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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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**FILE** U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice listens June 7, 2012, during a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden: Susan Rice has Obama’s ‘absolute, total, complete confidence’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden confirmed on Tuesday that the president stands by one of the key players in the Benghazi, Libya, diplomatic war — just a day before Congress and the nation is due to hear explosive witness testimony that hints the White House mantra was a coverup.

May 8, 2013

** FILE ** In this Aug. 20, 2010, file photo, a Palestinian woman, right, splashes cold water on other female worshippers to cool them off as the temperature rises in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Israeli police detain Muslim cleric over mosque violence

Police in Israel on Wednesday took a top Muslim cleric from the Palestinian territories into custody to question him about recent violence at a Jerusalem shrine.

May 8, 2013

** FILE ** This 2002 file photo provided by the National Park Service shows the launch key mechanism at the deactivated Delta Nine Launch Facility near Wall, S.D. The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and if necessary launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized and unacceptable failings, including a potential compromise of missile launch codes. (AP Photo/Minuteman Missile NHS)

Air Force strips 17 officers of power to launch nuclear missiles

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Air Force has quietly stripped 17 officers of the authority to order the launch of nuclear missiles.

May 8, 2013

A firefighter carries a gas tank away from a destroyed home after a gas tanker truck exploded on a nearby highway in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec early Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The blast killed and injured dozens, according to the Citizen Safety Department of Mexico State. (AP Photo/Gabriela Sanchez)

Oil tanker explodes, killing 18 near Mexico City neighborhood

Hundreds of emergency responders swarmed a highway near the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec on Tuesday after an oil tanker exploded, killing 18 and injuring three dozen.

May 7, 2013

Indonesian U.N peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Tuesday May 7, 2013. Four U.N. peacekeepers were seized by armed gunmen on Tuesday while they were patrolling in the demilitarized zone separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied sections of Golan Heights. (Associated Press)

Four U.N. peacekeepers seized on Syrian DMZ

Four U.N. peacekeepers were seized by armed gunmen on Tuesday while they were patrolling in the demilitarized zone separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied sections of Golan Heights.

May 7, 2013

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hacking group Anonymous vows devastation on U.S. government

Today is the day that threats from the hacking group Anonymous to devastate America's federal agencies and banking systems are supposed to come true.

May 7, 2013

Second-grader suspended for treating pencil like a gun

A 7-year-old boy at a small school in rural Virginia has been suspended over pointing a pencil, a la gun, at another student and making firing noises.

May 7, 2013

** FILE ** Neighbor Charles Ramsey speaks to media near the home on the 2200 block of Seymour Avenue, where three missing women were rescued in Cleveland, on Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)

Charles Ramsey: Hero to three Cleveland kidnap victims

If Charles Ramsey hadn’t responded to the screams he heard from his neighbor’s home, the story of the three Cleveland women who were imprisoned there may not have ended so happily.

May 7, 2013

Thomas Rabe, right, places a wedding ring on Robert Coffman's finger during a marriage ceremony at City Hall in Baltimore, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Delaware Senate poised to vote on gay marriage

Delaware lawmakers are set to pass a same-sex marriage bill, making the state the 11th in the nation to allow gay couples the right to wed.

May 7, 2013

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Herzl Museum in Jerusalem on Sunday, May 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Emil Salman, Pool)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders halt to settlement construction

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered on Tuesday a halt to all building in the contested West Bank settlement areas.

May 7, 2013

** FILE ** A worker inspects a marijuana plant at a grow house in Denver in this Nov. 11, 2012, file photo. (Associated Press)

California high court deals blow to marijuana dealers

California's highest court struck a blow to medical marijuana sellers on Monday, ruling that local governments can ban dispensaries in their jurisdictions.

May 7, 2013

A mushroom of volcanic ash shoots up into the sky from Mount Mayon, one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes, after daybreak as seen from Legazpi city in Albay province, about 285 miles southeast of Manila, on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)

Volcano eruption kills 5 climbers in the Philippines

Five people were killed Tuesday when the volcano they were climbing, Mount Mayon, blew and spewed forth ash and rocks.

May 7, 2013

Iranian and Syrian students chant slogans during an anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the U.N. office in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran recruits volunteer fighters for Syrian regime

Iran has kicked off a campaign to recruit volunteer fighters to join the Syrian regime and help President Bashar Assad battle rebel uprisings.

May 7, 2013

** FILE ** Former U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton (Associated Press)

John Bolton: Benghazi could bring down Obama administration

The Benghazi scandal could be the final "hinge point" that brings down the Obama administration, former U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton said.

May 7, 2013

Firefighters battle a blaze possibly resulting from a high-pressure gas-line explosion in San Bruno, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Karl Mondon)

California seeks to fine utility a record $2.25 billion for pipeline blast

California regulators are seeking a record-setting $2.25 billion fine against a utility company blamed for a deadly pipeline explosion that took out a San Francisco Bay-area housing community.

May 7, 2013

** FILE ** Sponsors and family members of victims watch as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signs gun-control bills into law at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The bills, which place new restrictions on firearms, thrust Colorado into the national spotlight as a potential test of how far the country might be willing to go on new restrictions after the horror of the Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., shootings. (Associated Press)

Colorado gun rights group targets 4 lawmakers for recall

Four Colorado Democratic lawmakers who have pushed tough gun control measures are now facing concerted recall efforts.

May 7, 2013

** FILE ** In this March 1, 2013, file photo Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., participates in a news conference at an airport in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Sen. Robert Menendez’s bill would arm Syrian rebels

Sen. Robert Menendez brought forth a bill Monday to give munitions to rebel fighters in Syria. So far, the United States has only provided non-lethal aid to the opposition fighters, in the form of medical supplies and food.

May 7, 2013

India in panic as drunken bears kill 8 villagers

Villagers in India are in panic mode as wild bears suspected of being under the influence of intoxicating flowers have ventured from the forest and killed and wounded 20 in recent days.

May 7, 2013

People stand near a man injured from an explosion, at a local hospital in Pakistani tribal area of Parachinar, Monday, May 6, 2013. A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan Monday, killing many people and wounding dozens more as the country’s already bloody election race gets even more dangerous ahead of the May 11 vote. (AP Photo/Ali Murtaza)

Second election bombing in two days kills 12 in Pakistan

For the second time in two days, a hard-line Islamist party in Pakistan has been targeted by a bomber — and once again, the intended target has escaped harm.

May 7, 2013

Amanda Berry, right, hugs her sister Beth Serrano after being reunited in a Cleveland hospital Monday May 6, 2013. Berry and two other women were found in a house near downtown Cleveland Monday after being missing for about a decade. (AP Photo/Family Handout courtesy WOIO-TV)

Cleveland cops knocked on home in 2004, while missing women were held hostage

Cleveland police in 2004 knocked on the door of the house where three women were being held captive, but nobody answered, said a city spokesman at Tuesday's press conference on the abduction and rescue of teens taken nearly 10 years ago.

May 7, 2013