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Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

President Obama hinted last week that he still may try to close the Guantánamo Bay prison through executive action when he signed an updated national defense authorization bill last week, he had no issue with a provision that maintains that the naval station at GITMO will not be closed or abandoned. The Obama administration has emphasized from […]

Mitch PerryNovember 25, 2015

Last week, Jupiter U.S. Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy joined 46 other House Democrats in voting for the SAFE Act, which requires new screening requirements for refugees from Syria and Iraq before they can enter the United States. That vote came despite a vow by President Barack Obama to veto the legislation should it […]

Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015

A CBS News poll released on Monday shows that 66 percent of Americans don’t think President Barack Obama has a clear strategy to defeat the Islamic State. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says she understands where the public is coming from. “I think President Obama can do much better in communicating that strategy,” the Democrat representing […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

On Tuesday afternoon, White House, led by chief-of-staff Denis McDonough, held a conference call with 34 of the nation’s governors regarding plans to bring more Syrian refugees to the U.S., but it only seemed to raise more questions for Rick Scott. “They couldn’t explain to me how the U.S. vetting process is any better than the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2015

A new poll finds a majority of voters in Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee think restoring relations and relaxing the travel ban with Cuba is the right thing to do. The poll of four heartland states was conducted by The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center in partnership with Engage Cuba. It shows that although 70 percent of voters think […]

Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2015

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Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera is standing foursquare behind his boss, Governor Rick Scott, in opposing any Syrian refugees coming into Florida. “We have recently become aware that private organizations could receive federal funding to house up to 425 possible Syrian refugees in the state of Florida,” Lopez-Cantera, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2015

Pinellas County U.S. Rep. and GOP Senate candidate David Jolly says it’s “heartbreaking” that President Obama isn’t redirecting his strategy toward combating the Islamic State, in reaction to the terrorist attacks that occurred Friday night in Paris. “It’s more than disappointing, this is heartbreaking,” Jolly said in a telephone interview Monday morning. “I have been imploring […]

Mitch PerryNovember 14, 2015

If you’ve followed any of the stump speeches of the 15 Republican candidates still standing in the race for the presidential nomination, you know that everyone of them spends considerable time criticizing what they call the fecklessness of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton‘s foreign policy. So in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris […]

Mitch PerryNovember 14, 2015

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Saying it was not a day for politics as usual, Ohio Governor John Kasich still got partisan on Saturday at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando on Saturday afternoon. His entire speech was centered around the battle against terrorism in the wake of the attacks in Paris on Friday night, “I don’t know if this is the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 14, 2015

If the race for the Republican nomination for Senate in Florida next year comes down to who’s the toughest on Islamic terrorism, it could come down to a Todd Wilcox vs. Ron DeSantis contest. Both have extensive and impressive military backgrounds, but DeSantis actually has been elected — twice now, as a Congressman representing the 6th District […]

Tag: President Obama

David Jolly boasts about his proposal on maintaining GITMO as U.S. military base signed by President Obama in NDAA

Patrick Murphy’s defense of Syrian refugee vote pummeled on Facebook

Kathy Castor says president can do “much better” at telling ISIS strategy

Rick Scott says White House explanation on Syrian refugee situation makes him more concerned

Poll of 4 heartland states show strong support for restoring ties with Cuba

Carlos Lopez-Cantera stands with Rick Scott, calling Congress to block funding for Syrian refugees to Florida

David Jolly “beyond disappointment” about president’s post-Paris immigration stance

Carly Fiorina says she is the leader the world needs in a time of terror

John Kasich says NATO should invoke Article 5 in wake of Paris attacks

Ron DeSantis talks tough on terrorism in Orlando speech