On Wednesday, H.R. 2319, the Native American Veterans’ Memorial Amendments Act, was passed unanimously out of the House Natural Resources Committee. Congressman Mullin (OK-2) serves on the committee and is the original sponsor of H.R. 2319.
Congressman Mullin, a Cherokee, is one of only two Native Americans in Congress, the other being Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4), a Chickasaw, who is one of the 14 cosponsors of the legislation.
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George Will
He is a conservative even liberals can love. A baseball guy that often moves audiences with “apple pie” emotions. In Tulsa, the daily newspaper claims they are not leftists because they include his columns – well, at least some of the non-offensive ones… occasionally.
Will may have caused considerable editorial consternation Sunday as he questioned how quickly and effectively the Obama administration can fix the problem-plagued HealthCare.com website. Will suggested a potential purgatory for public officials in 2014 which is not welcome news at Georgetown parties.
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Senator Tom Coburn
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) spoke recently to New Hampshire Republicans and displayed humor and wit in the presentation. Yes, politicians can be entertaining and maybe it would be better for the nation if they all laughed more and legislated less. That aside, Oklahomans respect Dr. Coburn for reasons including his long demonstrated honor, nonpartisan approach and repeated demands for Federal fiscal responsibility.
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer says George W. Bush’s “surge” strategy in Iraq had essentially snatched “victory from the jaws of defeat,” but President Barack Obama squandered that victory by failing to negotiate a status of forces agreement with the country.
The Iraq War “was won and we were in a position, if we had just negotiated a status of forces agreement, to have an ally in the region, to have a base, to train their air force — that would have changed the course of the future,” he told The Daily Caller.
Alan Dershowitz
Harvard professor and noted civil rights and international law expert Alan Dershowitz criticized the nuclear deal with Iran sharply on Sunday, saying that it “could become a Chamberlain moment” for President Barack Obama.
“I don’t think that this deal was motivated by any anti-Israel sentiment,” Dershowitz told Breitbart News. “I think that both President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry believe that the deal is in the best interest of the U.S. and Israel. But I think they’re dead wrong.
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