Perhaps the biggest news to come out of the monstrous rally in Paris is who wasn't there. Absentee No. 1: President Obama. He stayed in the White House and watched football while dignitaries from 44 countries paid their respects to the 17 victims of Islamic terrorist attacks. Secretary of State John Kerry was traveling in India. Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris but not at the rally.

President Obama wants to close the terrorist suspect detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey supports that decision, but he told Chris Wallace of Fox News that some of the detainees should never be released. Some of those freed earlier returned to their countries and resumed terrorist activity. Dempsey said Congress must decide what to do with future released detainees.

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The National Science Foundation is giving an associate professor at Cornell University $18,952 to write a dissertation on the mating habits of Syrian hamsters.