conservative candidates at the top of the ticket.
The agency said the changes were made as part of its “overall risk-based security approach” and to align with the international standards and those of European countries.
A Chinese general who once threatened to use nuclear weapons against hundreds of U.S. cities will visit the Pentagon this week as part of a U.S.-China military exchange program.
Senator Paul has raised questions about role of the CIA annex in Benghazi. Any arming of rebels would be considered highly controversial. Widespread reports have documented that Syrian and Libyan rebels consist in large part of jihadists, including members of several major al-Qaida groups.
Star Parker joins a growing chorus of blacks in America who are speaking out in favor of guns. Just last week, Rev. Kenn Blanchard renewed his calls for greater gun freedom while the NRA unveiled a new contributor to its NRANews.com site: young, hip gun advocate Colion Noir.
In 2009 a Vermont judge decided Lisa Miller must give up her legal and biological daughter to her former lesbian partner, who had no biological or adoptive connection to the child.
The confirmation vote for President Barack Obama’s CIA Director nominee John Brennan was threatened to be delayed further if pertinent documents relating to the assault on the U.S. consulate in Libya were not turned over to Congress in a timely manner. A committee vote is expected on Brennan’s nomination on Tuesday.