As Iraq edges toward chaos, Joe Biden is having a quiet I-told-you-so moment. In 2006, Biden was a senator from Delaware gearing up for a presidential campaign when he proposed that Iraq be divided into three semi-independent regions for Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. Follow his plan, he said, and U.S. troops could be out by […]
STATEMENT FROM ASSEMBLYMAN SKOUFIS (D): “Too many lives are being lost to heroin abuse and the Governor and Legislature has been quick to respond, ensuring law enforcement agencies have the resources and tools needed to properly safeguard our communities. The aggressive measures passed today will combat dangerous spikes in heroin use and sales in the […]
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President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation, a White House official said Monday. The move follows years of pressure from gay rights groups for Obama to act on his own while a broader employment non-discrimination measure languishes on Capitol […]
(CNN) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the last American prisoner of war, returned home early Friday, his hero’s welcome supplanted by a controversial prisoner swap and his reputation tarnished byaccusations he was a deserter. He arrived in San Antonio from a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, where he’d been recuperating since his release May 31in exchange for five […]
17th District Republican Congressional candidate Chris Day is calling attention to his opponent Nita Lowey’s reaction–or lack thereof–to news Governor Andrew Cuomo will appoint a state fiscal monitor to oversee budgetary practices at the oft-controversial East Ramapo Central School District. Specifically Day says Lowey sent what looked like press releases to individual concerned parents from […]