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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for May 2011
Blog Entries for Tuesday, May 10
Obama Immigration Speech
President Obama gave a speech on the need for immigration reform legislation today during a visit to Texas. Here is the transcript of his prepared remarks as released by the White House. Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Immigration and Border Security Tuesday, May 10, 2011 ...
Text Alert System
The federal government today joined with the Mayor of New York city in rolling out a new text alert program to send out emergency notices to people on mobile electronic devices. Here is the background as released today by the Federal Communications Commission, which includes one interesting line, that says ...
Health Law Back In Court
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is the focus today in the legal battle over the Obama health law, as a three judge panel will hear arguments in two cases from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Most people probably are familiar with the case brought by the Attorney General of Virginia, ...
Gas Price Cycle
There was welcome news this week that experts believe gasoline prices could be ready to tumble by as much as fifty cents a gallon in coming weeks, instead of soaring even more above $4 per gallon. If that does happen, we will probably see a repeat of the Congressional Gas ...
Blog Entries for Monday, May 9
The Senate & Osama Bin Laden
In one of the videos released over the weekend by the Pentagon, there is the weird scene of Osama Bin Laden watching television with a remote control in his hand. For a few seconds at one point, there is video on the TV screen of the floor of the U.S. ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, May 8
Bin Laden Videos
The Osama Bin Laden story isn't dying off yet, as the Pentagon over the weekend released snippets of several videos seized in last week's raid in Pakistan. They are interesting for a variety of reasons. There's Bin Laden channel surfing and watching himself on TV while sitting with a blanket ...
Bin Laden Intelligence
The Pentagon this weekend not only handed out some videos seized from Osama Bin Laden's hideout, but tried to give reporters more insight on what type of intelligence has been gained from last week's raid. Here is a transcript of a briefing given by a Senior Intelligence Official on Saturday. ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, May 7
President Obama Coverage
I've received a couple of emails in recent days from listeners asking my opinion about the dust up last week between the San Francisco Chronicle and the White House over coverage of President Obama. It's not a black and white issue by any means. The dispute centers on coverage of ...
Blog Entries for Friday, May 6
Bin Laden Details
There's been a lot of hand wringing this week about how the White House handled the details in the wake of the U.S. military raid in Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden. Let's take a look at some of the fine print. Let's start with the issue of did Osama ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, May 5
Bin Laden's Files
In what may be the first warning to come from the intelligence haul at Osama Bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan, the feds are warning railroad interests about possible threats by terrorists. Homeland security officials yesterday sent a bulletin to the railroad sector describing terrorist planning that was uncovered, indicating possible ...
Honoring The Troops
Let's imagine something for a minute - what would the political reaction be if Osama Bin Laden had been killed while President George W. Bush was in office, and then Democrats in Congress refused to bring up a resolution honoring the NAVY Seals for their mission? Do you think talk ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, May 4
Top Secret Helicopters
If you've been searching the internet for photos about the aftermath of the U.S. military raid that took out Osama Bin Laden, you might have paused when you saw some of the wreckage of the helicopter that was left behind by American commandos. Supposedly it was a top secret, stealth ...
No Bin Laden Photos
President Obama on Wednesday officially decided not to release any photographs showing the dead body of Osama Bin Laden, three days after the secret operation that killed the leader of Al Qaeda. At a White House briefing for reporters, Press Secretary Jay Carney read the transcript of an interview that ...
And In Other News
While the halls of Congress were still buzzing on Tuesday about the killing of Osama Bin Laden, Republicans pressed ahead with their legislative agenda, focusing again on repeal of the health reform law. Voting just after a closed door briefing by CIA Director Leon Panetta and others, the House passed ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, May 3
Bin Laden Raid
The White House on Tuesday clarified some of the details that had been publicly released by officials in the aftermath of the raid in Pakistan which killed Osama Bin Laden. While initial stories indicated that Bin Laden had been in a shootout with U.S. Navy SEALS, the White House backed ...
Pakistan & Bin Laden
In the halls of Congress, there was a lot of buzz about how Osama Bin Laden could be hiding out in Pakistan without someone important in that country knowing about it. "I find it very difficult to believe that they would not know," said Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK). "They need ...
Blog Entries for Monday, May 2
US Intelligence Victory
The U.S. Intelligence Community has taken a lot of flak - some of it deserved - since the Nine Eleven attacks. Now those same organizations have something very big to show for their work in the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Often we are told in Washington, D.C. that U.S. ...
Bin Laden Killed
For over nine years, the riddle of Osama Bin Laden had gone unsolved. For a few years, some thought the leader of Al Qaeda was dead, but that faded. Finally, U.S. forces caught up with him on Sunday at a secret compound outside of the Pakistani city of Islamabad. "Osama ...
The Congress Returns
After an over two week break for Easter, lawmakers return to work this week in Washington, D.C., with several high stakes political battles on the budget, the nation's debt limit and high gasoline prices. Both sides have already made clear that they want to put the other party on the ...
President on Osama Bin Laden
President Obama late on Sunday night announced that a small U.S. military team had attacked a compound in Pakistan, killing terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. Here is the text of his statement: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release May 1, 2011 ...
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