Fwd: Despite Record Spending, Congress Failed to Fund Detention Space to Hold Captured Illegals From Terror-Sponsoring Countries

Today's Headlines Friday, August 20, 2010

Despite Record Spending, Congress Failed to Fund Detention Space to Hold Captured Illegals From Terror-Sponsoring Countries (CNSNews.com) - Even as Congress increased overall federal spending in fiscal 2010, it appropriated only enough funds for the Homeland Security Department to provide a fraction of the additional 40,000 detention spaces for illegal aliens that had been authorized by a 2004 immigration law. Because it lacked adequate detention space, DHS says it was forced over the last three years to release hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who were being processed for deportation. DOT Asked Contractors to Post Signs 'Solely Used to Publicize' Obama's Stimulus Law, IG Report Says (CNSNews.com) – The Transportation Department imposed strict guidelines for the placement, size, and visibility of signs promoting the $862-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus law), according to a review by DOT's inspector general released on Thursday. The IG review came in response to questions by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) about the cost and propaganda aims of the Recovery Act signs. Congressmen Urge State Department to Return Vietnam to List of Human Rights Violators (CNSNews.com) - "I fear that when the U.S. granted Vietnam normal trade relations in 2001, we lost crucial leverage that puts pressure on the Vietnamese government to improve a very poor record on human rights," Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. "Over the last year, we've seen Vietnam's record on human rights and religious freedom take a turn for the worse."  Hillary Clinton Downplays Concerns About Militants Exploiting Pakistan Emergency (CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday played down concerns that militants could take advantage of the floods in Pakistan to extend their influence, although that is exactly what some analysts say happened after the last big natural disaster in the region. Clinton implied that the concerns were being raised as part of politically motivated criticism of the Pakistani government. Congressional Budget Office Predicts 2010 Deficit Second Largest Since WWII (CNSNews.com) – The Congressional Budget Office, in its mid-year budget update, has projected that the 2010 budget deficit ($1.3 trillion) will be the second highest on record since the end of World War II, eclipsed only by the deficit of 2009 ($1.4 trillion). All told, CBO projects that the government will run up a total of $6.2 trillion in new deficits between 2011 and 2020. In Hailing End of Iraqi Combat Mission, Democrats Praise Obama, While Republicans Nod to Bush (CNSNews.com) – "[T]he drawdown of U.S. troops that began under the previous administration has been able to continue," House Republican Leader John Boehner said on Thursday. The drawdown is "evidence that the President (Obama) has fulfilled his promise to the American people to bring combat operations in Iraq to an end," DNC Chairman Tim Kaine said in his statement. Palestinian Authority Chairman Honors Another Dead Terrorist (CNSNews.com) – Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas gave a military funeral this week to the man believed to be the last surviving planner of the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. OTHER CNSNEWS.COM HEADLINES Scientists Simulate Terror Attack on Boston Subway Friday Struggling Workers Increasingly Tapping 401(k) Accounts for Needed Cash No Mainstream Media Criticism of President Obama for Taking Vacation… Democrats Hope Money, Manpower Can Stem Election Losses Lack of Terror Convictions in Pakistan Undermines Law and Order Pakistan Accepts Flood Aid From India Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims Responsibility for Bombing of Army Recruits Primary Losses Blunt Palin's 'Mama Grizzly' Claws Justice Anthony Kennedy Favors Civilian Courts in Terrorism Cases Donate Today! Please help CNSNews.com keep bringing you 'The Right News - Right Now!' Make a contribution to CNSNews.com today. It's fast, simple and secure. Help CNSNews.com and Donate Today!  NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP Sheriff, stung by 'lack of respect,' tells ICE to remove detainees from Boston jail Dems retreat on claims that health care reform will reduce cost and deficit U.S. assures Israel that Iran threat is not imminent White House's 'recovery summer' could be slipping away As job losses rise, rebound from recession called 'anemic' More disabled workers file discrimination claims in 2009 Obama's fundraising spree costs taxpayers $2 million, analyst estimates Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin rally permit approved  New conservative group harnesses tea party energy to compete with MoveOn.org  MoveOn.org complains MSNBC won't run its ad blasting Target Worried Democrats courting elderly voters as midterm elections near White House dismisses poll on Obama's faith New images indicate moon may be shrinking N.J. residents raise chickens in effort to be self-sufficient, reduce carbon footprint Screening incidents at Newark airport renew security concerns More sharks sighted in Cape Cod waters Broward County dads, grandads urged to take kids to school Monday Board rejects roadside 'Sign for Jesus' request More low-paid jobs for refugees proposed in Sweden to help them assimilate Swedish city making it harder for police to hunt for illegal aliens COMMENTARY And Now: The Stealth Obama Ocean Grab By Michelle Malkin It's not enough that the White House is moving to lock up hundreds of millions of acres of land in the name of environmental protection. The Obama administration's neon green radicals are also training their sights on the deep blue seas. They've been empowered by executive order to seize unprecedented control from states and localities over "conservation, economic activity, user conflict and sustainable use of the ocean, our coasts and the Great Lakes." And not a single hearing needed to be held. Not a single amendment considered. Not a single vote cast. Who gives a flying fish about transparency and the deliberative process?  Memo to Dems  By Rich Galen  Memorandum to Democrat Candidates for House and Senate, From the White House Political Office (the Martha's Vineyard White House), Re: This Whining Has Got to Stop. We at the White House are getting just a little tired of hearing from Democrat candidates across the country about the so-called "problems" that President Obama and our administration are causing for you and your campaigns.  Sleazy Songs of Summer By L. Brent Bozell III Ever wonder what those teenagers are listening to while wearing those i-Pod earphones? Maybe you'd rather not know. You will be horrified. Of the 22 songs topping the charts from May through June, a whopping 64 percent made at least one reference to sex, drugs or alcohol, or contained profanity.  A Remembrance of Anne  By Patrick J. Buchanan This is a condensed version of the eulogy for Anne Higgins delivered by Patrick Buchanan at St. Stephen Martyr in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18. She was a saint who walked among us.