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Armstrong Williams (February 5, 1959 - present) is an African-American conservative political commentator. In 2005 it was revealed that he accepted money from the George W. Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind Act on his television and radio programs.

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The absurdity of trying 9/11 terrorists in New York City

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who blithely admits to planning the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in downtown New York, deserves to be put to death. Less clear is Attorney General Eric Holder’s statement last week that New York City was the ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  Eric Holder

Jihadist in our midst

In all likelihood, the tragedy at Fort Hood would have been avoided if political correctness hadn’t led military and government officials to turn a blind eye to clear signs that Maj. Hasan had become an Islamist extremist. Even now, after the full ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George Casey,  Timothy McVeigh,  Washington Post Company,  New York Times Company

Give the brother his credit

Many may not have seen a gripping New York Times story on last Saturday’s front page where the journalist, James McKinley Jr., does some deft reporting in uncovering and then retelling what one eyewitness saw. Mr. McKinley’s report suggests that Sgt. ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Mark Todd,  Pat Tillman

Sarah Palin

With painful fits and struggles, Sarah Palin has birthed her way back into the national spotlight. Her memoir, Going Rogue, made the best-seller list online more than a month before it was even released. Earlier this week she was on “Oprah” to promote ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  George Stephanopoulos,  David Brooks,  George Will

I want to admire our president

I am tortured. I want to admire President Barack Obama. With his calm, measured voice and warm smile, I want to bask in his oven of love. So help me understand. What, precisely, is there to admire about this president's policy decisions? The ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Amtrak

Oprah & exploitation

Since appearing on a Nov. 11 taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Charla Nash’s destroyed face has become an Internet sensation. Nine months ago, Nash was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee. The chimp ripped off her nose, her lips, one thumb and a large ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Charla Nash,  New York Daily News

Will there be a Republican dark horse in 2012?

Since 1899, Who's Who in America has chronicled the lives and careers of America's most noteworthy people. The 2007 edition made no mention of Barack Obama. Two years later, he was elected president. To no small degree, President Obama’s appeal was ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Jeb Bush,  Bobby Jindal,  Mike Huckabee

Saluting and honoring our veterans

There is a scene in Steven Spielberg’s film “Saving Private Ryan” in which a young man has his arm blown off. He stumbles around, gazing at his shattered limb, unsure of what to do. I mention this only to point out that those Americans who grappled ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steven Spielberg

'One-way ticket to meet Allah'

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is now conscious and being nursed back to health by hospital staff, just days after he opened fire at the Fort Hood Readiness Center, massacring 13 servicemen and -women and injuring 30. It is inconceivable to me that we are ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nidal Malik Hasan

Would you pull the lever?

Everyone in the D.C. metropolitan area remembers. I still think of it every time I see a white van. I even think about it when I see someone hustling to their car at a gas station. In October 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd terrorized this area ...

From ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, The Hill,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Allen Muhammad

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