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August 31, 2010 | By A Line of Sight

President Obama will address the nation tonight marking the drawdown of combat troops from Iraq.  Remaining will be 50,000 support troops. 

August 28, 2010 | By A Line of Sight

Click on the link below to view a graphic evolution of the unemployment rates by county in the U.S. from January, 2007 through May, 2010.  It isn’t a pretty picture.

The footnote beneath the graphic refers to “31 million people currently unemployed.”  The 31 million is more accurately the number “underemployed” – including those that are not working as much as they would like, are out of work, or have given up looking for a job.

August 27, 2010 | By A Line of Sight

The economic news this week was just horrible, yet Joe Biden claimed “we’re absolutely headed in the right direction.”  As bad as the news is, we’re left to wonder exactly which direction this Administration thinks is “right.”

Here’s a sampling of the week in numbers:

August 24, 2010 | By A Line of Sight

Part III: Earmarks and “Circular Fundraising”

By Zach Swartz

August 23, 2010 | By Christopher Jaarda

Three new reports about the Democrats’ 2009 stimulus bill were recently released.

They include the following:

August 23, 2010 | By A Line of Sight

You’re left asking why?

Over the confirmation hold objections of three Senators, Barack Obama made a recess appointment of Maria del Carmen Aponte as United States Ambassador to El Salvador. 

August 21, 2010 | By A Line of Sight

President Obama, who says his top priority is saving and creating jobs, implemented Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar’s drilling moratorium over his own adviser’s warnings that it would destroy 23,000 jobs in the gulf.

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