More than a year after President Obama nominated a new Surgeon General, the Senate confirmed Vivek Murthy for the job, which had been vacant during the Ebola threat and other critical periods. Murthy's nomination had been stalled because he believes guns are bad for your health. (Actually, he tweeted, "Guns are a health care issue."

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The Pentagon spent $700 million to help develop Afghanistan's gem industry and wasted much of it sending Afghan jewelers on lavish "training" trips to Paris, Milan and India.

"She's not taking many positions on many things." - Former Democratic National chairman Howard Dean, who added that's "one of the nice things" about Hillary Clinton. With friends like these ...