Due To Obama, Pentagon Planning Faster Iraq Withdrawal
WASHINGTON — Military commanders are drawing up plans for a faster withdrawal of American troops from Iraq in anticipation that President-elect Barack Obama will reject current proposals as too slow, Pentagon and military officials said Wednesday. The new plans would provide alternatives to a timetable drawn up by the top American commanders for Iraq to bring troops home more slowly than Mr
Howard Dean Says Goodbye In Letter
Howard Dean, outgoing chair of the Democratic National Committee, wrote a letter saying goodbye to supporters. The full text: Four years ago, I became chairman with a mandate for bottom-up reform — grow the Democratic Party in your neighborhood and every other community in America.
Obama On Inauguration: You Don’t Have To Come (VIDEO)
President-elect Barack Obama tells Americans that he wants them to participate in Inauguration — but that they can do it from home.
Neil Young: Fork In the Road
We wrote and recorded a new song called “Fork In The Road” the other day. You can watch the video and read the lyrics here…
Blake Lively’s Vogue Cover: A Bad Sign? (PHOTOS)
“Gossip Girl” Blake Lively graces the February cover of Vogue magazine and gets “a makeover that transformed the sporty all-American girl into a polished bombshell,” editor Anna Wintour claims in her editor’s letter.
Keli Goff: Hell Has Officially Frozen Over… I Agree with Ann Coulter on Something
Let me start by saying that I am just as shocked as you are by the title of this post, as is my mother and probably every other family member, friend and political ally — I have ever had. But every now and then the truth is worth the risk of a little embarrassment.
Obama Team Offers Concessions On Stimulus In Talks With Senate Dems
President-elect Barack Obama tried Sunday to shore up support in Congress for his ambitious economic policies, with his top advisers offering concessions on his economic-stimulus proposal and preparing to detail conditions for how the incoming administration will spend the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package. Emerging from a two-hour meeting in the Capitol with Obama advisers Lawrence Summers and Jason Furman, Senate Democrats praised the President-elect’s team for agreeing to make changes to its stimulus proposal based off of concerns senators raised last week at a meeting with the president-elect’s senior aides.
Joe The Plumber Files First Reports From Israel On Gaza Crisis
SDEROT, Israel — Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel’s side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza. The Ohio man, who rocketed to fame during the U.S
Bush "Fox News Sunday" Interview: I Refused To "Bail Out" GOP
President Bush says he refused to “bail out my political party” by withdrawing troops “during the darkest days of Iraq,” a decision now lauded by his father in an unprecedented joint interview of both presidents by Brit Hume on “FOX News Sunday.” “During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, ‘You’re creating incredible political difficulties for us,’” the current president said as his term draws to a close. “And I said, ‘Oh, really?
Iran Using Fronts To Buy Bomb Parts From America
The Iranian businessman was looking for high-quality American electronics, but he had to act stealthily: The special parts he coveted were denied to Iranians, especially those seeking to make roadside bombs to kill U.S. troops in Iraq
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