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Jeb Bush calls for U.S. ground forces to fight Islamic State

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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for the U.S. to send more troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. “This is the war of our time,” the former Florida governor said at the Citadel five days after Islamic State militants attacked Paris and killed 129 people. “Radical Islamic terrorists have declared war on the western world. Their aim is our total destruction. We can’t withdraw from this threat, or negotiate with it. We have but…

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Josh Earnest gives props to Obama administration for Paris attacks response

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White House Press Secretary Josh EarnestĀ creditedĀ President Barack Obama‘s “early investment in our military and our intelligence” that put the French “in a position to carry out this kind of response” to last week’s Paris attacks. Earnest spoke Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. “The United States and France has been for some time working to deepen our military and intelligence cooperation when it comes to Syria,” Earnest said. “And we have done that and we followed through on that. “And…

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In Paris, evil has visited again, Chris Christie tells #SunshineSummit

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The Paris attacks had New Jersey Gov. Chris ChristieĀ stressĀ that the first responsibility of the presidency is “protecting the safety, security and freedom of the American people,” he said Saturday. Christie, one of the Republican contenders for president, spoke at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, burnishing his ‘law and order’ reputation as a federal prosecutor. After leading in the polls through late 2013, he’s been strugglingĀ to gain traction in the race, averaging 2.3 percent. The audience obliged, rising in volume to…

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Despite risks, Ben Carson not backing off Nazi, slavery examples

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On the eve of his party’s third debate, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson promised not to curb his penchant for using extreme examples to prove his points, such as equating abortion with slavery and comparing Islamic State fighters to patriots of the American Revolution. “I don’t buy the PC stuf. I just don’t buy it,” Carson said in a Tuesday interview with The Associated Press. He said the country can discuss complicated issues as adults, and he suggested people could…

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Rick Scott is ‘infuriated’ by Florida tie to terrorist group

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Gov. Rick Scott released a brief statement Friday saying news of a terrorist group sympathizer being from Florida was “infuriating.” Scott’s office saidĀ Joshua Ryne Goldberg of Orange Park was charged withĀ “attempting to plant a bomb at a September 11th memorial ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, this weekend.” According to Fox News and CBS, Goldberg presented himself as supporting theĀ Islamic State, the radical Islamist militant groupĀ also known as ISIS. Here’s Scott’s statement: The report of a possible ISIS sympathizer planning a…

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Annual lobbyist conference starts today in Tampa

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TheĀ Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists‘ 11th annual conference kicksĀ off later this week in Tampa. This year’s conference runs Wednesday-Friday at theĀ Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay onĀ Bayport Drive. TheĀ keynote speaker, however, is still inĀ flux after the planned headliner had to cancel because of a last-minute scheduling conflict, executive director Mark Landreth said. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, was going toĀ talkĀ on “Making America Secure in the 21st Century.” The military command is responsible for security…

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Marco Rubio draws from past despite future focus

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio launched a Republican presidential campaign this week with a promise to reject “the leaders and ideas of the past.” It was a not-so-subtle jab from a 43-year-old fresh-faced, senator at his likely 2016 competitors, Republican Jeb Bush and Democrat Hillary Clinton, whose families were cemented as political dynasties in the 1990s. A closer look at Rubio’s early priorities, however, suggests that many of his policy prescriptions were born in the same era he’s vowing to leave…

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