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The Blizzard of Statistics and the “Fiscal Cliff”
Dec 21, 2012
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In the blizzard of statistics surrounding the “fiscal cliff,” two numbers give us the essential bottom line. They are 20.6 and 24.3. Let me explain. Since World War II, the top income tax rate has varied widely. It has been as high as 94 percent and as low as 28 percent. Usually it was somewhere in ...
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Texans oppose insurance mandate
Nov 15, 2011
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Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornberry said he hopes the Supreme Court agrees with him that President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul is unconstitutional. Thornberry and other Republicans have long taken issue with the law's individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health care insurance, st...
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Times Record News: Defining the New Regular Warfare
Nov 5, 2011
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WASHINGTON— Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornberry doesn't want the U.S. military to have to learn all over again the hard lessons from 10 years in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thornberry convened a hearing this week to drive home the importance of "irregular warfare" in future conflicts and find out where the ...
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Editorial: Cyber security--War without end
Nov 5, 2011
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U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry stopped by the other day to talk about cyber security, something in which he has a huge stake. The Clarendon Republican chaired a House select committee tasked with making recommendations on how to make our vast Internet information network safe against those who would laun...
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Thornberry speaks on cyber security
Oct 21, 2011
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U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, spoke at a Legislative luncheon at Luby's Thursday on the topic of cyber security in honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Thornberry serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Speaker of the House John Boehner asked Thornberry ...
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CBS News: Republicans say defense cuts should not be part of super-committee plan
Oct 13, 2011
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Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee Thursday unveiled their single recommendation to the congressional committee tasked with slashing spending--no new defense cuts. California Republican Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, the panel's chair, said the so-called "Super Committee" must avoid addin...
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In and From Congress, Calls to Limit Pentagon Cuts
Oct 13, 2011
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Leading members of Congress joined the defense secretary and the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Thursday in arguing against any additional cuts in military spending as a special committee seeks to find more than a trillion dollars in new savings in the overall budget. The Pentagon is a...
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House GOP Task Force Issues Cybersecurity 'Blueprint'; Favors Private Sector Incentives
Oct 6, 2011
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A group of 12 Republican lawmakers issued a detailed set of recommendations Wednesday on how the federal government should work with private sector owners and operators of the nation's critical infrastructures to enhance cybersecurity. The long-awaited 20-page report by the House Republican Cybersec...
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Times Record News: Thornberry Probes SEAL Funds
Sep 27, 2011
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WASHINGTON — Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornberry asked top special operations officials how deep budget cuts could affect the elite forces whose members include Navy SEALs who took down terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Lawmakers might not realize that cutting Air Force and other branches' budget...
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Editorial: Yes, we're safer -- but not yet safe
Sep 11, 2011
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One of the key questions on just about everyone’s minds these days as the nation recalled a decade-ago horror is this: Are we safe from those who seek to do us harm? The nation is safer, but not yet safe. The 9/11 Commission issued a gigantic finding in 2004 in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror...
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