Washington Times: The Pentagon is eyeing cuts in a war office thought to be untouchable: the organization that devises ways to foil the No. 1 killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Officials say the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) has done good work in developing jammers and detection equipment to neutralize the enemy’s [...]
Excerpted from Gawker: He explained that he was in France and needed a big favor from me, something he couldn’t trust anyone else with. I was flattered and he knew it, so I was listening. At that time, he was in a real, grown up relationship with Paris Hilton. He said she was flying out [...]
CNBC: U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader John Boehner called Wednesday for a two-year freeze on all current U.S. tax rates, including Bush-era tax cuts for the rich set to expire at the end of this year. Speaking ahead of an economic address set for later in the day by President Barack Obama, Boehner also [...]
Anders Fogh Rasmussen WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S.-led NATO troops in Afghanistan should be able to start handing off responsibility for security to the Kabul government sometime next year, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday. While stopping short of setting a firm deadline, Rasmussen’s public declaration puts the security alliance in line with President Barack Obama’s [...]
Washington Post: BP released a long-awaited report Wednesday on an internal investigation into the causes of its Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout, blaming multiple failures by BP and other firms but absolving its much-criticized well design. The BP report stressed that “no single factor” caused the April 20 blowout that killed 11 workers, sank [...]
Arizona Republic: The federal government is investigating whether Arizona has discriminated against teachers who are not native English speakers, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne confirmed Tuesday. The state Department of Education for years has been monitoring English fluency of teachers who instruct English learners, but in April began instructing districts to fire teachers [...]
Washington Post: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Wednesday that “a new American moment” had arrived in international relations–”a moment when our global leadership is essential, even if we must often lead in new ways.” In a wide-ranging speech at the Council on Foreign Relations defending the Obama administration’s foreign policy approach, Clinton said, [...]
The Hill: Democrats desperate to convince their base to show up at the polls in November have begun talking less about issues and more about the possibility of a “Tea Party Congress†next year. The passage of landmark bills such as healthcare and financial regulatory reform has not triggered as much grassroots enthusiasm as initially [...]
Politico: Come Nov. 2, one of two big things will happen: Democrats will blow the most complete dominion a party has held over government since the advent of the Reagan revolution. Or Republicans will blow the biggest advantages an out-of-power party has enjoyed since Watergate.
NBC Connecticut: In the wake of the battle over a mosque at Ground Zero, a move by the Hartford City Councilis sure to have its critics.
