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The Heritage Foundation Fred Thompson predicts that the war in Afghanistan "has been lost," but we still think there is hope for victory.

Read Thompson's remarks in The Foundry, why we think victory is possible, and let us know where you stand.

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On his radio show yesterday, former Sen. Fred Thompson upped his criticism of President Barack Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan, predicting:
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The Heritage Foundation In Pictures: Just how big is Harry Reid's Big Government Health Care Plan? Take a look at our blog to see where it stacks up.

Unless you were planning on replacing your barbells with the Reid
health care bill or using H.R.3962 to cure insomnia, these proposals
will do little for your health.

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House and Senate Democratic leaders are breaking records left, right and center with every new version of Obamacare they roll out. But if you thought they’d be competing to provide better methods for reforming the health care system, you were wrong. ...
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The Heritage Foundation VIDEO: Harry Reid's health care bill includes SIX NEW TAXES on the middle class. Remember when Barack Obama pledged there would be no new middle class taxes?

Watch video of Obama's pledge and see how you'll be taxed under Reid's plan.

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With the event horizon of the vote on the Reid Health Care Bill approaching, it appears that passage of the legislation would, yet again, amount to President Barack Obama breaking his “no new middle class tax” pledge.
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The Heritage Foundation Watch our event on Rediscovering Black Conservatism LIVE at http://bit.ly/4q1vVD

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In Rediscovering Black Conservatism, author Lee Walker explains how conservative ideas grew out of the black experience in America, and how their strongest advocate – Booker T. Washington – ...
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Video: "There is no permanent truth. Everything is merely relative. Everything evolves and changes over time." That is the core of the liberal, progressive philosophy.

As conservatives, we believe in fundamental principles that uphold our life, our liberty, our religious freedom and our property. Watch Heritage scholar ...Matthew Spalding discuss those principles and his new book, "We Still Hold These Truths."Read More

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Matthew Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths, examines the timeless principles and practical wisdom that have been the source of America’s monumental success. In this video segment Spaldingdiscusses ...
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The Heritage Foundation It kills jobs. Hurts families. Harms small businesses. Hurts the poor. Funds abortion.

This is the Read health care bill. The Senate is voting on it tomorrow night. Click below to read the Morning Bell and learn everything you need to know about Senator Reid's plan.

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As Congress prepares for another Saturday night vote on health care reform, Americans are slowly unpeeling the layers of the ReidBill and discovering the details:
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The Heritage Foundation Shock video: Senator Patrick Leahy says there is "no need" to interrogate Osama bin Laden. You've got to see it to believe it. What do you think?

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Defending Attorney General Eric Holder’s historically bad decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other terrorists in civilian court, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) told CSPAN this morning: ...
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The Heritage Foundation In pictures: How big is too big? The U.S. government owns a total land mass the size of 10 European nations. Take a look to see which agencies own what and how the acreage compares to France, Poland, Spain and others.

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With the takeover of health care and frenzied government growth front and center, many are wondering when we will - if we haven’t already - reached a tipping point that fundamentally alters America. Much of what’s been done is described as a temporary fix. ...
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The Heritage Foundation Unbelievable story: $3 Billion of taxpayer stimulus funds = 10.2% unemployment in Alabama? Take a look at the Foundry to see if you can figure out how to make these numbers add up.

What would you have done with those taxpayer dollars?

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Alabama has received 3 billion dollars of stimulus aid to help “save or create” jobs and cure unemployment. Yet somehow that stimulus aid isn’t helping in curing unemployment or creating ...
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The Heritage Foundation VIDEO: "The rumors of the death of conservatism are greatly exaggerated." We couldn't agree more.

Watch Michael Barone and National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru discuss where they think the movement stands. Let us know how strong you think conservatism is and what you're doing to spur the movement forward.

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For Michael Barone and Ramesh Ponnuru, conservative principles remain empirically true despite elections. The growing revolt against tired tax-and-spend policies embodied in the Tea Party movement and ...
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The Heritage Foundation "It is clear that foreign terrorists and terrorist groups have committed acts of war against the United States, and that our national security requires that we respond accordingly."

In case you missed it, check out the MUST READ statement from former Attorney General Ed Meese on Eric Holder's decision to put terrorists on trial in NYC.

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Edwin Meese III, the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation as well as the United States Attorney General ...
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The Heritage Foundation MUST READ: Former Attorney General Ed Meese issued strong remarks on AG Eric Holder's decision to try terrorists in civilian court in NYC. Check it out in today's Morning Bell.

Our national security is at stake. Let us know what you think about it.

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Last Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other terrorists would be tried in a civilian court in New York City rather than before a military tribunal. Pressing ...
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The Heritage Foundation Nuclear News: Iran says "NO" in the face of Barack Obama's diplomatic engagement. Does "no" mean "no," or do you think the Obama Administration will continue to bend over backwards for Iran?

http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/18/iran%E2%80%99s-foreign-minister-rejects-nuclear-deal/

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Today Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki publicly rejected the U.N.-backed proposal to send about 70 percent of Iran’s known supplies of enriched uranium out of the country. Mottaki suggested that ...
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The Heritage Foundation Seven lines could be all it takes to end TARP, the program that provided $700 billion to troubled financial institutions. Read The Foundry to find out how.

Do you think it's time to end TARP, or would you like to see more taxpayer dollars spent to support our financial institutions?

http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/18/tarp-should-end-thune/

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In an era when legislation routinely exceeds 1,000 pages, the bill introduced by Sen. John Thune yesterday — at seven lines — doesn’t look like much. But looks can be deceptive. If adopted, ...
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