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Obama Getting on the Job Training

I was reading an article on World Threats about President-Elect Barack Obama impressing the intelligence community due to him being a 'quick study' and interested in topics at hand. This got me interested in how the reports come out. From: Langley, VA To: Quantico, VA DECLASSIFIED Intelligence Briefing-- December 21, 2008 President-Elect Obama The first briefing ...

Who Should be Obama’s Secretary of Defense

There's been a lot of talk about who Barack Obama will choose to become his next Secretary of State. It may be a good idea for him to concentrate on his Secretary of Defense, too. Obama has talked about bipartisanship a great deal during the campaign, so this is his ...

“Kurdistan is a Model for Iraq”

In today's Wall Street Journal, there is an op-ed by the President of the Kurdish region of Iraq, Massoud Barzani. Barzani explains how the Kurds and the United States have built a very strong relationship, despite all of the problems of Iraq. This includes: Last year, following a U.S. request, we ...

New Iraqi Jobs Program

No small task, or cost... It is being reported that President Bush's new Iraqi Jobs Program initiative is going to cost American taxpayers about $1 Billion dollars. Upon hearing this my first thought was, why haven't we had an American Jobs Program initiative from this President in the last six years? I ...

Political Roundup

Reviewing the bits and pieces of our political news after a brief sabbatical As many have noticed (your emails are appreciated) there has been a recent lull in the activity on the buxtohispano.com web site. I took a few weeks to enjoy some much needed vacation time and complete some other ...