In the past 60 days, two of the world’s greatest western powers were subjected to cruel and appalling attacks at the hands of vile Islamic terrorists.
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6/6/13
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Imagine what it’s like for the victim. Imagine a 28-year-old American-born man living in Yemen.
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2/21/13
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The relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan has always been described as turbulent. Even though the U.S. considers Pakistan an ally in the war on terror, there has always been a degree of tension between our government and Pakistani leaders.
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6/23/11
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Where were you when you heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed by American commandos? I think I can say with perfect certainty that you could never imagine where I was.
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Randi Kreiss
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5/12/11
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Like many of you, I never gave up hope that the world’s most brutal terrorist would be brought to justice. However, after almost 10 years, it was beginning to become a pipe dream. Imagine my delight when President Obama made his late-night announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan.
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Al D'Amato
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5/12/11
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On May 1, a Pakistani-born American citizen, Faisal Shahzad, attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. His intent was simple — to kill innocent American citizens and create economic chaos.
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Al D'Amato
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5/13/10
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I listened carefully to the president’s speech at West Point last Tuesday evening and watched, closely, too, to read his mood and body language. Standing before an audience of cadets, he said he would order some 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
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Randi Kreiss
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12/10/09
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President Obama is struggling with a decision that could define his presidency: Should the United States commit more troops to the war in Afghanistan in the interest of “nation building,” or limit our role there to hunting down Al Qaeda?
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Al D'Amato
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10/15/09
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"Happy writes white,” the novelists say. Talk about a happy man or happy news and before you complete the thought, your readers will fall asleep. It was Tolstoy who glibly indicted happy families by saying “they are all the same.”
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Randi Kreiss
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10/1/09
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