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Israel and Palestine relations struggling

U.S. and Israeli relations may be bruised as a rift regarding Jewish housing in Isarel has developed between the two countries.
Prime Minister Netanyahu plans on building a new housing complex to hold 1,600 Jewish people. The problem with this decision is that he wants the building in East Jerusalem.
Palestinians occupy East Jerusalem, and the Palestinian…

States suing over health-care bill

Just seven minutes after Barack Obama signed the health-care bill into law, 13 state attorneys general filed a joint lawsuit with the Supreme Court.
Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna said, “The requirement to buy health insurance was an ‘unprecedented federal mandate’ that violates the commerce clause and the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that…

Students pay back loans directly to federal government

Sallie Mae has reported that the company will have to fire employees, and has blamed President Barack Obama’s student loan changes for the jobs lost, according to Fox News. The company currently employs 8,600 people, but will have to reduce the number of workers by 2,500, according to Conwey Casillas, vice president of Sallie Mae…

An opinion on health care: the bill to help all

Just before the new health-care bill was passed, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gave a committee speech that he titled “The Washington Way.” In this speech, he said, “[Health-care overhaul] will lead millions of Americans to become more dependent upon the government, rather than upon themselves.”
He was right. This bill provides for Americans in ways that…

Health-care bill passes, majority of U.S. opposed

Late Sunday evening on March 21st the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act — H.R. 3962 — with a vote of 219-212. With this historic piece of legislation through the House, it was signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, March 23rd.
This new health-care bill is highly controversial because…

An opinion on the Afghani habit: opium and heroin

The war on terrorism has brought U.S. forces into one of the poorest countries in the world: Afghanistan. In a 2006 letter to Congress, President Bush made it clear that our goal in Afghanistan is to dethrone the Taliban from its current locale and to instill democracy into a country that is politically broken. President…

Commanding officer leaves behind legacy of the “sea witch”

Dreaming of becoming a skipper for a Navy vessel since high school, Holly Graf’s desire was to be at sea just like her father and sister once were. After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1985, Graf’s dreams began to flourish, but in turn, crew members’ nightmares formed with visions of the “Sea Witch.”
Graf,…

An opinion on Obama’s Health-Care Puree

“Change you can believe in” was President Obama’s campaign slogan, and in early 2009 that slogan danced off American tongues like fountains of praise. We rejoiced at our new president’s every move with no consideration for the “change” that was sure to come. Today, after one year of partisan politics and meetings behind closed doors,…

Scandal surrounds New York’s governor

New York is seeing its share of excitement with all of the events surrounding the governor’s position in the past months.
According to Time, “one of America’s most prominent and promising politicians,” Eliot Spitzer, was caught via wiretap setting up an appointment with a prostitute from the Emperors Club.
Law enforcement authorities have described the Emperors Club…

Indiana strongly opposed to healthcare bill

While the issue of health care is debated passionately, the conservative 5th and 6th Congressional districts of Indiana appear decided.
Rep. Dan Burton of the 5th Congressional District, which covers Huntington and Wabash down to Indianapolis, is adamant in his opposition to the bill. According to John Donelly, press secretary for Burton, the government is basing…