Peter Hoekstra News

T'was that Saturday after Thanksgiving and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a Daily Kos editor.

Congressman Hoekstra is staying on top of the Fort Hood terror attack investigation.

Clean it up: U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland, picks up a copy of the House health care bill, H.B. 3962, on the steps to the Capitol in Washington.

My first reaction when I heard that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four of his cohorts would be tried in federal court in my hometown of New York was: Of course we're using our justice system.

Unless, of course, Obama can be convinced not to send more troops. Obama's decision about whether to send more troops in Afghanistan is expected on December 1st, and he may well be going with an increase of around 30,000 towards a war we don't have a way to win.

TWO EVENTS in the last month have raised the terror alert to red: the killing of 13 soldiers and police at Ford Hood, apparently by a Muslim psychiatrist, and the decision to try high-level 9/11 suspects in a civilian criminal court in New York City.

In this Nov. 7, 2009, file photo Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., picks up a copy of the House health care bill HB-3962 after he wheeled it up the steps to the House more... FILE - In this Saturday, Nov.

In this Nov. 5, 2009, file photo Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, holds a copy of the health care bill, trussed in sturdy rope, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington during a Republican news conference.

Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger.

Articles 21:43 11/19/2009 When his worst nightmare finally came true, he snapped - just like many before him.

Construction company head John Rakolta has a message for those candidates seeking election next year: Unless you can specifically detail how half of the 850,000 jobs lost so far this decade can be replaced in four years, don't even bother.

If President Barack Obama is urging lawmakers to hold off on congressional hearings into the Nov.

Republican Ranking Members yesterday demanded answers to questions posed over the past 10 months about the Administration's ill-advised decision to close Guantanamo Bay, according to a congressional report submitted to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police .

An abundance of open-seat races bodes well for the GOP. Republicans stand to gain significant ground in governor races next year , adding to their recent pickups in Virginia and New Jersey, and setting them up nicely for 2012 and beyond.

Nidal Malik Hasan struck some of his classmates as a "ticking time bomb" whose strange personality telegraphed trouble long before he allegedly killed 13 people at Fort Hood.

Posted by Dick Morris on Nov 17th, 2009 and filed under FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry As he flew to Asia on Saturday, President Obama told the media in Alaska that he opposes a congressional investigation into the Fort Hood massacre, saying that we ...

Five senior House Republicans are slamming the Obama administration for its decision to try five 9-11 conspirators in civilian court.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee hearings into whether the Army missed warning signs about Maj.

The FBI's effort after 9/11 to improve terrorism investigations will face sharp scrutiny this week as Congress begins probing whether authorities missed or ignored warning signs about the Army major charged with murdering 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas.

Could Illinois be the future home of 100 terrorist prisoners? Could Illinois be the future home of 100 terrorist prisoners? The news this weekend that the administration is considering moving up to 100 Guantanamo prisoners to a little-used facility in northwest Illinois makes you wonder about the political calculation involved in the decision.