President Barack Obama is confronting a split among his closest advisers on Afghanistan, reflecting divisions in his own party over whether to send in thousands more U.S. troops and complicating his efforts to adopt a war policy he can sell to a public grown weary of the 8-year-old conflict.
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Debate Rages as Afghan War Strategy is Decided
Posted: 1st October 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: Afghan, biden, Clinton, emanuel, military, Obama, troops, war
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Ron Paul Speaks Out About Iran
Posted: 30th September 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: government, Iran, military, Obama, ron paul
In his latest C4L video, Dr. Paul answers a supporter’s email question and discusses how our current interventionist foreign policy benefits neither the American people nor our national security situation. Congressman Paul presents a balanced view of the Iranian nuclear program while pointing out who really benefits from the administration’s more-of-the-same foreign policy.
Corporations Face Record High Debt Rates
Posted: 29th September 2009 by Veritas in Economy | FinanceTags: auto, bailout, banking, corporat, debt, Obama, wall st
U.S. corporate debt default rates are expected to hit “unprecedented” levels in 2009, even though the economy may be past the halfway mark of the U.S. recession, according to a forecast unveiled on Monday at the Reuters Restructuring Summit.
School Teaches Obama Hymn to Children
Posted: 25th September 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: hymn, new world order, nwo, Obama, propaganda
World Leaders Threaten Iran as New Nuclear Facility is Discovered
Posted: 25th September 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: Iran, nuclear, Obama, Prime Minister, Sarkozy, Tehran
Iran concealed the building of a second uranium enrichment plant in defiance of calls for transparency over its nuclear plans, US President Barack Obama says.
Obama Rethinking Approach in Afghanistan?
Posted: 25th September 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: Afghan, military, Obama, soldier, Taliban, war
Embedded in General Stanley McChrystal’s classified assessment of the war in Afghanistan is his conclusion that a successful counterinsurgency strategy will require 500,000 troops over five years. This bombshell was dropped by NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday:
Obama Cancels Bush’s European Missile Defense
Posted: 17th September 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: defense, Europe, Iran, military, missle, Obama, Russia
US President Barack Obama has shelved plans for controversial bases in Poland and the Czech Republic in a major overhaul of missile defense in Europe. The bases are to be scrapped after a review of the threat from Iran.
Secret US Intelligence Spending Totals $75 Billion a Year
Posted: 15th September 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: budget, government, intelligence, military, Obama, spending
WASHINGTON – Intelligence activities across the U.S. government and military cost a total of $75 billion a year, the nation’s top intelligence official disclosed on Tuesday, revealing publicly for the first time an overall number long shrouded in secrecy.
Pet Projects in Secret Stimulus Spending
Posted: 27th August 2009 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: deficit, homeland, Obama, security, spending, stimulus
WASHINGTON – A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama‘s economic stimulus plan. A government priority list ranked the project as marginal, but two powerful Democratic senators persuaded the administration to make it happen.
Do Washington Aides Making $158k/yr Deserve Taxpayer Money to Pay Off Their Student Loans?
Posted: 26th August 2009 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: bonus, congress, house of rep, loan, money, Obama, pay, sallie mae, student, tax
A month after they voted to punish some corporate executives for taking hefty bonus payouts, members of the House of Representatives quietly gave their own staffers a new potential bonus by making even their top-earning aides eligible for taxpayer dollars to repay their student loans. The change, which took effect in May, means House employees [...]
Obama Goes All In, Reappointing Bernanke to Federal Reserve
Posted: 25th August 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: bank, Bernanke, federal, financial, Obama, reserve
Most people have annual performance reviews to determine whether they get to keep their jobs. Ben Bernanke has the Dow Jones Industrial Average.