The Hill: A government shutdown might not have a “traumatic” effect on the economy, former President Bill Clinton said Monday. Clinton, who faced a shutdown during his 1995 budget negotiations with congressional Republicans, said he wasn’t sure whether President Obama was giving too much ground to the GOP in current negotiations, but suggested that a [...]
Military.com Before the sympathy, Britney Hocking sometimes gets skepticism when she shares that her older brother was killed last month in Iraq. “I’ve actually had people ask me: ‘Do you mean Afghanistan?’ ” she said. Some also have wondered aloud whether Sgt. Brandon Hocking’s death was a freak accident. That a Soldier could still be [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – Katie Couric is leaving her anchor post at “CBS Evening News” less than five years after becoming the first woman to solely helm a network TV evening newscast. A network executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Couric has not officially announced her plans, reported the move to The Associated [...]
The Telegraph: Abdulati al-Obeidi, who has emerged as the Libyan regime’s acting foreign minister after the defection to London last week of Moussa Koussa, was meeting George Papandreou, the Greek prime minister, in Athens last night. He is the first senior envoy sent by Col Gaddafi since the international coalition started to enforce a no–fly [...]
Politico: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told CBS’s Bob Schieffer on Sunday that some members of Congress were considering some kind of action in response to the Florida Quran burning that sparked a murderous riot at a United Nations complex in Afghanistan and other mayhem. “Ten to 20 people have been killed,” Reid said [...]
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The Guardian: The head of the RAF has issued a blunt warning that the service will need “genuine increases” in its budget over the coming years if it is to continue running the range of operations ministers demand. In an interview with the Guardian, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton said he was trying to [...]
The Australian IVORY Coast has been plunged into full-scale civil war as the forces of Laurent Gbagbo fought to save his regime from collapse. The sounds of mortars and gunfire echoed through the streets, reports of massacres reached the principal city, Abidjan and the UN evacuated its headquarters after coming under attack from soldiers who [...]
SacBee California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed 13 bills that make $11.2 billion in cuts and shifts in state spending, including slashing $500 million each from the University of California and California State University systems. At the same time, he supports the so-called “California Dream Act” that would provide illegal aliens with student financial aid [...]
Orlando Sentinel Japan’s Red Cross has collected more than $1 billion in the first three weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami but has yet to distribute any funds directly to victims, prompting Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano to urge Sunday that the process be accelerated. Meanwhile, the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power [...]
AF.mil BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) — A team of female Airmen made history here March 30 when the F-15E Strike Eagles of “Dudette 07″ blazed down the runway to provide close air support for coalition and Afghan ground forces. The two-ship formation consisted of all females, two pilots and two weapons system officers, but more [...]
CNN Sunday is the anniversary of something that undoubtedly has changed your life. Whether for good or for bad is a question only you can answer. On this day in 1973 — on April 3 of that year — a man did something no one had ever done before. You may bless him for it [...]
You won’t hear about this in the mainstream media.. because they don’t want the US public to realize we are still there and fighting… Rest in Peace Dear Soldiers. ~Angelia~ UPI BAGHDAD, April 3 (UPI) — Two U.S. service members have been killed in Iraq, the military said Sunday. The two, who were not identified [...]
Politico: With less than a week left before government funding expires, the rift between Republicans and Democrats on a budget agreement appears as wide as ever. President Barack Obama on Saturday called House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and said Democrats and Republicans have agreed “to work off the [...]
medialine Call adds to concerns among liberals that the country is going Islamic Officials of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s leading Islamic group, have called for the establishment of a Saudi-style modesty police to combat “immoral” behavior in public areas in what observers say in another sign of a growing Islamic self-confidence in the post-Mubarak era. [...]
