Laura Ingraham appeared on "Fox and Friends" on April 23rd.
Ingraham and the hosts commented on the details emerging from the Boston Marathon Terror attack. She decried the Obama administration's lack of identifying such terror attacks what they are. She cited political correctness in the mainstream media that warps the understanding of what provokes these attacks, endangering the country.
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Laura Ingraham hosted Roger Cressey, former National Security Director.
Cressey said that Russia's security services (FBS) should be interrogated as to Tamerlan Tsarnaev's activities in Russia during his visits there. He said the Tsarnaevs weren't members of a sleeper cell as their behaviors showed and that he finds the brothers' relationship as the key. Ingraham questioned why Chechens after September 11th were allowed into the US.
Cressey said it is important we learn the triggers to radicalization for national security purposes. He said anyone who is using violence along with religion is problematic and Ingraham cited Tom Brokaw's comments on Islamic rage.
Cressey is interested in what the overseas interest may have been involved.
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Laura Ingraham hosted Steve Emerson of The Investigative Project on the Boston Marathon terror attack.
Emerson said there is no doubt the second suspect will be caught and noted the Tsarnaev brothers came here under asylum provisions. He said the videos they posted are among the most radical he's ever seen and said their videos will be on their site.
Emerson and Ingraham spoke about the thousands of visa violations including many from Middle Eastern countries and that it's not just students. He said the Obama administration doesn't want to deport or prosecute these people.
Ingraham and Emerson spoke of the lack of assimilation among radical Muslims who want the US transformed and see Sharia law as above US law here. The heat is put on law enforcement to not break up cells or to oversee radicalism in mosques.
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Laura Ingraham hosted Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch.
Spencer said there is lots of information about the Tsarnaev brothers jihad and Islamic ties on social media. Ingraham commented that even Attorney General Eric Holder has held back the focus on radical Islam. Spencer noted that political correctness allowed these brothers to enjoy the privileges of US society without assimilating US values. He said the jihadis pick and choose and can be culturally assimilated but still radicalized. Ingraham cited a Muslim friend who expressed regret over Islam being used for terror. Spencer said there isn't an effort by the Muslims to combat this sort of distortion of Islamic teachings.
Spencer and Ingraham criticized the new immigration bill that has loopholes for student visas as far as their potential radicalization. Spencer said it is very easy to be radicalized online and in the US without going overseas. He cited a study that 80% of mosques favor Sharia law trumping US law.
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Pope Francis tweet: Pray for Texas fertilzer plant blast
In a message posted Thursday morning, Pope Francis said: "Please join me in praying for the victims of the explosion in Texas and their families."
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In an essay from the Wall Street Journal, "15 Days In Rome: How The Pope Was Picked", one of the most important factors cited as leading to the election of Pope Francis was his 4 minute speech among those given by the cardinals that articulated his vision for the Catholic Church. The essay was excerpted from the new ebook, Pope Francis: From the End of the Earth to Rome
"When the church is self-referential," he said, "inadvertently, she believes she has her own light; she ceases to be the mysterium lunae and gives way to that very serious evil, spiritual worldliness."
Roman Catholicism, he said, needed to shift its focus outward, to the world beyond Vatican City walls, to the outside. The new pope "must be a man who, from the contemplation and adoration of Jesus Christ, helps the church to go out to the existential peripheries, that helps her to be the fruitful mother, who gains life from the sweet and comforting joy of evangelizing."
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President Obama award Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry at the White House. Chaplain Kapaun is receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea and as a prisoner of war from November 1-2, 1950. April 11, 2013.
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Laura Ingraham appeared on "Fox and Friends" on April 9th.
Ingraham said it's troubling that the US is outsourcing its foreign policy on North Korea to China as it assumes greater power on the world stage. She questioned what we could do as we know very little about Kim Jong Un despite AQ Khan's contention that nothing will happen. She noted that it's a sign of the US as a declining power and Obama's lack of engagement on the issue.
Ingraham defended Fox News Jana Winter's right to protect her sources on her story on Aurora shooter James Holmes. She stated that if this had been the elite media, there would have been great interest and defense of Winter.
Ingraham contrasted the media coverage of the obits of Margaret Thatcher and Hugo Chavez with Chavez getting an "Entertainment Tonight" coverage and that Thatcher has received derisive language from the left. Ingraham who enjoyed a small luncheon party for Thatcher, described, as a great lady.
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Pope Francis called for decisive action on clergy sex abuse on Friday by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Church which deals with this issue.
Francis said the department should continue to "act decisively as far as cases of sexual abuse are concerned, promoting, above all, measures to protect minors, help for those who have suffered such violence in the past (and) the necessary procedures against those who are guilty," a statement said.
It said the pope wanted Catholic bishops around the world to promote and put into place "directives in this matter which is so important for the witness of the Church and its credibility".
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Pope Francis has poll numbers that politicians would salivate for.
The former archbishop of Buenos Aires has an 84% favorable rating, including 43% who hold a very favorable view of him, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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Laura Ingraham guest host Raymond Arroyo spoke to Nina Shea, author of "Persecuted".
Shea said the persecution of Christians as detailed in a recent Pew report is a result of radical Islamism and the number of Christians.
Shea said Christians in North Korea are sent to concentration camps and is the worst country for such activity. She said the death penalty or long prison terms given in Iran for prostylatizing. She also mentioned Pakistan and said that international pressure can ease these effects. She cited speech codes that are used to implicate people, causing mob violence against the accused. Anyone who defends Christians risks their lives.
Shea feels the United States has been too quiet in responding to these outrages. She thinks misguided political correctness causes leaders to shy away from condemnation and Arroyo stated it's a human rights issue. Shea sees it the gravest issue of our time.
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The "Ingraham Angle" with Laura Ingraham on "The O'Reilly Factor" focused on Bill O'Reilly's alleged feud with Rush Limbaugh.
Ingraham objected to O'Reilly using the term "thump the Bible" in regard to the same sex marriage debate. She praised him for stating consistently about judges doing their job, not legislating. O'Reilly said that to make the point with same sex marriage, proponents must makes pints beyond citing the Bible. Ingraham said it doesn't help to use the phrase "thump the Bible". She said it wasn't about winning the debate but standing on principle.
O'Reilly said that Ingraham has the most sense of talk radio hosts, but criticized her for her comments on "thumping the Bible".
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Pope Francis "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) message, March 31, 2013.
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Laura Ingraham hosted Dean Timothy George of Samford University and Father Gerry Murray of NYC.
George said today is Good Friday because of the goodness of Christ's life and resurrection. George said there is a great hunger for spirituality and it's an opporunity for Christianity. He agreed that there are big attacks on religious freedom akin to the early days of Christianity. He said this is an opportunity for all faith groups to stand together against the forces of secularism.
Murray agreed that the coverage of the papal conclave showed people's interest in the church, despite the decline in Catholic Church participation and blamed it on ignorance. He agreed with Ingraham that Christianity is under duress due to attacks on values and religious freedom. He commented on the popularity of "The Bible" miniseries and that religious groups need to work together.
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Laura Ingraham hosted Eric Metaxas, author of "Seven Men".
Metaxas spoke about religious persecution of Christians and the religious freedom in our Constitution. He said the schools neglect teaching ordered liberty which is the bedrock of our society and without it our society is fraught with anarchy. He said it must be baked into the culture. He advocates a vibrant, faith filled bulture. Ingraham pointed to God being kicked out of the public square by secularists.
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