One of the leading rabbis in Israel says it’s a “mitzvah,” a good deed or a religious duty, to personally see President Barack Obama during his visit to Israel this week and even created a prayer to be recited by those who in his opinion are so fortunate.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel and an influential spiritual leader is likening Obama to a “king in our time.”
A fight over President Obama’s use of executive privilege on the documents that led to Attorney General Eric Holder’s contempt charges is increasingly likely to be decided in court.
The way the court decides could drastically limit congressional subpoena powers — or curb the extent to which the president can claim executive privilege.
For the time being, House Republicans and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are about to launch into court-ordered mediations to reach a settlement.
After a string of speakers this week who hope one day to be President of the United States, Sarah Palin spoke to a packed house at the Conservative Political Action Committee gathering as she explained her vision of the future.
She was introduced by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who had been a keynote speaker.
“The mainstream media wants us to be timid and hide in a corner. And the mainstream media is absolutely convinced that women cannot be conservatives, and if they are, they especially cannot shoot really big guns and hunt grizzly bears,” Cruz said. “That’s why Governor Sarah Palin drives the mainstream media batcrap crazy,” Cruz said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an ongoing effort to hold President Morsi of Egypt accountable, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) Wednesday sponsored amendment 52 to the Senate Continuing Resolution (CR) to conditionally suspend the sale of F-16s to Egypt. He also cosponsored amendment 28 by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to withhold all U.S. foreign aid to Egypt until President Morsi declares that he intends to abide by the Camp David Peace Accords.
“For months, I have been calling for President Obama and his Administration to hold President Morsi accountable for failing to promote promised democracy in Egypt and for the instability in the region,” said Inhofe. “After several attempts to engage the Administration to halt our F-16 delivery, I introduced legislation in January to suspend the shipment of these top-of-the-line military aircrafts and other military equipment to Egypt. I have now presented this as an amendment to the Senate’s Continuing Resolution, and am also supporting my colleague Sen. Rand Paul’s similar amendment to conditionally withhold all foreign aid funding to Egypt. We both agree that any support to Egypt must be reconsidered until President Morsi agrees to abide by the Camp David Peace Accords, which has kept the peace between Egypt and Israel for more than 30 years.”
U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) announced today, March 13, he is encouraging citizens to make public comments on the Keystone XL project before April 22.
“The details on public comment are available on the State Department’s web site, but that can be difficult to navigate. We wanted to make it easy for people to find the email and physical addresses to which comments should be submitted,” Mullin said.
“We hope that people will take time during the comment period to make their views on the pipeline project known. Here in Oklahoma, we are seeing the tremendous economic impact this project is having in our state,” he added.