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The Ongoing Logistical Nightmare of Haiti, Six Days Later

By | 01.19.10 | 6:00 am

Ken Keen, a three-star Army general, was in Haiti on Tuesday at the U.S. ambassador’s office shortly before nightfall when the quake began. The ambassador’s office is high above the city of Port-au-Prince. Keen heard “the screaming and yelling of the people in the valleys below.”

Now Keen is the More…

DeMint: Uncommitted on the Fate of Sanford

By | 06.30.09 | 10:51 am

As Dave pointed out last week, some conservatives aren’t mincing words about their desire to see disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) step away from the national stage following revelations of an extramarital affair. Others, though, are treading much more carefully around the issue, favoring a strategy of More…