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Washington state’s ObamaCare exchange faces funding shortfall

03/12/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange call center in Spokane is so busy that staffing has been quadrupled, with the center receiving up to 10,000 calls a day. The problem is not enough of those callers are actually signing up for…

Reason for Hope: The 10,000 Women Initiative

03/09/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
For as long as I can remember, we’ve been having debates about the foreign policy disasters and seemingly unsolvable problems around the world. Dinner conversations are replayed over generations – nothing seems to get better, and in some aspects it…

At CPAC, Jeb Bush does his best to reestablish conservative credentials

02/28/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Feb. 27, 2015: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. (AP) Potential 2016 White House candidate Gov. Jeb Bush made the most of his opportunities this week to assure attendees at…

Walker draws standing ovation in CPAC address

02/27/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
OXON HILL, Md. – Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker rolled up his sleeves Thursday and picked up where he left off last month in Iowa — trying to win over his party’s conservative base on the way to a potential…

Mitch McConnell: A beaten man presiding over a broken Senate

02/24/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Editor’s note: The following op-ed originally appeared in The Hill newspaper and on TheHill.com. After a terrible, bone-breaking accident and two eye surgeries, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the former Senate Majority Leader, is scheduled to be back on Capitol Hill…

CPAC 2015: ACU Chairman Schlapp says Republican presidential nomination starts here

02/23/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Editor’s note: Fox News’ Dana Perino, former White House press secretary and current co-host of “The Five” recently interviewed Matt Schlapp, American Conservative Union chairman about this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The conference runs from February 25 through…

Democrats will splinter on trade deals

02/17/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Senate Democrats have maintained a united front as a minority in the new Congress — so far. No Democrats crossed party lines on the Homeland Security funding bill vote. Last week’s vote on the Keystone XL pipeline saw some defections.…

Life lessons from an airport cleaning woman

02/13/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
FILE — Aug. 27, 2014: An airplane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) You would have thought she was polishing a brand new Cadillac. Or a beautiful Chinese Chippendale desk. Or Dolly Madison’s White House…

Obama signals he’s out of ideas with ISIS fight request to Congress

02/12/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Why is President Obama asking for “Authorization for Use of Military Force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant”? Why ask for permission to carry on with operations that have been underway for more than six months and…

Western Heavyweights Intervene In Ukrainian Conflict; Looking For Another Diplomatic Solution

02/05/2015 Published on Forbes.com
I was relieved to see reports earlier this week that the United States was finally considering arming the Ukrainians as they continue fighting off pro-Russian separatists in the East. There was the suggestion that we might have been able to…