Jim Kouri

Election 2012: GOP presidential candidates, lawmakers address narco-terrorism

The U.S. House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Subcommittee plans to hear testimony Wednesday on the frightening Mexican drug cartels who are attempting to establish strong footholds throughout the United States. clearpxlGOP presidential candidates are speaking out against the drug cartels and transnational organized crime gangs who use extreme violence and threats at a time when the Obama Administration released its International Organized Crime Strategy.

Bogus deportation statistics released by Obama, say lawmakers

Even President Obama admitted to Hispanic voters recently that his administration’s deportation numbers are ‘deceptive'.

Report card: Bio-terrorism preparedness gets thumbs down by bipartisan group

A report released Wednesday by the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Center gives failing of near failing grades for U.S, bio-terrorism preparedness and response, according to U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security,

Obama ignores NSC report on weak border security

Last July, President Barack Obama's own National Security Council conducted a study -- and formulated a plan -- regarding drug trafficking and drug trafficking networks. Unfortunately, the NSC report is nothing more than political window dressing.

Iranian-American plotted assassination of Saudi ambassador in U.S.

Two suspects allegedly working for Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard, were charged with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. They were also charged with plotting to attack the Saudi and Israeli embassies, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday during a press conference at the Justice Department.

AG Holder suspected of perjury; GOP demands special counsel

Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself during his testimony regarding "Operation Fast and Furious."

Obama “fake” green jobs program slammed in Congressional report

Facing arguably the worst economic situation since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama responded with a green jobs agenda as a major component of his recovery strategy, according to a report released by the House of Representatives' Government Oversight Committee.

Amanda Knox acquittal: Sloppy crime scene analysis created injustice

The judges and jury have overturned American citizen Amanda Knox's conviction for murder of Meredith Kercher, in one of the most controversial international crime cases in the new millennium.

Clinton’s Africa vision is out of focus, say critics

On Monday, October 3, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet with 40 women entrepreneurs from 36 African nations participating in the 2011 African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program, at the U.S. Department of State.

Mexican attorney general: “Obama more involved in Fast & Furious than admitted”

President Barack Obama appears to be getting it from all sides regarding a government snafu dubbed Operation Fast and Furious. Besides both houses of the U.S. Congress and a number of public-interest groups investigating what is being characterized as a rogue federal law enforcement operation, Mexico's attorney general is infuriated over the allegations that the U.S. was behind the smuggling of weapons into Mexico that ended up killing her countrymen.

Air Force General blows whistle on Obama, but media deaf

A United State Air Force general is blowing the whistle on another alleged White House scandal, but few in the news media seem to be listening.

FARC rebels urged to disarm by Colombian president

One soldier was killed and two more were injured Sunday after simultaneous attacks from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in several towns of Colombia's southwestern Cauca region.

Obama’s anti-Wall Street rhetoric blamed for mounting protests

"This statement is ours, and for anyone who will get behind it. Representing ourselves, we bring this call for revolution." - Occupy Wall Street With millions of Americans unemployed, and millions of others losing their home and their savings, the almost constant anti-capitalist rhetoric -- about Wall Street and corporate "fat cats" and "billionaires and millionaires not paying their fair share" -- by elected leaders such as President Barack Obama, Senator Harry Reid, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and others is starting to take it's toll.

Colombia’s intelligence director facing 25 years in prison

A federal court in Bogota, Colombia, sentenced the disgraced former director of Colombia's Administrative Department of Security (DAS) on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for his involvement in a number of crimes including murder, abuse of power and conspiracy in major crimes.

Congressman demands investigation of Obama’s “Uncle Omar”

"President Obama's Uncle, Uncle Omar, has been picked up for drunken driving with almost twice the blood alcohol level that is allowable by law in Massachusetts. It'll be the third time that he's been interdicted with regard to being an illegal immigrant. He's twice before been adjudicated for deportation, this time Immigrations and Customs Enforcement just released him, after they had him in custody, as if he's not going to be a danger to our society." - U.S. Rep. Steve King

Nightmare continues for British woman kidnapped by Somalis

The British government reportedly deployed special forces troops -- probably members of the Special Air Service (SAS) - in a military operation to rescue a female British subject from her Somali abductors.

U.S slams Venezuela for alleged FARC connections

The U.S. Treasury Department slammed four close friends and associates of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for allegedly helping Colombia's Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) Marxist-guerrilla organization in their cocaine-trafficking operations, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police on Saturday.

Al Qaeda may capture Khadhafi’s weapons stockpiles, say lawmakers

As the American people prepare to honor those who died at the hands of radical Islamic terrorists on the 9-11 Tenth Anniversary, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warned that the U.S. must make certain Libya dictator Moamar Khadhafi's stockpiles of weapons don't end up in the hands of terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda.

Female journalists brutally murdered in Mexico City

Two female Mexican journalists were discovered brutally murdered in the Mexican capital, according to a U.S. DEA agent working in Mexico City, who spoke on condition of anonymity. They are the latest casualties in a war just as deadly and fierce as Iraq or Afghanistan for soldiers, police and reporters.

Lieberman blasts Obama’s politically correct war on terrorists

The Obama administration's politically-correct orthodoxy regarding the fight against terrorists is hurting the U.S. war effort, according to Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Obama and many lawmakers in both houses of the U.S. Congress are often at odds with other politicians over the language used and the tools utilized in the war on terrorism. For example, the controversy over trying terrorists using civilian courts or military commissions approached the boiling point until the President acquiesced and allowed the military to try terrorists such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9-11 mastermind.