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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight?

When President Obama took office I had high hopes for his national security team – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. James Jones. But on the Homeland Security front it’s been Ready, Fire……Oops……. Aim. Remember when the president promised to shut Guantanamo within his first …

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Foreign policy in Obama’s second term

Foreign policy is something Americans care about when the economy is good, and when it isn’t they hardly notice it. It’s hard to worry about what happens in the Mideast when you don’t have a job in the Midwest. So for the next four years, most Americans won’t pay attention …

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The time is now to reform our criminal justice system

This week, I had the privilege of testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the growing consensus from both Republicans and Democrats that our swelling criminal justice system is in need of reform. Over the course of the last decade, various states across the country have …

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