Jerome Sherman in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Democrats’ lead attack-dog in the House, Rep. John Murtha, admitted yesterday that the surge in Iraq is working. 

"I think the 'surge' is working," Mr. Murtha, a Democrat, said in a video conference from his Johnstown office, describing the president's decision to commit nearly 30,000 additional troops at the beginning of the year.

In a Los Angeles Times article this morning, David Savage describes a recent case by the Supreme Court that has the potential of making it easier for children to get their hands on tobacco and other drugs. 

The memo below is from the Office of the Secretary of the Army, and details the drastic steps our armed forces must take in the coming weeks to draw back their operations in the face of Congress withholding money from our troops.

Monica Crowley in Human Events pens a column about the congressional Democrats continuing to ignore evidence of stabilization in Iraq. 

You know it’s bad for the Democrats when even their house media organ, The New York Times, makes fun of them. On November 19, the Times reported this:

Sara Carter of The Washington Times reports on Islamic terrorists targeting Fort Huachuca, the nation’s largest intelligence-training center in Arizona.  Confidential security documents obtained by The Times stated that up to 60 Iraqi and Afghan terrorists were planning to attack the base using high-powered weapons smuggled into the U.S. with the help of Mexican drug cartels. 

“Rear Adm. Gregory Smith said Sunday that violence in parts of Iraq had fallen to it’s lowest levels since summer 2005… Iraqi civilian casualties are down 60 percent since June, and they have dropped 75 percent in Baghdad.”