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October 7th, 2024

In this edition


[1] Interview: Rep. Tim Walberg’s case to chair Ed and Workforce
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[2] Heard on the Hill
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[3] Bernie Sanders caves to pressure from White House and Senate Democrats on
anti-Israel legislation
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[4] Top Dem House candidate wants Jerusalem divided
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[5] Anti-Israel Hill staff sending “urgent request for dissent memos”
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[6] Foreign policy emerges in sleeper Senate race
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[7] Op-Ed: Rep. Darrell Issa: Israel must win
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[8] Op-Ed: Rep. Mike Lawler: We can never forget October 7, nor can we fail to
hold terrorists and anti-Semites accountable
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[9] Op-Ed: What does October 7 mean for Jewish voters and the Republican Party?
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[10] Op-Ed: Michael Chamberlain: The Department of Interior’s dereliction of
duty puts people and our shared cultural heritage at risk
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[11] What we’re reading
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A strong national defense is essential to protecting our American way of life.

Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.

In our latest edition, we have an interview with Rep. Tim Walberg, a leaked
position paper from a top House Democratic candidate, op-eds from Reps. Darrell
Issa and Mike Lawler about Israel and combatting anti-Semitism, and much more.







[1] Interview: Rep. Tim Walberg’s case to chair Ed and Workforce
By: Matthew Foldi

Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.) will make the Education and Workforce Committee
a leading committee next Congress if he has his say, he told theWashington
Reporter in an exclusive interview.

“Ed and Workforce is key to all that America is made to be,” Walberg, who is
running to chair the committee in 2025, said. “Education should have one goal
in mind…it should provide the ability for people to work. As simple as that:
educate to work. And right now we have kind of lost that. We need to bridge the
gap between the needs of the workforce and job creators and our higher
education. Bring business, the workforce entity, into the education entity,
making them work together.”

Most Americans started tuning into the Ed and Workforce Committee, which is
responsible for the ouster of multiple college presidents at elite
universities, following the terrorist attacks of October 7. But for Walberg,
the attacks didn’t change what the committee has aimed to do for years: expose
“the rot that's in our higher education institution system.”

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to read more from Rep. Tim Walberg about everything from electric vehicles to
student loans to China, and why he wants to be the next chairman of the
Education and Workforce Committee.

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Heard on the Hill

What we're hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send
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* Light ‘em up: Gov. Doug Burgum (R., N.D.), freshly back from a trip to
Israel, lit up his mansion in blue and white lights to commemorate the
anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks. His team sent us pictures you
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* Desperate times: Shortly before the anniversary of the October 7 terrorist
attacks, Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooksannounced
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fundraiser with Sen. Chris van Hollen (D., Md.), one of the Senate’s most
stridently anti-Israel members.
* Help is on the way: Since Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7, there
has been a sharp drop in investment in Israel. Texas Venture Partners (TVP)
founder Lorne Abony is focused on investing in Israeli companies in the defense
technology and artificial intelligence sectors. TVP wants expanded partnerships
between American and Israeli partners; its new fund will partner with Israeli
businesses and startups to fund products and technologies that will be of use
to Israel, America, and allied countries.
* With friends like these: One day before the anniversary of the October 7
terrorist attack, Kamala Harris refused to say if Israel’s prime minister is an
ally. Watchhere <[link removed]>.
* Palestinian “Week of Rage” hijacking Oklahoma: Students for Justice in
Palestine atboth
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Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma to plan the “end of
the Zionist regime” in the words of SJP at OSU.
* Double standards at UMD: Following a court order
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, the University of Maryland is hosting a “vigil” by the school’s Students for
Justice in Palestine today, in which the protesters will falsely and baselessly
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Israel of “genocide.” Posts for the event, reviewed by theReporter, contain
zero mention of Hamas’s terrorism, but do beg attendees to “leave any pepper
spray or sharp objects as the university has set up bag checks upon entry.”
Former Gov. Larry Hogan (R., Md.) has led the bipartisan criticism of the
event. The campus, on the other hand, was quick to ban fraternities, a move
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after legal action.
* Not very neighborly: Hours before the October 7 anniversary, a group of
masked, anti-Israel protestersset up
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home of Rep. Greg Landsman (D., Ohio), a Jewish member of Congress from Ohio,
“forcing police to escort my family in and out of our house for safety,” the
lawmaker noted.

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[3] Exclusive: Bernie Sanders holds anti-Israel legislation until after the
election, following pressure from White House and Senate Democrats
By: Matthew Foldi

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) caved to pressure from the White House and
Senate Democrats who urged him to delay his latest attack on Israel until after
the election — in exchange for more Democratic votes, multiple sources
confirmed to theWashington Reporter.

Sanders’s latest publicity stunts
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have taken the form of aseries
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of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval of recent arms shipments to Israel; they
have beensigned onto
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by only three other anti-Israel Senators: Brian Schatz (D., Hawaii), Jeff
Merkley (D., Ore.), and Peter Welch (D., Vt.); not all signed onto every
Sanders measure.

The Vermont lawmaker introduced these measures as Congress was poised to
recess before the election, leaving insufficient time for a vote. The primary
arms sale that Sanders and his colleagues are objecting to wasnotified
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to Congress over two weeks before theirs measure was introduced, further
suggesting that politics were at play in when they timed their Joint Resolution
of Disapproval’s drop. Sanders waited over a week after its notification to
announce his “intention
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House on his latest anti-Israel measure.

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Exclusive: Leaked position paper shows top Dem House candidate wants
Jerusalem divided
By: Matthew Foldi

Nebraska Democratic congressional candidate Tony Vargas wants Israel’s
capital city to be divided, his leaked position paper obtained by theWashington
Reporter reveals.

Vargas, who has spent much of his campaign against Rep. Don Bacon (R., Neb.)
on the defensive overreports that he assaulted a taxi driver
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, wants a “shared capital for both Israel and a future Palestinian state in
Jerusalem,” he says in his paper.


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foreign policy positions, and the New Yorker-turned-Nebraskan “hasn't been very
forthcoming on Israel,”Townhall reported
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to learn more about how General Don Bacon and Democrat Tony Vargas completely
differ on support for our ally, Israel.

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[5] Scoop: Anti-Israel Hill staff sending “urgent request[s] for dissent memos”
By: Matthew Foldi

Far-left Hill staff are urging their colleagues to submit “dissent memos”
advocating for America to abandon Israel as the Middle Eastern war expands.

The effort, which received positive coverage
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from theNew York Times over the summer, has yet to yield results. One veteran
Hill staffer told theWashington Reporter: “I saw more effective resistance
protesting the closure of &pizza in Rayburn.”

Anti-Israel staffers have attempted to steer their bosses away from America’s
strongest ally in the region, sending out at least nine “urgent request[s]”
last month, per records reviewed by theReporter.

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A strong national defense is essential to protecting our American way of life.

Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.


[6] Israel, Russia, China, emerge as issues in sleeper Senate race: “I haven’t
heard anything from him”
By: Matthew Foldi

A purportedly independent Senate candidate who is being supported
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by hundreds of thousands of dollars from Democratic Party donors “needs a
civics lesson” and some foreign policy primers, according to his Republican
opponent.

Sen. Deb Fischer (R., Neb.) is facing a challenge from Dan Osborn, who is
running as an independent despite the financial support he receives from some
of the nation’s leading progressive groups. In advance of the anniversary of
the October 7 terrorist attacks, Fischer blasted Osborn’s record on foreign
policy. “I don’t know where he stands on the war in the Middle East,” she said.

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failing foreign policy tests.

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[7] Op-Ed: Rep. Darrell Issa: Israel must win
By: Rep. Darrell Issa

On October 7, 2023, I was getting ready to board a flight from Saudi Arabia
to Israel along with several of my colleagues on a Congressional delegation.
Then came the first reports and the continuing confirmations of the brutal and
deadly attacks by Hamas that killed more than a thousand Israelis and saw
hundreds more dragged into Gaza to be held as hostages. Our hearts sank with
the realization that this was Israel’s 9/11. We were redirected back to the
United States.

But we weren’t there long. I returned to Israel alongside my friend Sen. Joni
Ernst and once there we immediately visited the kibbutzim ravaged by the
terrorists who carried out an unprovoked slaughter of civilians. We saw the
blood stains and bullet holes on the walls of homes, while others were
completely burned to the ground. We saw the ransacked possessions of the
residents, and the scattered toys of children. We were shown residences and
told “there were no survivors.”

One year later — and with the support of its strongest friends — Israel has
rallied and rebuilt, answered anguish with action, and turned the tide against
terror. It is a remarkable achievement that may indeed be the hinge of history
turning.

Some today call for a cease-fire. But when has Hezbollah ceased fire? Every
day, what is left of Hamas continues to fire. Now Iran is launching deadly
missile attacks directly at Israel’s most populous cities. The fact is, Israel
has no record of attacking its neighbors, but only punching back.

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[8]
Op-Ed: Rep. Mike Lawler: We can never forget October 7, nor can we fail to
hold terrorists and anti-Semites accountable
By: Rep. Mike Lawler

Today marks the first anniversary of the worst mass murder of Jews in a
single day since the Holocaust. On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists launched a
brutal and unprovoked attack on Israel, murdering over a thousand innocent men,
women, and children, sexually abusing many and taking hundreds hostage.

Among those butchered and taken captive were dozens of Americans. We must
stand with our close ally in its time of need and support them as they fight
not only to rescue their citizens who were taken by Hamas, but ours as well.

I have met with family members of Americans and Israelis whose relatives were
killed or taken hostage by Hamas — in New York, in Washington, and in Israel. I
have traveled to Israel twice in my official capacity during my first term in
office.

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in combatting anti-Semitism in America and abroad.

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[9] Op-Ed: What does October 7 mean for Jewish voters and the Republican
Party?
By: Bonnie Glick

We have all heard the question from our Republican friends: “why do Jews, in
such large percentages, insist on voting for Democrats when two things are
clear: first, that the Democratic Party has abandoned its side of the
bipartisan support for Israel and second, that the radical Left that has
hijacked today’s Democratic Party uses its power to undercut the institutions
that Jews believe in and helped to build: businesses, universities, the
U.S.-Israel relationship, and even the law itself?”

Our response to these Republican friends was laid bare on October 7, 2023. We
found ourselves answering, “we have no idea why they tend to vote for the
Democrats, but we’re going to do our level best to ensure that they know the
costs of doing so this election.”

The world was caught by surprise and aghast on October 7, 2023. The most
brutal attack against Jews (and non-Jews) since the Nazi Holocaust of World War
Two was carried out in one day with thousands of terrorists and civilians
invading southern Israel from the Gaza Strip intent on wanton slaughter, gang
rape, kidnapping, theft, and destruction.

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[10] Op-Ed: Michael Chamberlain: The Department of Interior’s dereliction of
duty puts people and our shared cultural heritage at risk
By: Michael Chamberlain

“A government of laws, not of men.” John Adams’s vision for the United States
seems kind of quaint in these days when “mostly peaceful” demonstrations come
with arson, body counts, and multi-million-dollar property damage. Our laws are
enforced selectively — especially, it seems, when it’s the Department of the
Interior (DOI) and its National Park Service (NPS) doing the enforcing.

When most Americans hear the words Department of the Interior, they think of
the people in charge of managing our national parks and lands. While that is
part of what DOI does, an equally important aspect of the mission of the
department is preserving our cultural heritage through the NPS and the U.S.
Park Police (USPP).

Unfortunately, under the current Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, NPS
has failed in both of these missions, most spectacularly the latter. These
failures by the agency drove Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) tofile a complaint

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with the DOI inspector general’s office regarding multiple incidents of DOI’s
dereliction of duty in protecting our nation’s cultural heritage, not to
mention the safety of law enforcement and civilians, in the Washington, D.C.
area.

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to read more from Protect the Public’s Trust’s Michael Chamberlain about the
failures of Secretary Deb Haaland to prosecute criminals who ransack American
cities.

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[11] What we're reading

Fox News
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: Biden enriched Iran by more than $50 billion. Here's how to turn off the
spigot, by Rep. Darrell Issa and Rich Goldberg.

Jewish News Syndicate
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: The secret of Netanyahu’s unacknowledged and historic popularity, by Caroline
Glick.

Axios <[link removed]>:
The disappearing Bidens: A quiet end to a presidency, by Alex Thompson and Neal
Rothschild.

Washington Examiner
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: Democratic software ActBlue allows Palestinian terrorism-tied group to
fundraise, by Gabe Kaminsky.

South Bend Tribune
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: Hamas bears the sole responsibility for ending this conflict. It could
release the hostages tomorrow, but it chooses not to, by Rep. Rudy Yakym.




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