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GRIMM: Cordray Appointment An Outrage

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 5, 2012

WASHINGTON — In a defiant display of executive power, President Barack Obama bucked GOP opposition and named Richard Cordray as the nation’s chief consumer watchdog.

Rep. Allen West: Defense strategy signals weakness

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 5, 2012

 

President Obama's new defense strategy amounts to an "appeasement" and a sign of weakness to America's foes, local Republicans in Congress said Thursday.

Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out a plan developed after a "comprehensive defense review" to trim the nation's military commitments abroad and develop a "leaner" fighting machine.

Republicans seized on the plan as evidence that the United States is less safe under the Obama administration.

"Secretary Panetta'

Obama To Gut Defense

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 5, 2012

President Obama offered a new Pentagon strategy that cuts billions of dollars for defense over the next decade and will "turn the page on a decade of war," but has critics arguing will gut U.S. ability to lead a dangerous world.

In a rare appearance in the Pentagon press briefing room Thursday, where he announced that the military will be reshaped over time, Obama said the reality of the U.S.

AIVC Founder OP ED In NY Daily News

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 4, 2012

Lalor Stands Up For NY Defense Workers

Our elected representatives talk about the need for jobs, yet few have spoken up to protect New York’s defense workers from the chopping block.

AIVC Endorses Career Marine Officer in Oklahoma’s 2nd District

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 4, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Fishkill, NY (January 4, 2012): Afghanistan & Iraq Veterans for Congress political action committee (AIVC) today announced the endorsement of Operation Iraqi Freedom vet Dakota Wood in Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District. 

“A man of great skill, experience and uncommon devotion to public service, <A hr

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk Endorses Richard Douglas for the Senate

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 2, 2012

College Park, MD (December 1, 2011) - Richard Douglas, an Iraq veteran, former American diplomat, and small business owner, is pleased to announce that U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) has strongly endorsed his accelerating campaign to unseat incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin in the U.S. Senate.

Senator Kirk said, "Douglas is one of the most qualified U.S. Senate candidates in the nation. His comprehensive experience in the Middle East exhibits a deep understanding of the complex issues our Country and our allies face.

Ambassador John Bolton Endorses Richard Douglas for the U.S. Senate

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 2, 2012

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

College Park, MD  – Richard Douglas, an Iraq veteran, former Diplomat and
small business owner, is pleased to announce that Ambassador John Bolton has strongly endorsed his accelerating campaign to unseat incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin in the United States Senate.

Ambassador Bolton said, “Douglas is the most qualified Senate candidate to emerge in Maryland in forty years. Douglas will bring badly-needed experience to the Senate at a moment of profound crisis.

SEAL is America’s deadliest sniper

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 2, 2012

DEVIL AND ANGEL: Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle watches over US Marines from his perch atop an upturned baby crib in a bombed-out building in Fallujah, Iraq.

NY Post: Iraq Already Falling Apart

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 2, 2012

Well, that didn’t take long: Now that President Obama has brought US troops home — to fulfill a campaign vow — Iraq is devolving into political chaos verging on civil war.

Barely 100 hours after the troops were withdrawn, Baghdad was rocked by more than a dozen explosions — including suicide car bombers — that left at least 63 people dead and 194 injured.

The attacks followed the pattern long favored by al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists — before the Bush-Petraeus troop surge reined them in, of course.

And they also followed the stunning political onslaught launched by Prim

Veterans Affairs claims progress in ending homelessness among vets

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 1, 2012

Halfway into an ambitious five-year campaign to end homelessness among veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made enough progress that the goal is within reach, even as a new generation of veterans returns from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Making aggressive use of a voucher program, Veterans Affairs has housed more than 33,000 veterans in the past 2