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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged Wednesday in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Detroit. Count one of the indictment […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matthew Brooks released the following statement on Wednesday:   “The sense that Democrat incumbents are abandoning a sinking ship was strengthened by the announcements that Democrat Senators Chris Dodd (CT) and Byron Dorgan (ND) will not seek re-election this year. This brings the number of

NORWICH, Vermont (WJC)–Freya von Moltke, a prominent member of Germany’s anti-Nazi resistance during World War II, has died at the age of 98 at her home in Vermont. She belonged to a group of aristocrats, clerics and diplomats who backed the failed attempt to kill Nazi dictator Hitler with a bomb in July 1944. The

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Press Release) – A survey of more than 150 travel managers by the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) — the association for business travel professionals — shows that the December 25, 2009 attempted bombing of an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight is likely to have little impact on business travel levels.                                                            The number of respondents

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Connie Mack of Florida, the Ranking Republican of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today urged the Obama Administration to add Venezuela to the list of countries from which passengers must receive additional security screening prior to coming to the United States. Recently, the Administration announced that citizens