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Benghazi attack still has holes, but extra security might not have been an option listen
10/25/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Anthony Zinni, Al Cardenas, Benghazi attack, Libya, terrorism
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been using the attack in Benghazi last month in his campaign against President Barack Obama. Republicans supporting Romney claim Obama withheld information about the attack that killed four Americans.
Speaking before a U.S. Global leadership Coalition event this month in Tampa, former head of the Republican Party of Florida and current chair of the American Conservative Union, Al Cardenas s...
Be the first to commentForeign policy takes center stage during final Obama-Romney debate listen
10/23/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, 2012 election, debates, foreign policy, Iran, Libya
In their final debate, President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney doubled down on foreign policy last night in Boca Raton. With only two weeks left until Election Day, the two presidential contenders were throwing punches about everything from sanctions on Iran to military spending. During the speech, Obama refueled criticism that Romney flip-flops on key political issues.
Be the first to comment“Every time you’ve offered an opinion, you’ve been wrong. You said we should have gone into Ira...
Reaction to death of U.S. Ambassador in Libya listen
09/12/12 wire services including APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, Benghazi, Barack Obama, islamophobia, Islam, Mitt Romney
President Barack Obama is condemning in the "strongest possible terms" an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the American ambassador.
Today Obama said the U.S. will work with the Libyan government to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. He says "no acts of terror" will shake America's resolve.
Obama said the U.S. rejects any efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but says there is "absolutely no justification" for viole...
Be the first to commentCAIR's Hassan Shibly on death of US Ambassador to Libya listen
09/12/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, Benghazi, islamophobia, Islam, CAIR, Bill Nelson
The day after Tuesday's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya we spoke with Hassan Shibly. He’s executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Four Americans have died, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, following riots by Libyans upset at a low-budget film critical of Islam.
We heard audio of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) suggesting Al-Qaeda could be responsible for the attack.
We also touched on the ongoing effort by conservat...
Be the first to commentMeeting This Weekend To Combat Genocide
02/08/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cameron Hudson, genocide, US Holocaust museum, Sudan, Rwanda, Bosnia, Syria, Libya
Good morning,
Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up on the first part of the program we’ll talk with Cameron Hudson who is a senior advisor to the Committee of Conscience of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Formerly he was chief of staff to the President’s special envy for Sudan. He’ll be speaking This Sunday at 2PM in Sarasota at the 6th annual Take A Stand Against Genocide Conference at Incarnation Catholic Church in Sarasota. The event is sponsored by Humanity Workin...
Be the first to commentPresident Obama responds to Gadhafi assassination listen
10/20/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Moammar Gadhafi, Barack Obama, Libya
Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril says Moammar Gadhafi has been killed. During a statement this afternoon at the White House Rose Garden, President Barack Obama did not independently confirm Gadhafi's death. Instead he cited the fact that Libyan officials have announced his killing.
Video reveals that Gadhafi was captured wounded but alive today in his hometown of Sirte. The video aired on Arab TV shows the former Libyan leader in a blood-soaked shirt, with his face bloodied. He is stan...
Be the first to commentListeners weigh in on NATO involvement in Libya & Gov. Rick Scott's calls to re-examine tenure for college profs
08/24/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, tenure, higher education, Libya, NATO
On Wednesday's Last Call, listeners wanted to talk about two main topics.
One was the role of NATO in Libya.
The other was Florida Governor Rick Scott's call to re-examine whether colleges and universities should offer professors tenure.
Be the first to commentU.S. recognizes rebels as Libya's official government listen
07/15/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, Hillary Clinton
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has rejected the decision by the U.S. and other countries to recognize the rebels fighting to oust him, and he vows never to surrender.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says recognition of the rebel council comes after U.S. officials took time to assess their intentions.
Diplomatic recognition of the National Transitional Council could help the rebels gain access to the Gadhafi regime's frozen financial assets, which include some $30 billion in A...
1 commentsOn Senate floor, Marco Rubio calls for assassination of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi listen
06/28/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Moammar Gadhafi
The U.S. Senate is taking up the question about whether President Barack Obama is acting within the law by ordering U.S. involvement in the NATO attack on Libya. On the Senate floor, Florida’s junior U.S. Senator Marco Rubio blamed Obama for how NATO’s war on Libya is going.
3 comments"Only when the Gadhafi mercenaries were on the outskirts of Bengazi threatening to massacre thousands of innocent civilians did the President finally agree to participate. But even that was botched. First we ceded mos...
"Obama, we're at war. Stop insulting us."
06/17/11 Lisa Marzilli, Beth BellLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Libya, Stephen Walt, War Powers Act
On today's Last Call we highlighted a blog written by Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government which calls out the Obama administration for its denial that that the US is involved in yet another war - this time in Libya.
The White House issued a 30-page report this week arguing that our current military action there is legal and does not require congres...
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