Posted on October 3, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Bipartisan Opposition, Civil Liberties, Congressional Republicans, Detention Camp, Detention Facility, Eastern Cuba, Election Eve, Eric Holder, Gitmo Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Prisoners, Human Rights Groups, Illinois Facility, Mitch Mcconnell, Reuters, Sen Durbin, Senate Republican Leader, Serious Concerns, Taxpayer Funds
Reuters wrote last night, “The federal government will buy an Illinois prison that the Obama administration once considered as a successor to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday.” Politico adds, “The unusual move to ‘reprogram’ existing Justice Department funding bypassed House appropriators, who had objected to the purchase. . […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 17, 2012. Tags: Ambiguity, Election Season, Foreign Relations Committee, High Seas, Jim Demint, John Kerry, Kelly Ayotte, Law Of The Sea, Law Of The Sea Treaty, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, Necessary Votes, Politicking, Public Statements, Rob Portman, Running Mates, San Francisco Chronicle, Sen John Kerry, Senator Jim Demint, Senator Lindsay Graham, Senator Lindsey Graham, Serious Concerns
Read it from the San Francisco Chronicle: A treaty governing the high seas is all but dead in the Senate as two Republicans announced their opposition Monday, giving conservative foes the necessary votes to scuttle the pact. Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire – both mentioned as possible running mates for […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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