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Who Should be Obama’s Secretary of Defense

Friday, November 14th, 2008

There's been a lot of talk about who Barack Obama will choose to become his next Secretary of State. It may be a good idea for him to concentrate on his Secretary of Defense, too. Obama has talked about bipartisanship a great deal during the campaign, so this is his ...

“Kurdistan is a Model for Iraq”

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

In today's Wall Street Journal, there is an op-ed by the President of the Kurdish region of Iraq, Massoud Barzani. Barzani explains how the Kurds and the United States have built a very strong relationship, despite all of the problems of Iraq. This includes: Last year, following a U.S. request, we ...

New Iraqi Jobs Program

Monday, January 8th, 2007

No small task, or cost... It is being reported that President Bush's new Iraqi Jobs Program initiative is going to cost American taxpayers about $1 Billion dollars. Upon hearing this my first thought was, why haven't we had an American Jobs Program initiative from this President in the last six years? I ...

Political Roundup

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Reviewing the bits and pieces of our political news after a brief sabbatical As many have noticed (your emails are appreciated) there has been a recent lull in the activity on the PBNV.com web site. I took a few weeks to enjoy some much needed vacation time and complete some other ...

Is America Lost?

Friday, April 7th, 2006

What happens when a government serves up the people it's supposed to serve? This story became headlines yesterday. Realizing my initial knee-jerk reaction might lead me to write a thrashing condemnation of the current administration which ultimately could prove false I decided to wait for a White House reaction to the ...