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Which VA dems attended terror-linked mosque fundraiser?

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:27:02 +0000

The terrorist-linked Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center held their annual fundraising banquet this past Saturday April 3 at the Fairview Park Marriott in Northern Virginia. Seven Virginia elected officials were featured as invited guests on the advertisement for the fundraiser.

Starting on February 17 we notified those seven officials about the terrorist links of Dar al Hijrahs past and current imams and congregants. Two of them, Senator James Webb and State Delegate Kaye Kory, had their name removed from the flyer in the weeks following our notifications. Yet on the eve of the fundraiser, the remaining five – Governor Tim Kaine, Conressmen Gerry Connolly and Jim Moran, and Fairfax County Supervisors Penny Gross and Sharon Bulova kept their names on the invitation.

On Saturday, concerned Virginia citizens including the Virginia Anti-Sharia Taskforce (VAST) and Act for America held a protest outside the hotel. Two local community members, who had purchased confirmed tickets days in advance, and had registered, and been issued nametags at the door, were later ejected by security guards before they could even enter the event. The next day they came to CSP, concerned about Dar-al-Hijrahs poor treatment of non-Muslims who are average citizens, while Dar-al-Hijrah actively invited non-Muslims who are elected officials.

We contacted the 5 remaining politicians on Monday. Congressman James Moran and Governor and DNC Chairman Tim Kaine confirmed they had not attended, while the other three refused to comment.

If he did attend, this wasnt Gerry Connollys first tribute to terrorist-linked Dar-al-Hijrah. We discovered an enthusiastic letter of support from him for Dar-Al-Hijrahs 25th Anniversary banquet in 2008, years after the mosque was widely known to be associated with terrorism.

In fact it appears from the letter that as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, he actually hosted the event. Connolly said quote, I am delighted to welcome you to Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Centers 25th Anniversary Dinner We are honored to host such an outstanding group of individuals.

How long can Gerry Connolly and supervisors Gross and Bulova cover up whether they attended?

Its time to end the coverup. We encourage all concerned constituents to call, write and email their representatives demanding clear-cut answers.

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly
(202) 225-1492

Chairwoman Sharon Bulova
(703) 324-2321

Supervisor Penny Gross
(703) 256-7717

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Virginia politicians invited to Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center fundraiser

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:22:02 +0000

The Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center is holding their annual fundraiser on Saturday April 3, and they advertise the event using the names of seven Virginia elected officials as invited guests.
We decided to make sure they knew that their good names were being used to raise money for a terrorist-linked organization, and to find out whether they really did plan on attending the banquet.

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Caroline Glick vs. Leftist Gershon Baskin

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:23:04 +0000

The Center’s Senior Middle East Fellow– and recipient of the 2009 Guardian of Zion Award– Caroline Glick debates Israeli leftist Gershon Baskin on IBA Close Up with Leah Zinder & Steve Leibowitz

Duration : 0:22:50

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Lee Smith: The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:32:03 +0000

Lee Smith, Fellow at the Hudson Institute and correspondant for The Weekly Standard and Tablet, discusses themes covered in his new book, “The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations” at the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill. For more information, see: http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Horse-Power-Politics-Civilizations/dp/0385516118

Duration : 0:20:23

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David Satter: Assessing the “Reset” in U.S.-Russia Relations

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:22:03 +0000

David Satter is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former special correspondent on Soviet affairs for the Wall Street Journal. Here he assesses U.S.-Russia relations one year after the so-called “reset button” at the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill.

Duration : 0:23:48

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Walid Phares: Yemen’s Terror Hub

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:57:02 +0000

Dr. Phares (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) is an author of several books, including Future Jihad. Here he lectures on the Jihadi involvement in Yemen at the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill.

Duration : 0:33:2

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Mark Groombridge: Japan at a Crossroads

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:18:00 +0000

Mark Groombridge, former special assistant to John Bolton at the State Department and the UN, addresses the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill. The topic of the discussion is the status and future of the US-Japan alliance, especially in light of the “naivete” of the recently-victorious he Democratic Party of Japan (DJP).

Duration : 0:14:39

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Ten Foreign Policy Questions for the Next President (Intro)

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:10:04 +0000

June 25, 2008 – Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit and author of three New York Times bestselling books, talks about the ten foreign policy questions that John McCain and Barack Obama must answer.

In this video, Elaine Didier welcomes a capacity audience to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids Michigan. Gleaves Whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University, introduces the topic of the evening and the speaker. He makes the point that Scheuer, an adjunct professor of security studies at Georgetown University, is emminently qualified to discuss American national security, foreign policy, and the 2008 presidential election.

Scheuer has written three books, including “Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror”; “Through Our Enemies’ Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America”; and “Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq.”

Duration : 0:6:34

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Gen. Peter Pace, defender of freedom

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:10:05 +0000

In this special archival footage, Gen. Peter Pace delivers remarkably moving extemporaneous speech upon receiving the Center’s Keeper of the Flame Award in 2004. General Pace was a general in the United States Marine Corps who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. For more information, see: http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/1360.xml

Duration : 0:9:29

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On Eve of Obama’s Moscow Summit, Experts Warn of Growing Risks to US Nuclear Deterrent

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:23:06 +0000

As President Obama prepares to depart for Moscow, few Americans have any idea that his administration is in the process of negotiating a follow-on to the START treaty framework that appears likely to leave the United States and its allies substantially less secure. The New Deterrent Working Group – an informal team with hundreds of man-years of experience with America’s nuclear forces, doctrine, operations and arms control that is sponsored by the Center for Security Policy – have prepared for Members of Congress, the executive branch, the press and the public at large a comprehensive Briefing Book entitled, U.S. Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Getting It Right. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18110.xml?genre_id=4

Duration : 1:15:25

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