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Declaration of the Independents: The case against a third party
Many people these days are fed up with government waste, huge federal deficits and corporate bailouts. ...more
December 4, 2009
Obama: Jobs plan will 'jump-start' hiring
Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America. ...more
December 4, 2009
Afghan president praises Obama's deadline
Afghanistan's president says he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country. ...more
December 3, 2009
Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs
President Barack Obama says chronic unemployment isn't merely academic and is "a struggle that cuts deep and touches people across the nation." ...more
December 3, 2009
A half-baked surgelet
A traveler asks a farmer how to get to a particular village. The farmer replies, "If I were you, I wouldn't start from here." ...more
December 3, 2009
Obama vows to bring war to 'a successful conclusion'
Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan tonight, but balanced the buildup with a pledge to an impatient nation to begin withdrawing American forces in 18 months. ...more
December 1, 2009
Obama plan not enough, Afghan military leader says
A top Afghan military official said today that a key part of President Barack Obama's new war plan — accelerating the training of Afghan soldiers — does not go far enough to meet the country's defense needs. ...more
December 1, 2009
Obama to announce 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan
President Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Christmas. ...more
December 1, 2009
Official: Afghan buildup involves 30,000 troops
President Barack Obama plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the first as early as Christmas, on an accelerated timetable with an endgame in sight, The Associated Press has learned. ...more
December 1, 2009
Specifics of an indefinite war
In his speech tonight announcing a military surge for Afghanistan, President Barack Obama owes it to U.S. troops and to taxpayers to get specific about his goal for that impoverished, unruly place. ...more
December 1, 2009
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