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Gates Criticizes GOP Defense Budget
Gates Criticizes GOP Defense Cuts The Hill reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said the House GOP budget for the Pentagon is "disconnected" from operational realities. Gates said the Pentagon needs $540 billion for fiscal 2011, less than the $548 billion …
Grossman to be New AfPak Envoy
Grossman To Be New AfPak Envoy Washington Post reports: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has chosen a new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, after months of delay and disagreements between the White House and the State Department over the parameters of the job …
House OKs Patriot Act Extension
House OKs Patriot Act Extension The New York Times reports: The House on Monday voted to reauthorize and extend through Dec. 8 three ways in which Congress expanded the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterterrorism powers after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. …
New Wave of Strikes Hit Egypt
New Wave of Strikes Hit Egypt BBC reports: Fresh protests and strikes have flared in Egypt as demonstrators demand better pay and conditions from the country's new military rulers. Bank, transport and tourism workers all demonstrated in Cairo after 18 days of protests succeeded …
Hillary Praises Iran's 'Brave' Protesters
Hillary Praises Iran's 'Brave' Protesters ABC News reports: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applauded news from Iran that thousands of protesters demonstrated there today, demanding change, and compared the situation to Egypt, where Hosni Mubarak was thrown out of power …
Iranian Police Clash with Protesters
Iranian Police Clash with Protesters BBC reports: Thousands of opposition supporters have clashed with security forces in the centre of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Police used tear gas and detained dozens rallying in solidarity with uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. There was one …
Conrad: WH Budget Needs More Work
Conrad: WH Budget Needs More Work CNN reports: The top budget chiefs from both political parties criticized President Obama's 2012 budget Monday. Democrat Kent Conrad and Republican Paul Ryan, the budget chairmen in the Senate and House respectively, share one big beef: The …
Sheriff Arpaio Considers Senate Run
Arpaio Considers Senate Run The Hill reports: Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Monday he is open to the possibility of running for the seat of retiring Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in 2012. Arpaio, the conservative sheriff famous for his hard-line anti-immigration stances, made the …
GM Workers to Get Record Bonuses
GM Workers to Get Record Bonuses Bloomberg reports: General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, said it expects to give unionized U.S. hourly employees profit-sharing checks averaging at least $4,000 as it prepares to negotiate a labor contract this year. The payout is more …
Bush Torture Charges Would Undermine U.S. Law
Those who want foreign torture charges against Bush should answer a tough question: Does universal jurisdiction override US legal protections? Many of those who favor a foreign action against George W. Bush on torture charges make this argument: The international Convention Against Torture …Can Daniels Revive the American Dream?
By honestly addressing the challenges facing the American middle class, Mitch Daniels managed to give CPAC its most powerful and intelligent speech. Mitch Daniels gave the CPAC conference its most powerful and intelligent speech . The speech has been praised by many people for many reasons. I …Egypt: What Could Go Wrong
Egypt: What Could Go Wrong Waller Newell writes at Jewish World Review : Since the French Revolution in 1789, revolutions have shown common features that are directly relevant to what is happening in Egypt right now. Since the final outcome in Egypt after Mubarak's ouster -- a …
Will Egypt's Revolution Go Global? No
Glenn Beck believes discontent in the Arab world will soon spread, exciting communist insurrection in western Europe and then jumping the Atlantic to the U.S. Here's a clip of Glenn Beck telling Bill O'Reilly that discontent in Arab world will soon leap over the Mediterranean and excite …Charge George W. Bush With War Crimes?
When people file actions in Switzerland against former president Bush, they are targeting the entire American legal system. My latest column for CNN explains why attempts to prosecute President George W. Bush for 'war crimes' in foreign countries (such as Switzerland) are really attacks on the …Where is the Serious Tim Pawlenty?
Tim Pawlenty is a successful former governor and could be an excellent president, so why is he running a cynical campaign? I'm increasingly worried that likely GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is evolving into this year's Lamar Alexander. Lamar Alexander is one of the most effective and …Paul Ryan Blasts Obama's New Budget
Paul Ryan Blasts New Budget Politico reports : House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) dismissed President Obama’s budget as failing to meet the “critical test of leadership.” But he said that Republican members of his panel “want to get serious” and that he expects …
Cantor: Budget 'Doubles Down' on Obama's Mistakes
Cantor: Budget 'Doubles Down' on Obama's Mistakes The Hill reports: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) tore into the president's 2012 budget proposal Monday, saying it "fails to address the grave fiscal situation facing our country." "President Obama's budget doubles …
TARP Watchdog to Resign
TARP Watchdog to Resign The Hill reports: The head of the watchdog overseeing the federal government's bailout programs will resign on March 30. In a letter to President Obama sent Monday, Neil Barofsky, the Treasury Department's special inspector general for the Troubled …
Barbour Heading to Iowa
Barbour Heading to Iowa Politico reports: In another sign that he's moving toward a presidential bid, Haley Barbour will visit Iowa next month, Politico has learned. The Mississippi governor will keynote a March 15 dinner in Scott County, the first of a yearlong series of Iowa …