KUWAIT CITY – Iraq’s recent efforts to avoid paying Kuwait some $25 billion in U.N.-mandated reparations for Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion have alarmed Kuwaitis and strained relations that have slowly improved since the fall of the Iraqi dictator. Many Kuwaitis doubt Iraq will make good on its obligations without outside pressure, and the country has [...]
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Politico: Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined a doubled-edged message for selling health care reform in August: one part pro-consumer and the second, attacking the health insurance industry with the same passion she took on George W. Bush’s Social Security privatization plans four years ago. “The glory days are coming to an end for the health insurance [...]
WCBS: “Cash for Clunkers” came to a screeching halt Thursday, after only six days on the road. In a shocker, the government announced it would suspend the program at midnight because demand was too great. It may have been the best $1 billion the government has spent so far this year. Business was humming at [...]
Politico: President Barack Obama tallied a much-needed win Friday when a critical House committee approved legislation that would provide health care to millions of uninsured Americans. But the bill’s turbulent passage widened longstanding rifts within his party, rifts that imperil his landmark push for vastly expanding health care coverage when Congress returns to session in [...]
Politico: Screaming constituents, protesters dragged out by the cops, congressmen fearful for their safety — welcome to the new town-hall-style meeting, the once-staid forum that is rapidly turning into a house of horrors for members of Congress. On the eve of the August recess, members are reporting meetings that have gone terribly awry, marked by [...]
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TrueSlant: As confirmed by recent polling data, Obama’s pitch that the country’s existing health care system is in need of radical alteration has fallen upon deaf ears. The more people learn of the details of Obama’s plan, the less they like it. One of the reasons Obama’s health care initiative is now badly floundering is [...]
Above: Iraq vet Aubrey Arcangel in the line of duty. Below: Arcangel attending College in New York WASHINGTON – Spc. Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan. He’ll end it on the campus of Columbia University with the government picking up a large chunk of the $100,000 tab for tuition. The [...]
BAGHDAD – A string of bombings targeted Shiite worshippers in the Baghdad area during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people in an apparently coordinated attack against followers of an anti-U.S. cleric who were blamed for some of Iraq’s worst sectarian violence. The blasts shattered a recent calm and underscored warnings that suspected Sunni insurgents [...]
This goes so far beyond stupid I’m floored and completely lost for words… Good thing for me this effectively criticizes itself. SpaceWar: A Taliban good behavior guide seized by NATO forces in Afghanistan bears no relation to the violent reality on ground, which is contrary to the insurgent group’s advice to its fighters, a spokesman [...]
