Dr. (Sen.) Coburn Diagnoses Washington’s Ills: “It’s All About the Next Election” (Video)

“Epic Coburn rant.” Scribbled in a notebook, between notes from two interviews, was that reference to a blunt — and telling — March 20 floor speech by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., blasting Senate Democratic leaders and his fellow senators. Coburn, a leading GOP voice on fiscal and budgetary matters, panned Democratic leaders for blocking Republican…

David Petraeus Gets His Mea Culpa On, Kicks Off Comeback Tour

[HTML1] Well, that didn’t take long. David Petraeus, the revered soldier-scholar who became CIA director before stepping down due to an extramarital affair, is embarking on a new path that is quintessentially American: The comeback tour. Speaking to what appears a friendly audience at an annual University of Southern California event honoring members of the military, Petraeus went all…

Sen. Cruz: Sequestration Kicked Off Conservative Winning Streak (VIDEO)

Firebrand freshman Senate Armed Services Committee member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, embraced deep cuts to annual Pentagon spending Saturday during his keynote Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) address. “For the last three weeks, conservatives have been winning, and we’re winning because of you,” Cruz said to applause, leading off his remarks. “We’re winning right now.” What…

Washington’s Latest Issue Industry: The Anti-Chuck Hagel Lobby

All it takes in Washington these days to turn an opinion into an industry is a little planning, a few meetings, a coordinated plan and enough dollars. The latest example of this is the ever-growing and -sophisticated campaign against President Obama’s nomination of former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary. A loose confederation of…

Black Hawk Goes Solo

On Nov. 5, the U.S. Army managed to fly a Black Hawk helicopter around the  Diablo Range  in California for two hours with no pilot at the controls — marking the first time that a Black Hawk had flown autonomously. The service’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) said that the chopper…