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Angie Gonzalez decries the possibility that her family may be broken up if her husband is deported ("Inside the Beltway," May 9). Mrs. Gonzalez speaks as though she has no choice, but she does. She can keep her family together by returning with all her family members to her home country. They could then set a wonderful example for the children about determination, persistence and honesty in pursuing a goal by returning to the United States legally so that the entire family may enjoy, without fear of deportation, all America has to offer. Published May 17, 2013
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President Obama is the most vindictive, thin-skinned president we have ever had. Does anyone want to take a bet that then-CIA chief David H. Petraeus' sex-scandal downfall is punishment for him not falling in line completely with the much-revised Benghazi talking points of the White House? Around Sept. 20, Mr. Petraeus disputed the revised version of the talking points. On Nov. 7, the story of his affair came out. Published May 17, 2013
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If Stephen Hawking, as a scientist, wants to be logical in his boycott of anything associated with Israeli technology, including conferences that are being held in Israel, then he should extend his efforts to banning the use of Israeli developments and products ("Why Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott matters," Web, May 11). Unfortunately, such an action would render his ability to communicate almost nil. Published May 17, 2013
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Liberals call patriotic Americans partisan, political Obama-haters who are trying to tear our government apart over Benghazi. Yet four Americans, pleading for help to no avail, were savagely slain on American soil in Libya by Islamist terrorists — and they not only got abandoned, the responsible parties in the White House and State Department totally lied and tried to cover up what actually happened there on Sept. 11, 2012. Published May 17, 2013
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Just in case further evidence is needed of the damage done to our nation and our hapless people by the Internal Revenue Service, it comes through the news that at some level or levels the terror-inspiring institution targeted Tea Party and related groups for scrutiny and investigation ("Holder: IRS probe will be national, 'dispassionate,'" Web, May 15). This phenomenon should be alarming to the American people, regardless of one's political stripes. Published May 17, 2013
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President Obama once famously told his supporters about political opponents, "If they bring a knife to the fight, you bring a gun." The gun turned out to be the Internal Revenue Service ("Outraged GOP: It's time to audit the IRS; targeting of conservative groups called 'chilling,'" Web, May 12). Published May 16, 2013
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The morning news report had competing stories about Benghazi and the Internal Revenue Service's slap-down of conservative nonprofits. My wife, confused, asked me how the two stories were related. I told her they weren't. Later, after thinking about it, I realized that they are indeed related. Published May 16, 2013
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Reducing homicides and saving a few billion dollars in the process is not that difficult. Killing is a learned behavior, just like buying cars, using toilet paper and typing on computers. Published May 16, 2013
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My husband and I have been small-business owners since 1983. In September 2010, we were audited by the Internal Revenue Service. The auditor told us that it would take one week to receive their findings. It wasn't until February 2012, a year-and-a-half later, that we received a letter stating that we owed the IRS money ("Boehner on IRS: 'Who's going to jail over this scandal?'" Web, May 15). Published May 16, 2013
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Susan Crabtree's article, "Obama touts improving jobs figures in economic speech in Texas" (Web, May 9) reports that during his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour" the president hopes to build support for spending a billion dollars on job-growth programs. We in the mining sector propose an alternative opportunity that doesn't require government funding: streamlining America's permitting process so that the rich resources we have here at home are available to supply the needs of U.S. manufacturers. The "National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013" of Rep. Mark E. Amodei, Nevada Republican, would do just that. Published May 15, 2013
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The accountability report by former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen was grossly inadequate ("McCain senses Benghazi 'cover-up,' wants more Clinton testimony," Web, May 12). The two men concluded those responsible for the Benghazi murders were low-level State Department staff; they totally ignored the basic problem of why the Benghazi facilities remained open. Published May 15, 2013
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It's time to set things straight on gun control laws, states' rights and the Constitution. It is my opinion that this debate is going nowhere because some key facts have been overlooked ("Another attempt at nullification," Commentary, May 14). Published May 15, 2013
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If you are educated enough to read and smart enough to know that two plus two equals four, you know that the Obama administration was less than forthright about the events in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012. Published May 14, 2013
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In 2003, American soldiers stepped into a bunker in Iraq that was filled with drums, each of which was labeled with a chemical warning in Arabic, along with the international chemical-warning symbol. In May 2004, American soldiers in Iraq, as publicly reported by multiple news agencies, including NBC, were attacked using an improvised explosive device that contained the nerve agent sarin. Artillery shells containing a mustard agent were also found in Iraq in 2004. These are easily discoverable facts, not fantasy. Published May 14, 2013
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We've seen then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ask, with what seemed like feigned exasperation "What difference, at this point, does it make?" when asked about the State Department's talking points mischaracterizing the Benghazi, Libya, attack of last September. Apparently, it makes a lot of difference, since the CIA's talking points were revised 12 times before Ambassador Susan E. Rice delivered them. Had the attack indeed resulted from a spontaneous, unpredictable demonstration, then the administration's doing nothing in preparation for such violence would be excusable. And such a demonstration run amok may well not have justified mounting a potentially messy military counterforce response. Published May 14, 2013
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While millions of people have been riveted to the Jodi Arias murder trial since January, another trial of far greater gravity has recently concluded with almost no national media coverage. Where this unspoken trial lacks the public's enormous appetite for salacious details that often go with crimes of passion, it more than makes up for it with its murder count and stomach-turning gore. The trial I am referring to is that of Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia ("The reality of abortion — Kermit Gosnell is no outlier," Commentary, May 8). Published May 13, 2013
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What is the Senate doing with the Internet sales-tax bill ("Internet sales tax faces a tougher sell in the House after passing Senate," Web, Monday)? First of all, the United States is a federation of independent states. Each one has its own laws, taxes, etc. If the Senate is acting to force businesses in one state to collect taxes for another state, those businesses are acting as an agent for that other state. Published May 13, 2013
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Certain assertions in Randolph J. May's piece on the new FCC nominee may be a bit premature ("A historian for the FCC," Commentary, May 10). Specifically, Mr. May has relegated Samuel F.B. Morse's venerable Morse Code to the history books. The fact is, Morse code is still in wide use throughout the world. Published May 13, 2013
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Too often universities tout "diversity" but fail to see that it translates to diversity of thought ("Conservatives wanted: Colorado University seeks intellectual diversity at liberal bastion," Web, April 30). The University of Colorado's initiative to seek out conservative professors is refreshing. Published May 13, 2013
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As I read through Wayne Winegarden's "Treating Alzheimer's with regulations" (Commentary, May 7), I was overcome by many of the statistics surrounding the neurodegenerative disorder. It is clear that Alzheimer's disease is becoming as expansive as it is expensive, but I found myself asking if Medicare is neglectful of rising costs associated with the disease, or if it is wary of the nascent applications of nuclear medicine. Published May 10, 2013
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