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Showdown: Petraeus to ask for more time for Afghanistan mission - Hot Air (blog)
“Their argument,” said one senior administration official, who would not speak for attribution about the internal policy discussions, “is that while we've ...
Feds want to let FBI access people's Internet data without probable cause - Hot Air (blog)
... improves the speed with which the feds can act against terrorists — privacy concerns be damned: Senior administration officials said the proposal was ...
Politico wonders: Why is our very successful president doing so badly? - Hot Air (blog)
... when you look at these things and their scale,” said a top Obama adviser, who spoke on background to offer a candid take on the state of play. ...
Obamateurism of the Day - Hot Air (blog)
Explaining the president's comment, an administration official said Mr. Obama “references the fact that both US intelligence and past al Qaeda actions make ...
Obama to deploy 1200 National Guardsmen to the border - Hot Air (blog)
Inside the lunch meeting, Obama squared off with his old rival McCain over border security, sources said. Lindsey Graham said the exchange was at times ...
Grumbling over the NRCC? - Hot Air (blog)
Both sources said they did not believe there would be an effort to replace Rep. Sessions as chairman of the NRCC, but said it was made clear there is deep ...
Quotes of the day - Hot Air (blog)
When asked about the composition of Palin's targets, a Palin aide who asked not to be named said it wasn't on purpose—it was simply a coincidence that so ...
Obama administration to consider Miranda reform - Hot Air (blog)
Holder and other administration officials said they would be engaging Congress on putting together a proposal for changes to the law, which requires ...
Internal report: RNC spending more money on major donors than it's taking in - Hot Air (blog)
... initials on expense-reimbursement request approvals, according to an RNC member who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. ...
Netanyahu to Obama: Pound sand - Hot Air (blog)
Nothing in the article reports on “gestures,” confidence-building or otherwise, and AP reporter Amy Teibel doesn't provide even an anonymous source for the ...
No reset for Obama presidency - Hot Air (blog)
The member, who requested anonymity, likened Obama's remarks to an earlier meeting with progressives when the president said a victory was necessary to keep ...
ObamaCare: the Democratic manhood contest? - Hot Air (blog)
“Look, you voted for it before,” said the strategist, who asked to remain anonymous. “You should have thought about that then. You're stuck with the vote, ...