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Coal Miners Fear Losing Their Jobs Over Obama’s EPA Clean Power Plan
It’s safe to say Nathan Huff is not a fan of the new Environmental Protection Agency regulations that mandate a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. Huff is a coal miner in the Ohio Valley, and the regulations, he and others believe, will cost them their jobs. “People need jobs,” he said….Monica Sanchez -
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Bobby Jindal: An Economic Lesson for Obama and Hollande
President Obama continues his European tour today with a stop in Paris. As he and French President Francois Hollande discuss options to resolve the ongoing crisis in Russia, the weakness of the Obama administration on the global stage contrasts strikingly with the bravery shown by the D-Day soldiers, whose heroic actions 70 years ago on…Bobby Jindal -
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How Obama Should Have Handled Benghazi
President Obama had a perfect model for how to respond to the scandal in the wake of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. He could have turned to the actions of another president—Ronald Reagan—to show him how to quickly regain the trust and confidence of Congress and the American people. The 1986…James Carafano