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Tiffany Madison: Crimean Crisis Underscores America’s Political Incompetence Mar 21, 2014

Dallas, TX – Crimea voted Sunday to join Russia rather than remain with an embattled Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to exploit Ukraine’s chaotic revolution is troubling, but more worrisome has been the response by America’s bureaucrats, pundits and diplomats. Once more, a distant crisis underscores the sickening hypocrisy and total incompetence of America’s political class to handle 21st century international conflicts. The situation in Eastern Europe is extraordinarily complex, but for our politicians the situation is simple: Russia violated embattled Ukraine’s constitution and territorial integrity, so dire repercussions must follow. Though Crimean voters opted to leave Ukraine and...

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Feinstein exempts police, not “PTSD” vets from gun ban Mar 7, 2013

DALLAS, March 7th, 2013 – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) offered an amendment to exempt all U.S. military personnel and veterans from a proposed ban on “assault weapons”. The committee briefly discussed the future of American gun ownership. Cornyn highlighted the contradiction and inequality of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. The sponsors had deemed assault weapons too dangerous for civilian self-defensive purchase over safety and training concerns. But under the Feinstein Law, government employees and retired law enforcement are exempt from the assault weapons ban while hundreds of millions of Americans are not. SEE RELATED: After recent shootings, Americans reject renewed calls for federal gun controls...

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