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Date: May 5th, 2009

Congressman Frank Wolf on the impending release of Gitmo detainees into U.S. neighborhoods

5 May, 2009 (23:12) | GWOT, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

The Congressman’s floor statement: “Madam Speaker, it is my understanding that President Obama’s decision regarding the release into the United States of a number of Uyghur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 could be imminent.  The New York Times, ABC News and others news outlets have reported that the president will soon release these [...]

A couple of links of note from The Volokh Conspiracy

5 May, 2009 (12:27) | Crime & Punishment, Economy, Items of Note, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Via Instapundit I was directed to this post over at The Volokh Conspiracy detailing convictions in the Ohio voter fraud trials of people who came there to illegal double-vote for Obama. From the linked Columbus Dispatch story: A Franklin County judge told three out-of-state campaigners for Barack Obama who voted here illegally that they should [...]

Obama Administration wants “No Child Left Behind” revamped

5 May, 2009 (08:36) | Academia, Politics | By: ricjames

Interesting. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is a man on a mission: to hear what teachers, students and parents in at least 15 states think about No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush. Duncan is visiting schools in West Virginia Tuesday, the first stop in the first steps [...]