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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 | Jan 13, 2014

In Nixonian terms, Robert Gates’s memoir Duty would already be labeled “Gatesgate” if the revelations in it were half as…

by | Jan 6, 2014

Two events last week — one an announcement by the Marine Corps, the other speeches at the inauguration of New…

by | Jan 28, 2013

While John McCain was playing kissy face with John Kerry in Kerry’s confirmation hearing, Dianne Feinstein was pushing gun control,…

by | Jan 24, 2013

In one of his last acts as Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta today will revoke the last of the policies…

by | Jan 21, 2013

President Obama was inaugurated for his second term yesterday, and at the public ceremony today he’ll deliver a speech that…

by | Jan 14, 2013

Vice President Biden’s gun violence task force is reportedly going to give its recommendations to President Obama tomorrow, kicking off…

by | Jan 10, 2013

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet later this week to discuss the terms of American withdrawal from…

by | Jan 7, 2013

The New Year’s Eve deal to avoid the fiscal cliff isn’t just a lousy deal: it’s entirely corrupt. Obama insisted…

by | Dec 24, 2012

The Newtown, Connecticut massacre of children has changed the gun control debate to an extent no other event has in…

by | Dec 17, 2012

It’s three days since the horrific Newtown, Connecticut school massacre, and talking about it isn’t getting any easier. Like every…

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