Category Archives: National

Sen. Lankford defends sports prayer

By Staff Report

Senator James Lankford

Senator James Lankford

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today spoke on the Senate floor to defend Bremerton, Washington School District football coach Joe Kennedy’s First Amendment right to pray after games. Since 2008, Assistant Coach Kennedy has practiced a tradition of praying at the 50-yard line after the conclusion of games. At times, students have chosen to pray with him. Earlier this month, and after seven years, the Bremerton School District ordered Coach Kennedy to stop.

On Tuesday, Senator Lankford and Representative Randy Forbes (R-VA), co-chairmen of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, led a Member of Congress letter to Bremerton, Washington School District officials to defend Coach Joe Kennedy’s freedom to exercise his religion.   A video and transcript of Senator Lankford’s remarks on the Senate Floor follow.

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Former Iran president admits country sought nuclear weapons

By Staff Report

A MILITARY truck carrying a missile and a picture of Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drives in a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war in Tehran. (photo credit: REUTERS viva The Jerusalem Post)

A MILITARY truck carrying a missile and a picture of Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drives in a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war in Tehran. (photo credit: REUTERS via The Jerusalem Post)

Former Iranian president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani indirectly admitted that his country started a nuclear weapons program during the Iran-Iraq war which has continued to the present.

According to interviews Rafsanjani gave to Iranian media in recent days and monitored by The Jerusalem Post.

“The regime was looking to acquire [a] nuclear bomb when it initiated its nuclear program and has never abandoned the idea,” said the Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in an article posted late Tuesday on its website. It included key points from the interview Rafsanjani gave state news agency IRNA on Monday.

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Senate objects to EPA power regulations

By Staff Report

Sen. James Lankford

Sen. James Lankford

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined with 47 Senators today to co-sponsor a resolution to disapprove of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan regulations for existing power sources.

Lankford spoke out against the Clean Power Plan in an energy speech on the floor of the Senate recently. He said, “It seems to be another day for the EPA to release massive regulations. People wonder why food costs more, products cost more and why energy costs more. I’ll tell you why, this ever growing regulation on the basic cost of energy. It changes the cost of everything. 

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Oklahoman is the first ISIS combat casuality

By David Arnett

Joshua L. Wheeler

Joshua L. Wheeler

Joshua L. Wheeler, a 39 year-old commando from Roland, Oklahoma was shot during a special forces raid the Pentagon said freed scores of prisoners in Iraq. Wheeler is the first U.S. combat causality fighting the cowardly Islamic deviant evil known as ISIS.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), said, “My prayers and my thoughts go out to the family of Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler, an American hero and Oklahoman who was killed in action in Iraq. Wheeler’s death was not in vain. Because of his bravery and sacrifice, he was part of a successful effort to free 70 hostages that were being held by the Islamic State.

“While the administration declared an official end to our combat mission in Iraq in 2010, Oklahomans and our nation are reminded today that combat is still a reality for our all-volunteer force serving in the Middle East,” Sen. Inhofe added.

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Biden won’t run

By Staff Report

JoeBiden15Multiple media are reporting that Vice President Joseph R. Biden announced Wednesday that he won’t seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, clearing away a potential threat to front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Speaking with President Obama and his wife Jill Biden in the White House Rose Garden, Mr. Biden said he’s concluded the window of opportunity for him to become a candidate “has closed.”

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