PRES OBAMA TO ADDRESS NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES *

IT MARKS THE SECOND TIME PRES OBAMA HAS ATTENDED THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY IN ANNAPOLIS, MD *

THE SPEECH COMES A DAY AFTER THE PRES DEFENDED HIS CONTROVERSIAL DRONE PROGRAM AND RENEWED HIS PUSH TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY *

SECY OF STATE JOHN KERRY SAYS ISRAEL'S GOVT SHOULD PREVENT FURTHER SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION WHERE POSSIBLE TO HELP REVITALIZE MIDEAST PEACE TALKS *

BUT KERRY ISN'T CALLING FOR A COMPLETE SETTLEMENT FREEZE *

HE SAYS THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON RESTARTING DIRECT ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH COULD SET BORDERS FOR A TWO-STATE DEAL AND RESOLVE THE SETTLEMENT ISSUE *

KERRY MADE THE REMARKS TO REPORTERS IN ISRAEL *

SECY OF STATE JOHN KERRY BLASTS IRAN'S GUARDIAN COUNCIL FOR ELIMINATING HUNDREDS OF PRES CANDIDATES FROM THE JUNE 14 ELECTION *

KERRY SAYS VOTE CAN'T BE FREE, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT WHEN AN UNELECTED BODY CHOOSES CANDIDATES BASED "SOLELY ON WHO REPRESENTS THE REGIME'S INTERESTS" *

IRAN'S GUARDIAN COUNCIL HAS DISQUALIFIED SCORES OF CANDIDATES, INCLUDING FMR PRES AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI *

KERRY ALSO NOTED THERE ARE "TROUBLE SIGNS" THAT TEHRAN IS MEDDLING WITH IRAN'S INTERNET *

SPOX FOR NIGER'S GOVT SAYS TERRORISTS WHO ATTACKED A MILITARY INSTALLATION IN THE TOWN OF AGADEZ YESTERDAY DID NOT TAKE HOSTAGES, DESPITE EARLIER STATEMENTS *

SPOX SAYS GOVT MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THE HOMICIDE BOMBERS KIDNAPPED SOLDIERS BECAUSE ATTACKERS WHO SURVIVED THE INITIAL EXPLOSION RAN AWAY AND HID INSIDE A DORMITORY ON THE BASE *

ATTACK KILLED 20 SOLDIERS *

N KOREAN ENVOY DELIVERS A LETTER FROM LEADER KIM JONG UN TO CHINESE PRES XI JINPING, SAYING PYONGYANG WILL TAKE STEPS TO REJOIN STALLED SIX-NATION NUKE TALKS *

VISIT BY THE ENVOY IS PART OF N KOREA'S EFFORT TO REPAIR TIES WITH ITS ONLY ALLY *

PYONGYANG HAD ANGERED BEIJING OVER RECENT SNUBS AND ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS *

MEANWHILE, SIX-PARTY TALKS ON N KOREA'S NUKE PROGRAM HAVE BEEN STALLED SINCE 2009 *

WA STATE OFFICIAL SAYS LAST NIGHT'S I-5 BRIDGE COLLAPSE INTO THE SKAGIT RIVER WAS CAUSED BY AN OVERSIZED TRUCK *

STATE PATROL CHIEF JOHN BATISTE SAYS THE TRUCK HIT AN OVERHEAD SPAN *

TWO OTHER VEHICLES WENT INTO THE WATER... THREE PEOPLE WERE RESCUED AND ARE RECOVERING *

FIVE CLIMBERS ARE MISSING AND FEARED DEAD ON THE WORLD'S THIRD-LARGEST MOUNTAIN *

THE FIVE DISAPPEARED MON ON NEPAL'S MOUNT KANCHENJUNGA *

BAD WEATHER HAS PREVENTED RESCUE EFFORTS *

THE CLIMBERS WERE LAST SEEN DESCENDING FROM THE SUMMIT AT AROUND 25,900 FT... KANCHENJUNGA IS 28,162 FEET HIGH *

LARGE EXPLOSION SHAKES AFGHAN CAPITAL OF KABUL *

BLAST COLLAPSED A BUILDING WALL, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THERE WERE ANY CASUALTIES *

IT'S THE SECOND EXPLOSION TO HIT KABUL IN JUST OVER A WEEK *

EGYPTIAN SECURITY OFFICIAL SAYS 10 MALE RELATIVES KILLED A MOTHER AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS IN "HONOR KILLINGS" *

THE MEN SUSPECTED THE WOMEN OF HAVING AFFAIRS AND KILLED THEM TO PROTECT THE FAMILY'S HONOR *

THE THREE BODIES WERE FOUND IN THE NILE RIVER NEAR THE CITY OF LUXOR *

NJ GOV CHRIS CHRISTIE CUTS A RIBBON TO SYMBOLICALLY REOPEN THE JERSEY SHORE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, SEVEN MONTHS AFTER IT WAS DEVASTATED BY MONSTER STORM SANDY *

CHRISTIE CUT THE FIVE MILE-LONG RIBBON IN SEASIDE HEIGHTS *

SANDY DID AN ESTIMATED $37 BIL WORTH OF DAMAGE IN NJ *

BRITISH POLICE ARREST TWO MEN OFF A PAKISTAN INTL AIRLINES PLANE THAT WAS DIVERTED TO STANSTED AIRPORT IN ESSEX *

THE PLANE WAS TRAVELING FROM LAHORE TO MANCHESTER WITH ABOUT 300 PASSENGERS ON BOARD WHEN AN UNSPECIFIED INCIDENT OCCURRED *

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notes

Of course the Obama Administration is trying to punish Fox News Channel — I wasn’t born yesterday! Don’t believe me? Read this post and then tell me what you think

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Nov 5 2012 - 11:04 PM ET

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I just read the paragraph below in the NY Times (link to entire article at the bottom.)

I have no idea about access to Mrs. Obama or not….I do know that the President did appear on ON THE RECORD at 10pm when he was a Senator and when he ran for President.  He enjoyed the interviews.  The interviews were fair and I was polite.

The President has had an outstanding offer to appear on ON THE RECORD at 10pm since he took office but has declined through his representatives.  Of course he is not obliged to appear on ON THE RECORD at 10pm and of course he is busy.

But much more notable than the President’s non appearance on OTR at 10pm,  since Fox has aggressively asked the Administration for answers to the Benghazi 4 murders, Fox has twice been excluded from major media briefings.   Two out of two!  Accident?  Coincidence?  Read on….

The first exclusion  was a conference call briefing the State Department held about Benghazi – after Fox started to push for answers.  The State Department  invited all the news organizations except Fox.  The State Department said it was an oversight that Fox was excluded from this briefing.    I didn’t believe it then and don’t believe it now but whatever. 

Other news organizations shared with us the information given in the State Department briefing — and the information included the admission (for the first time) that there was no protest at the Benghazi Consulate but rather that it was ‘calm and normal’ when Ambassador Stevens said good night to the Turkish Diplomat about about 8:30pm Libya time.  The State Department gave the briefing the night before its employees were summoned to Capitol Hill to testify before Congress. 

And the second exclusion was just last week when the CIA finally gave a briefing about Benghazi to every news organizations except Fox.   Fox was not invited.  Of course this Fox only exclusion was deliberate — it is Fox that has been asking for answers.   The CIA and the Administration is trying to punish us so that we ‘learn not to ask them questions they don’t want to answer.’ 

Last weekend, after the two Fox exclusions from the two briefings, the Washington Post  finally admitted that there are unanswered questions about the murder of the 4 Americans and begrudgingly admitted that Fox gets credit for pushing for answers from the Obama Administration. 

Why wasn’t Fox invited to these briefings?  No one here at Fox has told me anything (I don’t even know if Fox said anything to the Obama Administration about it and I have not asked)  but I wasn’t born yesterday.  The Obama Administration is trying to send Fox a message – back off!  

I believe that Fox is getting punished for doing its job.   We simply persistently ask pointed questions about the murder of 4 Americans.   We didn’t buy the Obama Administration’s silly story (video/protest) and so now they seek to punish us with exclusion.  

Frankly, the exclusions from these two media wide briefings only make me more suspicious the Administration is hiding something.   People who are telling you the truth don’t try and punish you like this.  

I don’t know what the Administration is hiding, but I can’t help but think it is something.  They made me suspicious by their behavior.

What do you think?

CLICK HERE TO THE NYT article that prompted this post

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PLEASE: IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE GROUND AT BENGHAZI OR HAS ANY INFORMATION AT ALL FROM OTHER MEANS, HAVE THAT PERSON CONTACT ME.

 THERE WERE ABOUT 30 AMERICANS WHO WERE RESCUED.  I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THEM. 

 

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