TMB: Fraudster EPA official spent $40K on luxurious London trips‏

Fraudster EPA official spent $40K on luxurious London trips

By CJ Ciaramella

The former Environmental Protection Agency official who pretended to be a CIA spy and bilked the agency out of hundreds of thousands of dollars spent more than $40,000 on two taxpayer-funded trips to London that included first-class airfare and five-star hotels, documents obtained by the Free Beacon reveal.

 

Kerry: Israel Would Be Responsible for ‘Third Intifada’

By Adam Kredo

The State Department on Thursday defended controversial comments by Secretary of State John Kerry after he warned Israel that it would be to blame for a “third intifada” and its own “isolation” should a peace deal with the Palestinians fall through.

 

Jim Capretta: America’s indispensable man on healthcare policy

By Andrew Evans

Jim Capretta saw the Obamacare debacle coming when it was months away.

 

 

DOD: Maintaining U.S., NATO Force in Afghanistan Critical

By Daniel Wiser

Maintaining a residual U.S. and NATO force in Afghanistan beyond 2014 remains critical to preventing the Taliban and al Qaeda from regaining a foothold in the country, according to a Department of Defense report released Friday.

 

China Responds to Free Beacon Report

By Bill Gertz

China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday responded to a report in the Free Beacon revealing that the activities of a secret Chinese military cyber warfare unit are continuing despite disclosure of the activities by a private security company.

 

Palestinians, Arafat Widow Paid for Tests Claiming to Find PA Leader Was Poisoned

By Alana Goodman

The Palestinian National Authority and Yasser Arafat’s widow paid for the Swiss medical investigations that claimed the late Palestinian leader could have been poisoned with polonium, contradicting claims from Al Jazeera that the tests were conducted “pro bono.”

 

Five Feminist Triumphs that Pass the Bechdel Test

By Sonny Bunch

I’ve got an essay over at The Federalist on my annoyance with those who are myopically focused on gender. It centers, in part, on a recent move by some Swedish institutions to institute the Bechdel Test into a ratings system to determine what is worthy of being viewed.

 

Graham Vows to Continue Hold on Obama Nominees over Benghazi

By WFB Staff

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) vowed to continue his hold on all of President Obama’s nominees until the five State Department witnesses interviewed by the Accountability Review Board come before Congress to testify Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.