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Kit Bond: Obama Should Oust Eikenberry And Holbrooke Too (VIDEO)

Sen Kit Bond (R-MO) said today that it "would be a good start" for President Obama to also oust Karl Eikenberry and Richard Holbrooke from his Afghanistan team, in addition... Read More »

Did Kit Bond Fall Asleep During An Intel Briefing?

Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), who charged yesterday that the Obama Administration has kept key terrorism-related intelligence from him, fell asleep in an intelligence briefing yesterday, according to the Wall Street... Read More »

Bond Compares Obama Admin's Times Square Intel To Bush's WMDs (VIDEO)

Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) made a rather surprising claim on MSNBC today, suggesting that the Obama Administration's intelligence on the Pakistani Taliban having been behind the failed Times Square bombing... Read More »

Bond Calls Order To Release Gitmo Detainee 'Outrageous'

Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) released the following statement yesterday on a federal judge's order to release a Guantanamo detainee:... Read More »

Gibbs Pushes Back Against GOP's 'Soft On Terror' Attacks

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs appeared on MSNBC this morning to push back against Republican attacks that the administration is soft on terror because the Christmas Day bomber was... Read More »

Kit Bond Sticks To His Script: Brennan Didn't Tell Me Abdulmutallab Had Been Mirandized! Resign, Brennan!

Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) made a brief appearance on Fox News this morning and continued his attack on the Obama administration's handling of Christmas bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He... Read More »

Bond: No One Told Me About Mirandizing! (VIDEO)

Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) said on Fox News today that while John Brennan, President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, did brief him on Christmas Day about the handling of suspect Umar... Read More »

Brennan: GOP-ers Knew Xmas Bomber Was Mirandized, Raised No Objections (VIDEO)

White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan yesterday struck back at Congressional Republicans who have been attacking the administration for giving the attempted Christmas Day bomber his Miranda rights. Brennan said... Read More »

DCers Gather For Alfalfa Club Dinner -- Joke About Scott Brown, Torture

Members of the Washington elite gathered on Saturday night for the 97th annual Alfalfa Club dinner, where Democrats and Republicans exchanged zingers in the name of bipartisan camaraderie.... Read More »

Gibbs: Obama Gets 'Tremendous Input From Commanders On The Ground' in Afghanistan

Yesterday, two Republicans, Karl Rove and Sen. Kit Bond (MO), accused President Obama of being out of touch with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Asked... Read More »

Rove And Bond: Obama Should Talk To McChrystal More Often

A new line of attack against President Obama may be emerging from the GOP. Within minutes of each other this afternoon, Karl Rove and Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) both criticized... Read More »

Second GOP Senator Calls For 'Regime Change' In Iran

Earlier we told you about Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-AZ) plan for Iran: sticks and "regime change." Well, apparently Kyl's not the only GOP Senator pushing regime change in Iran today.... Read More »

Senators Debate Iran And Afghanistan

A number of U.S. Senators made the Sunday morning news show rounds today, weighing in on Iran's nuclear program and U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, among other things.... Read More »