ISRAEL’S IRON DOME BECOMES THE DETERRENT AGAINST TERRORIST ATTACK OF ISRAEL AS MORE THAN 1,000 MISSILES HAVE BEEN FIRED INTO ISRAEL SINCE THE START OF OPERATION PROTECTIVE SHIELD–THE IRON DOME IS THE MISSILE DEFENSE TO INTERCEPT INCOMING ATTACKS FOR THE FUTURE

Since the start of Operation Protective Edge, Israel has been attacked not only by nearly 1,000 rockets from Gaza but also by missiles from Syria and Lebanon. Gold is confident that Iron Dome is capable of dealing even with multiple simultaneous fronts. “Wherever you put the system, the area is protected. You can move it to Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv is protected. You can put it in Kiryat Shmona, Kiryat Shmona is protected. If you place it in Haifa, Haifa is protected — no matter who is shooting at you.”

Of course, he added, Israel needs “a very large inventory and also a few working production lines” to ensure that the system doesn’t run dry. “But I’m sure the Ministry of Defense is doing it and that there’s no bottleneck in this aspect.”

The system’s high rate of success does carry risks of the public becoming complacent about the threat of rocket attacks, Gold acknowledged. Civilians need to continue to meticulously seek shelter in protected areas whenever sirens sound, because despite Iron Dome’s very high success rate, “it’s not 100 percent,” he said. Additionally, dangerous debris from intercepted rockets could fall from the sky.

Israel’s political and military leadership, on the other hand, is unlikely to be swept away in a wave of unwarranted smugness, Gold suggested. They know that to keep Israelis safe they need to combine deterrence and prevention of weapons from being smuggled to Hamas and Hezbollah with massive intelligence work, he said. “These are layers that support each other. I don’t think we’ll see a future in which people will sit at home and do nothing during an attack, and the Iron Dome will do everything.”

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/iron-dome-will-keep-on-getting-better-developer-says/

THE ALMIGHTY POTUS BHO PEN IS ALLOWED TO SIGN THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE INTO ITS CONTRUCTION PHASE ACROSS CANADA AND THE US BORDER–BUT THIS POTUS LACKS THE WILL TO DO THE RIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SINCE IT MEANS FOLLOWING LAWS–BUT THEN GOING AGAINST WARREN BUFFETT WHO RUNS THE RAILROAD THAT TRANSPORT CANADIEN OIL MEANS A NO NO–AS REFINARIES ARE LOCATED DEEP IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE USA AND AFTER 10 YEARS OF STUDY AFTER STUDY THE NO ACTION POTUS BHO DOES HIS BEST WITH THE THEN STATE SECRETARY HILLARY TO NOW JOHN KERRY TO SACK THE FOOTBALL WITH ENERGY ON THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE

Proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are working to keep the project in the public eye, even as it becomes clear it will not be green-lighted until after the elections.

The Nebraska Supreme Court announced this week that it would hear oral arguments in a lawsuit about Keystone’s route through the state in early September.

Because the State Department decided in April to suspend its review while the pipeline’s route through Nebraska is litigated, this means a final decision is unlikely until after the midterms.

And that’s setting up a challenge for the project’s supporters, who want to keep the pressure on leaders to approve Keystone.

“There are a lot of other things happening right now — Export-Import Bank, immigration, tax reform, all kinds of stuff — and we don’t want Keystone to get lost in this whole thing,” said Chip Yost, the assistant vice president for energy at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).

“We want people and the president to know that this is still a priority for manufacturers and businesses,” Yost said.

NAM joined 43 business groups this week in sending a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to immediately recommend that President Obama approve the pipeline, instead of waiting for the Nebraska case.

“The purpose of that letter is to keep this at the forefront, not to let it die away,” Yost said.

Keystone supporters are also commissioning surveys, backing legislation and speaking publicly about it.

If it is completed, Keystone XL would bring oil from Alberta, Canada’s oil sands through the middle of the United States to the Gulf Coast, where the oil would be refined.

Environmental groups oppose it due to the greenhouse gas emissions the oil will produce, but business groups say it will adequately protect the environment and create thousands of jobs.

The pipeline needs a presidential permit because its northern section will cross the border into Canada.

The project’s proponents maintain that Obama can approve the pipeline’s construction regardless of Nebraska.

“The Nebraska stuff is going to work itself out in the courts or with some kind of agreement, but that’s no reason to hold up the entire thing,” Yost said. “That’s a bit of a red herring.”

The American Petroleum Institute (API) also wants to ensure that public attention remains on Keystone during the summer and fall.

“Keystone’s a priority for API and the industry. We continue to advocate for it, and we continue to want people to talk about it,” said Sabrina Fang, a spokeswoman for API.

Fang agreed that since State has issued an environmental analysis, the president can issue his permit at any point, regardless of the Nebraska case.

“But for whatever reason — and many people think it’s for political reasons — the president is once again kicking the can down the road past another election cycle,” Fang said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/212022-keystone-backers-want-to-keep-pipeline-in-the-public-eye

THE FIRST LADY DOES NOT THINK THERE IS A CRISIS IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AS STREAMS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN PEOPLES WALK THROUGH OR FLY OVER THE BRODER AS THIS SAME FIRST LADY HAVE LEFT THE POOR CITIZENS OF AMERICA BEHIND TO GAIN MORE POLITICAL CHECK MARK OF RHETORIC VERSUS SUBSTANTIVE SOLUTION–POINTING OUT THE OFFENSES MADE YEARS BACK AS THOUGH WE LIVE THEM HERE TODAY–THE DEMOCRAT WAY OF SKIRTING THE ISSUE–AS IF WE ALREADY DON’T HAVE A LEGAL MEANS OF IMMIGRATION JUST BECAUSE THESE SAME DEMOCRATS CAN’T WAIT THEIR TURN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAD TO DO TO GET INTO THIS COUNTRY–THIS IS OF COURSE THE MIND OF SOCIALIST COMMUNISTS DOING CHAOS TO FORCE THE PEOPLE INTO SUBMISSION

First lady Michelle Obama grabbed the political reins during a speech to the League of United Latin American Citizens in New York City, telling the crowd of admirers not to worry — that her husband wouldn’t wait on Congress to take action on immigration reform.

“So make no mistake about it — we have to keep on fighting as hard as we can on immigration,” Mrs. Obama said, to a cheering crowd, Breitbart reported. “And as my husband has said, he’s going to do whatever administrative action it takes to fix this broken system.”

Mrs. Obama then vowed that Congress wouldn’t get in the way of her presidential husband’s hopes for immigration change.

“We cannot afford to wait on Congress to lift up our next generation,” she said, Breitbart reported. “We can’t afford to wait on anybody when it comes to our kids’ future. Your grandparents and parents didn’t wait for opportunities to come to them. No, they packed up their families and moved to this country for a better life.”

Shortly after, Mrs. Obama began to list the civil rights offenses that plagued the Hispanic community at America’s hands in recent decades.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/11/michelle-obama-latinos-we-cannot-afford-wait-congr/

WHEN THIS SAME RULERS UNDER THE POTUS BHO CAN’T EVEN SECURE THE PHYSICAL BORDER ALLOWING FOR ILLEGALS TO STREAM THROUGH–HOW IS THIS SAME DEMOCRAT PARTY RUN LEADERS PREVENT HACKERS–MORE CHINESE HACKERS STEALING INFORMATION WHEN THE MENTALITY IS WE HAVE NO ENEMIES ANYMORE UNDER THE OBAMA REIGN

U.S. authorities have charged a Chinese businessman with hacking into the computer systems of U.S. companies with large defense contracts, including Boeing, to steal data on military projects, including some of its latest fighter jets, officials said Friday.
Suspect Su Bin worked with two unnamed Chinese hackers to get the data between 2009 and 2013, and Su attempted to sell some of the information to state-owned Chinese companies, prosecutors said.
The three hackers targeted fighter jets such as the F-22 and the F-35 as well as Boeing‘s C-17 military cargo aircraft program, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that was unsealed Thursday.
An attorney for Su could not be reached for comment.
Su was arrested in Canada on June 28 and remains in custody there, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller in Los Angeles. He has a bail hearing set for July 18……

……The New York Times reported Wednesday that Chinese hackers broke into the computer networks of the Office of Personnel Management earlier this year with the intention of accessing the files of tens of thousands of federal employees who had applied for top-secret security clearances. Senior U.S. officials say the hackers gained access to some of the agency’s databases in March before the threat was detected and blocked.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday that both the federal personnel office and the Department of Homeland Security took steps to mitigate any risk as soon as they learned about the possible intrusion.

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