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On my way back from Washington last week I was reading the newspaper and like many times before, I was struck by just how desperate President Obama and Washington liberals are to change the subject from issues like the economy, gas prices, home foreclosures and the skyrocketing cost of groceries and everyday households items, to divisive social issues like gay marriage and thoroughly dishonest claims of a war on women. It seems like just about every week the liberals and their media allies try to change the subject while putting the best spin, however unbelievable, on the state of our economy and our nation.

They can try to divide us along racial, ethnic, religious and economic lines, but it does not change the fact that their policies are failing Americans of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races and incomes.

Take a look at these national economic indicators from Inauguration Day 2009 to April 2012.

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We recently opened a new headquarters in Stuart, Florida.

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This week, we plan to knock on doors in each of the three counties that make up the 18th District. As always, we will meet at 10am at the locations specified below. To get involved, contact your county coordinator.

Martin County

Where:  Allen West for Congress Headquarters
735 Colorado Avenue, Suite #9
Stuart, FL 34994

When: 9:45am

RSVP: Darlene Fuggetta
Cell: (772) 285-7447
Email: dlfuggetta@bellsouth.net

Palm Beach County

Where: Burns Road Recreational Center
4404 Burns Road
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

When: 9:45am

RSVP: Marilyn Parmet
Cell: (561) 626-3193
Email: Marmaid12@aol.com

St. Lucie County

Where:  Dunkin Donuts
4320 Northwest Federal Highway
Jensen Beach, FL 34957

When: 9:45am

RSVP: Nina Bechtel
Cell: (772) 834-2332
Email: ninabechtel@gmail.com

This weekend Allen spoke at the Broward County Lincoln Day Dinner.

He spoke about his strong belief in limited government and individual sovereignty.

You can watch the video below and click to share it on Facebook and Twitter.

The economy continues to struggle along under Obamanomics. Only 115,000 jobs were created in April, the unemployment rate remains above 8 percent, 342,000 people dropped out of the labor force.

This just proves once again that the policies of President Obama and Democrat candidates–higher taxes, reckless spending and oppressive regulations–only hurt the economy.

If you agree it’s time to end Obamanomics and start creating jobs, sign my petition below.

Q: What do you believe the killing of Osama bin Laden achieved?

Congressman West: In a tactical sense, the achievement was that you took out the current leader or a figurehead for al Qaeda. But in a larger strategic sense, it doesn’t mean as much because the organization is still around and you know, we have to be concerned about the potential of body bombs being used on our aircraft. So we can’t be focused on this, it was a great thing that happened, all the credit goes to our men in Navy Seal uniforms that went across the border in that late night raid operation. But we still have to stay focused on—like the State Department official said—on the war on terrorism, which is a hollow misnomer, it is not over.

Q: Do you think, as some have suggested, “that the war on terrorism is over,” that al Qaeda is finished?

Congressman West: Well, this is why I get kind of upset—we are really narrowing the focus. Al Qaeda is just one terrorist organization. We have to realize that before al Qaeda, the Islamic terrorist organization that inflicted the most causalities on America was Hezbollah. So just because you are focused on al Qaeda… what about Hezbollah? What about Hamas? What about al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade? What about the al-Quds Brigade? What about the Muslim Brotherhood? What about Jamaat al-Islamiyya? What about Abu Sayyaf? We can go on ad nauseum. At a strategic level, we really are missing out on who we are fighting against, we are trying to narrow it down to one specific organization, which would be just like saying the United States of America is fighting about one infantry battalion.

Q: Do you believe that the United States has appropriately addressed the fact that bin Laden was found, having lived many years, just outside of Islamabad?

Congressman West: We have not appropriately looked at that. We have not appropriately dealt with the sanctuaries of the enemy that are within Pakistan. We all know that the Haqqani network, which is probably inflicting the most casualties right now, is right across the border in Pakistan and is operating freely. We have to be honest about the fact that now we come to find out that Osama bin Laden was bouncing around all over Pakistan for the last five to six years or so, we have to be serious about denying enemy sanctuaries wherever he is, we have to cordon off his ability to have a sphere of influence, and we have to win the information operations propaganda war, and we have got to, from a strategic level, cut off his men, material, and financial support. Those are the critical types of strategic level objectives that we should be looking at.

Thanks to your support, we met our April online fundraising goal.

The far-left is throwing everything they’ve got at us: $650,000 in negative ads, opening a “Take Down Allen West” HQ, and advertising on Craigslist to find paid supporters for their rent-a-mob.

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I discussed the end of the shuttle program with Neil Cavuto today, which will be a big economic hit to Florida, and an acknowledgment to the world that the United States is no longer concerned about reaching for the stars and leading from the front. The Obama administration has undermined our economic, national, and energy security, and this is just another example.

Watch the video below.