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Jed Babbin

Jed Babbin

American Spectator contributing editor Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the George H. W. Bush administration. He writes the “Loose Canons” column for The American Spectator and often appears as a talking warhead on television and radio. He is coauthor (with Herbert London) of the book The BDS War Against Israel. He is also the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think. You can follow him on Twitter@jedbabbin.
by | Mar 17, 2014

These days it’s a commonplace to diagnose a clash between two parts of our government and conclude that both are…

by | Mar 10, 2014

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by | Mar 3, 2014

Sometime last Thursday, our intelligence community was telling its bosses that there was little or no chance that Russian President…

by | Feb 26, 2014

Sergeant Hagel did his duty on Monday. The gent who was appointed to be Queen of Hearts for the Defense…

by | Feb 25, 2014

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by | Feb 24, 2014

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by | Feb 17, 2014

Like a college student losing a weekend inside a tequila bottle, President Obama is going to lose the next month…

by | Feb 10, 2014

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by | Feb 7, 2014

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by | Feb 3, 2014

Poor Deborah Lee James. She’s only been Secretary of the Air Force for about six weeks but she’s been handed…

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