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Al Qaeda Goes Viral
Jul 16, 2010
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By Peter Hoekstra
Earlier this month, the full version of Inspire, a new English language journal, surfaced on the Internet. It's publisher? The Yemen-based terrorist organization, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Although al Qaeda has long employed the Web, DVDs and video games to re...
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A Gitmo deal with the devil
Mar 11, 2010
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By U.S. REP. PETER HOEKSTRA
Last week, President Obama's advisers told reporters that they'd soon recommend that the president propose a "deal" with Congress on the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Obama would drop his insistence that the detainees be tried in civilian courts and instead let them be tri...
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Public access to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore must be protected
Feb 19, 2010
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U.S. REPS. PETE HOEKSTRA AND DAVE CAMP
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a trademark of Northern Michigan. Whether biking, swimming, hunting, fishing, camping or hiking, it serves as a major tourism destination that supports the local economy through access to beaches, lakes, dunes and r...
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Chart of Interest: Record Level Deficits
Feb 5, 2010
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*Click the above chart to enlarge
This week, President Obama released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2011. Overall his budget would spend $3.83 trillion in 2011 and contributes to a record deficit of $1.55 trillion this year. Over the next ten years, deficits are projected to average $91...
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Pete Hoekstra: No doubt Asian carp could devastate Michigan's environment, economy
Jan 26, 2010
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By Peter Hoekstra
The threat posed by Asian carp to the Great Lakes is real and needs to be addressed. There is no doubt that should the carp enter Lake Michigan it will devastate Michigan's environment and economy.
Experts have been sounding the alarm on this problem for years, yet bureaucrat...
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Where are the Other Abdulmutallabs?
Jan 19, 2010
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by Rep. Peter Hoekstra
As Washington struggles to understand the intelligence and airport security failures behind the Christmas Day terrorist attack that almost destroyed a civilian airliner over Detroit, there is an issue that no one is talking about: the failure of the Obama administration to...
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We need to be smart and consistent about the threat posed by terrorists
Jan 12, 2010
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By Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.)
Elected officials often have an irresistible urge to quickly “do something” in response to a crisis so they can tell the American people they took action.
Unfortunately, “do something” approaches usually lead to simplistic, Band-Aid-like fixes that avoid compre...
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Protecting Our Nation Requires More Than Luck
Jan 5, 2010
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by Rep. Candice Miller (MI) and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI)
*This post first appeared on Real Clear Politics
How does an individual like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab get on a plane with an explosive device with the intent to cause catastrophic harm? Clearly, the security measures we put in place did no...
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Prisoners taking work from private sector
Dec 8, 2009
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By U.S. Reps. Pete Hoekstra and Dave Camp
Special to The Press
The president recently held a "Jobs Summit" at the White House. Topping the agenda was the creation of "green jobs." With the unemployment rate in Michigan hovering above 15 percent and the nation at 10 percent, a great deal of hope ...
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Fort Hood Shooting Must Be Probed ASAP
Dec 3, 2009
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Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's murderous rampage at Fort Hood last month that killed 13 was a wake-up call on the continuing threat to our nation from radical Islam and the growing problem of homegrown terrorism. We need to quickly launch a thorough investigation and congressional hearings to underst...
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