Obama’s AG Choice was Key Figure in Clinton Terrorist Clemency Controversy

November 20, 2008

By Matthew Cover 

Most notable among the petitions for clemency granted during Holder’s tenure is the request from 16 members of a Puerto Rican Marxist terrorist group, the Armed Forces of National Liberation, known by its Spanish acronym FALN, which engaged in a robbery and terror campaign in both the U.S. and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Barack Obama’s first gamble: Clinton at State

November 20, 2008

By Ben Smith

POLITICO - What is Barack Obama thinking?

We’ve heard all the rational arguments: Hillary Rodham Clinton has more star power than Richard Holbrooke, more discipline than Bill Richardson, fewer bad jokes than John F. Kerry. She’s tough and competent. She’s a woman and a Democrat, making space for a Republican guy at Defense. It would get her out of the Senate. Both Obama and Clinton loved Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, “Team of Rivals.”

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Team Obama thinks Hillary Clinton’s people to blame for State speculation

November 20, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama's camp, well practiced in keeping secrets, is increasingly frustrated by a steady stream of leaks that insiders suspect come from confidants of Hillary Clinton, the Daily News has learned.

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That Didn’t Take Long: Confirming Fears

November 20, 2008

NATIONAL REVIEW - As we observed throughout the campaign, Barack Obama gave indications that his election would mean a return to the September 10 mentality, a national-security outlook marked prominently by its lack of seriousness about the terrorist threat. In choosing Eric Holder to be his attorney general, President-Elect Obama has taken a step toward confirming those misgivings.

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President-Elect Obama Promised ‘Change’?

November 20, 2008

AP - President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change, but he has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.

Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary. Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed more likely than ever to be his secretary of state. Clinton is deciding whether to take that post as America's top diplomat, her associates said Wednesday.

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The Obama Example

November 19, 2008

By Joseph Farah

Next time you move to another state and need a new driver's license, try this: Refuse to produce the birth certificate or any other personal information required by the department of motor vehicles. Just explain that a facsimile of the required document is posted on your website and give the clerk the domain name.

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Al-Qaida calls Obama ‘House Negro’

November 19, 2008

By Paul Miller

When millions of Americans as well as billions of people world-wide woke up the morning after Barack Obama was elected President, they probably expected the dawn of a new age. Sorry to disappoint all you Obama-kool-aid drinkers, but America's enemies still hate us and do so regardless who occupies the White House.

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Newsmax drops another long report on Obama’s shifty online donations

November 19, 2008

By Allahpundit 

The good news? Ken Timmerman’s still on the case. The bad news? This one’s mostly a rehash of his earlier report. If you read that at the time and have been following the story since then at HA — especially the details about Team Barry accepting donations via gift card, which figures prominently in Timmerman’s new piece — you’re pretty much caught up. The juiciest bit of new info:

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Al-Qaeda issue Obama threat

November 19, 2008

By Tom Wells

The deputy leader of al-Qaeda has issued the terror group's first public attack on US President-elect Barack Obama.

In a chilling broadcast, Ayman Al-Zawahiri – al-Qaeda's spiritual mastermind – warned Obama to abandon plans to fight on against the Taliban.

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Barack, Where’s the Birth Certificate?

November 19, 2008

By Joseph Farah

Incredibly, we are just nine weeks away from inaugurating the next president of the United States, and millions of Americans still have citizenship eligibility questions that have never been addressed by Barack Obama and his entourage.

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Cabinet post for Clinton roils Obamaland

November 18, 2008

By Ben Smith

Barack Obama's serious flirtation with his one-time rival, Hillary Clinton, over the post of secretary of State has been welcomed by everyone from Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton as an effective, grand gesture by the president-elect.

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