Pat Dollard

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By REP. ERIC CANTOR With Afghanistan backsliding into the grip of Taliban insurgents who remain aligned with Al Qaeda, the war we and our allies have waged in direct response to the attacks of Sept. 11 has reached an important crossroad. In March, the president demonstrated a clear understanding of the war’s centrality to U.S. [...]

Speaking personally, I certainly understand how an administration can drive morale down in the military. It is without a doubt THE singular most disheartening thing that can happen to you while deployed, which is to wonder if you truly have the support of those who sent you away from home. TIMESONLINE American soldiers serving in [...]

By VICTORIA MCGRANE The Obama administration’s $50 billion plan to curb foreclosures isn’t big or fast enough to keep up with the growing problem, a congressional watchdog concludes in a report being released Friday. “It increasingly appears that [the foreclosure program] is targeted at the housing crisis as it existed six months ago, rather than [...]

AP CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) – Unidentified assailants kidnapped and killed the top official of the border town of Palomas, across from New Mexico, on Thursday. Town Mayor Estanislao Garcia Santelis had long complained about the drug traffickers and migrant smugglers active around Palomas. Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in northern Chihuahua [...]

By JOHN BRESNAHAN & JONATHAN ALLEN In his trademark gravelly New York brogue, Charlie Rangel has been known to say: “I’ll be with you ‘til I can’t be with you.” Now, even some Democrats who have stuck with him through his messy financial problems are beginning to wonder if they can’t stick with him anymore. [...]

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Politico: The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee cast serious doubts on whether Democrats can back a major military expansion in Afghanistan, calling the country’s government “almost useless” and drawing a comparison with Vietnam. After emerging from a Thursday congressional briefing with National Security Adviser Gen. Jim Jones, Rep. David Obey (D-Wisc.) said he has [...]

The Hill: House Democrats are floating the idea of a windfall-profits tax on the private health insurance industry as a way to finance their healthcare overhaul, and to drum up support among members of a divided caucus. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the windfall profits tax idea “very preliminary,” saying she’s asked House Ways [...]

BBC: A report from an American think-tank has estimated 1.57 billion Muslims populate the world – with 60% in Asia. The report, by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, took three years to compile, with census data from 232 countries and territories. It showed that 20% of Muslims lived in the Middle East [...]

Politico: The eye roll said it all. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid emerged from the White House Tuesday with broad, bicameral smiles — until Reid put his arm around Pelosi to announce that “everyone” would support “whatever” Afghanistan policy the president produces. Pelosi doesn’t agree with that — not at [...]

Financial Times: The falling US dollar is giving ammunition to the critics of the Obama administration and fuelling broader concerns about the potential erosion of America’s reserve currency status. Republican politicians have highlighted the dollar’s slide as evidence of waning US power. Sarah Palin, the former vice-presidential Republican candidate, on Wednesday sought to link the [...]

Politico: It’s the biggest mystery in global finance right now: Who conducted a sneak attack on the U.S. dollar this week? It began with a thinly sourced but highly explosive report Monday in a British newspaper: Arab oil sheiks are conspiring with the Russians and Chinese to quit using the dollar to set the value [...]

CBS: With the holiday season just a few weeks away, health officials fear the swine flu will pick up right along with air travel. New government guidelines are on their way, designed to help keep passengers healthy. This flu season, airport staff across the nation won’t just be screening for security threats. They’ll also be [...]

You heard it hear first…a week ago…. WASHINGTON — President Obama’s national security team is moving to reframe its war strategy by emphasizing the campaign against Al Qaeda in Pakistan while arguing that the Taliban in Afghanistan do not pose a direct threat to the United States, officials said Wednesday. As Mr. Obama met with [...]