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  • Bio: Congressman Shuster represents the 9th District of Pennsylvania. He serves as a Deputy Republican Whip and is the Ranking Republican on the Railroads Subcomm.
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A by-the-numbers look at Obama’s first year

Critical statistics for President Obama's first year in office, and an eventful year it was. URL:  www.breitbart.com

My reaction to the President’s Speech

My reaction as reported in the Bedford Gazette.

Amplify’d from www.tribune-democrat.com
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, a member of the Armed Services Committee, released a statement in response to Obama’s speech.

“I am pleased to see the president accept the need for additional ground forces, but I am concerned with reports he and Democrat leaders in Congress may seek to water down their impact by not fully resourcing the effort to the necessary levels or calling for arbitrary timelines. Also, President Obama must understand that any action he takes in Afghanistan will have a direct impact on the stability of Pakistan.

“At first glance, President Obama’s decision should put America back on a path to achieve victory in this “war of necessity.” I will do my best to ensure we stay on that path. We must reject the failed culture of defeat and relativism that has poisoned our national spirit over the past few years and commit to victory in this critical effort.”Read more at www.tribune-democrat.com
 

Report: President Obama Breaks Record on Spending

Amplify’d from www.foxnews.com

Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents

President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents — spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history. 

In fiscal 2009 the federal government spent $3.52 trillion — $2.8 trillion in 2000 dollars, which sets a benchmark for comparison. That fiscal year covered the last three-and-a-half months of George W. Bush’s term and the first eight-and-a-half months of Obama’s. 

That price tag came with a $1.4 trillion deficit, nearly $1 trillion more than last year. The overall budget was about a half-trillion more than Bush’s for 2008, his final full fiscal year in office. 

The last president to clock in under $1 trillion was Gerald Ford, who logged a $982 billion budget in 1975. Post-war Dwight Eisenhower even brought Uncle Sam’s tab down to $556 billion in his first year, 1953. 

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