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Published: 12/3/09

Military Chief Praises Obama, Following Tradition

By Dale Eisman

WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) -- Public praise for their civilian superiors is expected of senior uniformed leaders. But the nation's top military man seemed to go out of his way on Wednesday to praise President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, then begin withdrawing them ...

Published: 12/3/09

Bernanke Under Fire at Senate Hearing

By Joseph Schuman

(Dec. 3) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, under siege for the Fed's role in the financial crisis, was fighting to preserve his job and the central bank's authority as senators consider his renomination. ...

Published: 12/3/09

The Point: Tiger Woods Jokes Go Viral

By Steve Pendlebury

(Dec. 3) -- The jokes, funny videos and news parodies are all over the Web, which means the Tiger Woods scandal is now officially a big story. The only surprise is that it took nearly a week to reach this level. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Opinion: Obama Needs to Change Course on Jobs

By Op Ed Contributor

(Dec. 2) -- Newt Gingrich and Dan Varroney say that the big question out of the White House jobs summit is whether President Obama will change course and embrace a different set of job-creation policies than the failed approach to economic recovery followed by both Obama and George W. Bush. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Fight Over Finance Oversight, and Bernanke, Gets Hotter

By Joseph Schuman

(Dec. 2) -- The fight to tame U.S. oversight of banks and Wall Street heated up Wednesday and now looks likely to dominate this week's hearing on the renomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Reporter's Notebook: Seven Scenes From the Afghan Surge on Capitol Hill

By Andrea Stone

WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) -- There was a sense of deja vu all over again at the first in a series of Capitol Hill hearings on the Obama administration's new strategy in Afghanistan. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Opinion: Here's an Idea Obama Isn't Likely to Hear at His Jobs Summit

By Richard Vedder

(Dec. 2) -- President Obama has said he wants fresh ideas for his jobs summit Thursday. Here's one he's not likely to hear: Don't do anything. Economic indicators suggest the jobless rate will fall on its own, and "doing something" could easily hurt more than it helps. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Opinion: Want to Create 4.6 Million Jobs? Here's How

By Lawrence Mishel

(Dec. 2) -- If any consensus emerges from Thursday's White House summit on jobs, it should be this: Let's deal with unemployment first and the deficit second. And here's a plan that will create 4.6 million jobs in one year. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Israel Under Fire for Pushing Arabs Out of East Jerusalem

By Linda Gradstein

JERUSALEM (Dec. 2) -- East Jerusalem, at the crux of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians for more than 40 years, is more contested than ever this week in light of several reports that suggest Israel is pursuing a deliberate policy of "judaizing" the city Palestinians view as their future ...

Published: 12/2/09

Poll: Americans Increasingly Isolationist

By David Knowles

(Dec. 2) -- As President Barack Obama announces plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, isolationist sentiment in America has reached record levels, a new survey suggests. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Weighing the Case for a Fifth Gotti Jr. Trial

By Allan Lengel

(Dec. 2) -- Prosecutors have tried, and tried, and tried. And tried again. But on Tuesday, John Gotti Jr. got off for the fourth time. Following 11 days of deliberation, a federal judge in Manhattan declared a mistrial in Gotti's latest racketeering trial. Now the question is: Will the U.S. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Perez Hilton Offers Tiger Woods Advice

By Buck Wolf

(Dec. 2) -- How does Tiger Woods put his scandal to rest and return to being the world's greatest golfer? The world's greatest scandalmonger has a few suggestions. ...

Published: 12/2/09

Europe to Obama: Don't Count On Us for Many More Troops

By William Boston

BERLIN (Dec. 2) – In his speech announcing 30,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan, President Obama said he was "confident" that allies would join in the escalation. But he is likely to be sorely disappointed with the response, since Europe seems neither militarily equipped nor politically ...

Published: 12/2/09

Opinion: Now Comes the Hard Part on Afghanistan

By J Alexander Thier

President Obama made a strong and eloquent case for our continued effort to stabilize both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now the question is: How do we get from here to there? ...

Published: 12/2/09

The Point: Should the Salahis Be Punished?

By Steve Pendlebury

(Dec. 2) -- Some people are so upset about Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashing the White House State Dinner that they want the publicity-hungry socialites prosecuted. While there's new evidence that they weren't invited, it's not clear whether they did anything illegal. ...

Published: 12/1/09

Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Draws Barbs From All Sides

By Sphere Staff

(Dec. 1) -- President Obama's speech formally announcing his plans for the war in Afghanistan generated an avalanche of opinion, much of it critical of one aspect or another of his strategy for winning the war. As a service to readers, Sphere asked experts from different political perspectives to ...

Published: 12/1/09

Opinion: Obama's Afghan Speech -- Long on Platitudes, Short on Substance

By Michael Cohen

(Dec. 1) -- If you tuned in late to President Obama's speech this evening announcing his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, you might be forgiven for initially thinking that George W Bush was still president. ...

Published: 12/1/09

Obama Makes the Case for a Wider War

By Joseph Schuman

(Dec. 1) -- President Barack Obama made his case Tuesday for an intensified fight in Afghanistan, arguing to war-weary Americans that a temporary build-up there is needed to set up an exit that ensures long-term security. ...

Published: 12/1/09

Six Surprising Things You Can Learn From 2009's Most Popular Google Searches

By Dana Chivvis

(Dec. 1) -- Contrary to popular belief, the world is not searching the Internet mostly for porn. ...

 
 
 

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