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Despite Afghanistan’s uncertain future, President Barack Obama and his deputies are attempting to cast the long war fought there as a victory of sorts, while holding fast to a timetable that sees American forces withdraw before 2015. (more)

Arthur C. Brooks was a Seattle-born liberal, but today he is president of the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right economic think tank in Washington, D.C. (more)

American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks told The Daily Caller that the problem with the welfare state is that it robs people of the dignity of earning what they have. (more)

On his Saturday radio show on WABC in New York City, “Kudlow Report” host Larry Kudlow voiced his displeasure with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s attacks on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s association with Bain Capital. (more)

President Barack Obama has begun trying to reach military voters from the campaign trail, praising soldiers’ accomplishments and scaling back his portrayal of soldiers as wounded warriors dependent on government services. (more)

Several of the audience members asking questions at Tuesday night’s GOP foreign policy debate have close ties to two different presidential candidates: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (more)

Despite Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s consistent calls for increased teacher salaries, a new study says that most public school teachers aren’t actually being underpaid. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain refused to answer questions Monday morning about a report that two women made sexual harassment allegations against him during the 1990s. (more)

Herman Cain said that if he were to dress up for Halloween as one of his Republican political opponents to scare people, it would be Texas Rep. Ron Paul. (more)

On the day of the CNN/Western Republican Leadership Conference debate in Las Vegas, the Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute and CNN jointly announced Tuesday that they will host a Republican presidential debate focused on foreign policy and national security. (more)

While the latest jobs numbers were better than expected, millions of Americans continue to look for work. (more)

John Bolton, former UN ambassador (more)

John Bolton recently sat down with The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas for a wide-ranging interview in which he touched on the possibility he will run for president in 2012. (more)

It was certain to attract this sort of response, but Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan released his budget plan going forward that includes some sweeping changes to federal expenditures, including entitlement spending. (more)

White House officials are scheduling two more out-of-town trips this week to showcase the President’s energy strategy, possibly marking an uptick in concern about the political impact of rising gas prices. (more)

While groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and Koch Industries often get chided for the political spending, green groups are making their fair share of financial contributions to political causes, too. (more)

In an interview set to air on CNN’s Sunday broadcast of “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz sharply criticized the White House for its lack of response to the turmoil unfolding in Libya. (more)

The threat of a potential government shutdown as a result of the ongoing congressional continuing resolution (CR) battle has the leaders of the nation’s different Tea Party activist groups split. The CR would fund the federal government until Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year, because the Congress never passed a 2011 budget. (more)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie captivated his audience at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Wednesday afternoon with a speech focused on what he called the “big things.” For him, the very biggest is getting America’s fiscal house in order – even if it means cutting entitlement spending. (more)

Some leaders of Tea Party groups say there are no “sacred cows” when it comes to spending cuts in Washington, and the traditionally Republican Party-protected Department of Defense budget is no exception — while other leaders in the grassroots movement say they are wary of cutting funds necessary to protect the nation. (more)