Barack Obama order aides to stop in-fighting over troubled first year - Telegraph.co.uk
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Barack Obama order aides to stop in-fighting over troubled first yearTelegraph.co.ukBarack Obama has ordered his senior advisers not to take part in "Washington finger-pointing and intrigue" amid public recriminations over who is to blame …Rahm Emanuel controversy: White House fights image of turmoilChristian Science MonitorAttacks on 'Rahmbo' reveal White House in crisisGlobe and MailMore [...]
Obama to Use ‘Targeted’ Dithering While Iran Builds Nuclear Bombs
Jennifer Rubin reacts to the good news/bad news from the WaPo today that the Obama administration is getting ready to impose sanctions on Iran. Of course that’s the good news part; the bad news is that “they are doing so in a half-hearted fashion without giving up the pipe dream of re-engaging a barbaric regime [...]
Bernanke Stays on at the Fed
So it’s to be more Bernanke — assuming the Senate goes along, as it almost certainly will. That’s one thing economists got right — the consensus was that he had a 70+ percent chance of being reappointed. What does it all mean?
For one thing, Larry Summers stays at the White House. Not a bad thing [...]
Obama still confident on health care - KTUU
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is voicing confidence on his health care overhaul, despite a week of turmoil in Congress. A Senate panel and two House committees have now passed differing versions. But the head of the Congressional Budget …
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Did Iraqi Democracy Influence Iran?
Is it possible that the Iraqi election experience had something to do with Iranian expectations of an election? If critics of the war can for just a moment move beyond their own deeply held opinions about the invasion of Iraq — that this was a war of choice fought on false premises to lower gas [...]
Credit where credit isn’t due
Citing the present turmoil in Iran, David Ignatius argues that Barack Obama has shaken up the Muslim world to the point that the tide may be turning against jihad (link not yet available). Ignatius’ argument is built largely upon comments made to him by “U.S. intelligence officials.” It therefore stands mainly for the [...]
