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The Democratic leadership in the House had to resort to an unusual and underhanded tactic to pass war funding Thursday night. …
Much of this country believes that ACORN, the now defunct Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, supported prostitution, engaged in voter…
[Remarks at the Rutherford Institute, June 16, 2010. Video of these remarks and the following Q&A posted at: http://afterdowningstreet.org/rutherford] I want to…
During the past five years since I moved back to Charlottesville, Virginia, I had yet to observe the slightest violent incident, prior…
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