AIM.ORG 5 Hours Ago On or Off the Record, Obama Administration is in Damage Control Mode by  Roger Aronoff Tweet Pin It The media had their big off-the-record meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder and his staff on Thursday, and immediately turned around and talked about what was discussed at the meeting. In effect, Holder threw sand in the eyes of the journalists who attended, and put himself in charge of fixing whatever they think needs fixing. He's even supporting a federal media shield law to protect them from his own overreach in the future. And they seem to have believed him. "Attorney General Eric Holder expressed concern on Thursday about how the Department of Justice has handled recent media investigations at an off-the-record meeting with leading representatives of the press, according to those who were present," wrote Dylan Byers of Politico. He added that Holder "expressed a willingness to revise the guidelines for such investigations," though he...

 NATIONAL JOURNAL 5 Hours Ago Marco Rubio To Address House Conservatives on Immigration Reform by  Tim Alberta House conservatives will host several influential Republican senators on Wednesday for a closed-door policy summit that will feature voices on both sides of the immigration debate,  National Journal  has learned. As House negotiators work to finalize an agreement on comprehensive immigration reform legislation, the Republican Study Committee has invited a handful of Republican senators, representing a range of views on the immigration debate, to Wednesday's meeting in the Capitol. As of Friday, three had confirmed their attendance: Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Mike Lee of Utah. Wednesday's forum represents the first significant bicameral discussion on the divisive subject of immigration reform. The event, which will be moderated by RSC Chairman Steve Scalise, will include commentary from three RSC members playing pivotal roles in ...

 MRCONSERVATIVE.COM 5 Hours Ago Obama Cuts Hot Food For Soldiers in Afghanistan Napoleon famously and correctly said "An army marches on its stomach." An army that is not fed cannot fight. With this in mind, what is one to make of the fact that the Obama administration has cut a significant meal service to Marines serving in Afghanistan? The Obama administration is cutting food supplies as part of the troop draw-down in Afghanistan. ( Read More :  Obama Doesn't Salute Marine While Boarding Marine One. ) The Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan are losing their "midnight ration" (or "midrats") meal, a solid hot meal that feeds those who have just ended their noon-to-midnight shift and those who are beginning their midnight-to-noon shift. Not only does this meal fuel men who are burning up enormous amounts of energy conducting business in a combat zone that's either too hot or too cold, and that's always too dangerous, it's an opportuni...