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Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton is scheduled to give a speech at Stanford University today detailing her plans to defeat the Islamic State. “We live in a complex and dangerous world and we need a commander in chief who can provide leadership that is strong and smart,” Clinton said last night in Everett,Washington. She also said the U.S. […]

Ryan RayFebruary 22, 2016

Florida lawmakers continued to dabble in foreign policy on Monday, when a Senate panel unanimously passed a bill calling for an authorization of force against Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups in Iraq and the Levant. The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security approved SB 1710 by Sen. Greg Evers, which calls on Congress for […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 12, 2016

OK, let’s not pretend that anyone out there is really all that interested, much less excited, that Barack Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address tonight. I would say that it’s an antiquated relic that the country has transcended, and in fact, last year’s SOTU was the least viewed since 2000. Having […]

Associated PressDecember 27, 2015

The far-flung attacks claimed by Islamic State militants and the intensifying global effort to crush them added up to a grim, gripping yearlong saga that was voted the top news story of 2015, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No. 2 story was the U.S. Supreme Court’s […]

Jim RosicaDecember 21, 2015

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Muslims need to “deal with the problem (of radicalism), the cancer within Islam,” but “most are not and that’s a problem.” Santorum appeared Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. He was asked to elaborate on comments he made on the jihadist movement in the last candidates’ debate. “The bottom line is this: […]

Mitch PerryDecember 18, 2015

Like President Barack Obama, I’m flying to California today. I’m leaving for vacation but in the president’s case, his California trip is to speak with the victims of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, before departing for Hawaii for the next few weeks. I’ll be spending time back home with family and friends in the […]

Ryan RayDecember 14, 2015

Recent terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere have shifted the focus of nearly all federal campaigns and U.S. Rep. David Jolly‘s bid for the Senate seat left vacant by Marco Rubio is no exception. Jolly ripped President Barack Obama for a perceived lack of strong leadership in a new web ad released Monday, called “Securing Our Homeland.” The ad, sent in an email […]

Jim RosicaDecember 7, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush repeated his call for a declaration of war against the Islamic State, criticizing President Barack Obama for viewing the conflict with the jihadist group as a policing “exercise.” Bush appeared Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program via satellite from Miami. “If this is a war, which I believe it is, then we need […]

Jim RosicaNovember 25, 2015

Former New York City Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday said he thinks the U.S. has “no strategy” in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group. “We have no strategy and that’s exactly what we need,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. President Barack Obama “appeared with (French President François) Hollande who took quick decisive action, […]

Associated PressNovember 24, 2015

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is coming back for South Carolina for a series of events in the Upstate. The former Florida governor is starting his swing Tuesday with a Salvation Army event in Greenville at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m., he stops by Spartanburg’s Beacon Drive-In, a restaurant that has become a must-see for […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.23.16 – Will Hillary Clinton’s speech on how to contend with ISIS be a critique of Obama?

Senate panel OKs call for “use of military force” against ISIL

Mitch Perry Report for 1.12.16 — SOTU time, baby!

Islamic State conflict voted top news story of 2015

Rick Santorum: Muslims need to “confront the cancer” of radicalism

Mitch Perry Report for 12.18.15 – Obama making course correction on optics of being a wartime president?

Email insights: David Jolly rips administration on national security

Jeb Bush renews call to declare war on ISIS after President’s speech

Rudy Giuliani says U.S. has “no strategy” against Islamic State

Jeb Bush makes stops in upstate South Carolina