U.S. Justice Department Moves To Block Lawsuits By Military Families

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Quietly, U.S. Moves To Block Lawsuits By Military Families -- The Atlantic

Why is the Justice Department trying to make it more difficult for service members and their families to sue the government for medical malpractice?

Politicians and bureaucrats of all persuasions typically trip over themselves when it comes to praising the values and virtues, the courage and the sacrifice, of America's military families. East Coast. West Coast. Red State. Blue State. Democrats. Republicans. It doesn't matter. Everyone wants to stand up in public and say that brave and stoic military families should get the best that America can offer (cue the applause). Take the First Lady herself, Michelle Obama, who has worked consistently with and for these families since 2009.

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My Comment: Hint to all of my American readers .... just as the Justice Department is trying to make it more difficult for service members and their families to sue the government for medical malpractice, the same will be for the general public when the full force and impact of 'Obamacare' comes into being.

We Need A New Legal Regime To Fight The War On Terror -- A Commentary

Camp Delta, the fenced-in core of the Guantánamo prison. Angel Franco/The New York Times

From The Wall Street Journal:

An open letter to the attorney general.

As Americans commemorate the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, many of us are conscious of another symbol of the war on terror: the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, whose fate is still uncertain. If the crumbling twin towers conjure memories of America's shock and pain, Guantanamo is a monument to our nation's reaction after 9/11—and the moral dilemmas we face in this difficult new era.

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My Comment: This is a powerful letter from Judea Pearl .... the father of Daniel Pearl.

This is a must read and one that I can only hope President Obama reads also.