CNS: (CNSNews.com) – Another American died in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the final day of September–and exactly one month after the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sent a confidential war assessment to the Obama administration, warning that more forces are needed–soon. The as-yet-unnamed American serviceman who died on Wednesday was caught in a suicide attack in [...]
What Franks needs to do is just stick to his guns and stop back-tracking… Politico: Trent Franks says that he is usually a “very civil, calm, collected kind of guy.†Indeed, the reputation of the Arizona Republican is that of a mild-mannered workhorse who eschews the spotlight. So Democrats and Republicans alike were taken aback [...]
Politico: House Minority Leader John Boehner torched President Barack Obama Wednesday for his European trip to pitch the Chicago Olympics bid, criticizing the president for “going to go off to Copenhagen when we’ve got serious issues here at home that need to be debated.” Obama’s trip has been maligned by most Republicans as the health [...]
Financial Times: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez and Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi have joined forces to urge the world to redefine “terrorismâ€. After a summit last weekend for African and South American leaders on the Venezuelan island of Margarita, the two leaders signed a document rejecting attempts to link terrorism to â€the legitimate struggle of the people [...]
NEW YORK – Former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced Tuesday to more than 24 years in prison by a judge who accused him of funding his fraud by manipulating the political process in a way that “strikes at the very core of our democracy.” U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero sentenced the 58-year-old Hsu, who [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that President Barack Obama cannot give up the fight in Afghanistan, saying the region would be destabilized if the United States and its NATO allies pulled back. McCain, Obama’s Republican opponent in last year’s election, also argued for the president to approve a call for additional troops [...]
Remember the Tootsies and the Hutus chopping each other up by the millions?
Agencie France Presse: The United States has refused to rule out military action against Iran if diplomacy fails, but analysts and officials say bombing nuclear sites would carry high risks while setting back Tehran’s program by only a few years. Military options often floated in Washington range from naval blockades, pre-emptive air strikes against nuclear-related [...]
Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would decide whether an individual’s right to own guns for self-defense — as articulated by the high court in 2008 when it struck down the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns — also covers states and other cities with gun-control laws. The question of whether the [...]
Related: Half of Chicago doesn’t want Olympics CBS Chicago: Six people are in custody for criminal damage at an anti-Olympic protest in the Loop Tuesday evening. A group of protesters tried to snatch an Olympic decoration that was supposed to go on the Picasso statue in Daley Plaza. CBS 2′s Anne State reports that the [...]
Politico: Republicans are seriously targeting a handful of veteran House Democrats from conservative-minded districts who haven’t drawn serious challengers in years. The senior Democrats — Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton of Missouri, Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon of Tennessee and Reps. John Tanner of Tennessee and Vic Snyder of Arkansas — all [...]
PHOENIX (AP) — Bartender Randy Shields was serving British brews and Arizona ambers as usual at Shady’s bar in east Phoenix when he saw a customer walk in with a hunting knife strapped to his hip. A disturbing image flashed through his mind — “that knife sliding between my ribs.” The customer willingly turned over [...]
