News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
Democratic Party lawmakers, opposed to a troop buildup in Afghanistan , warn such a step could lead to efforts to cut off funds for it. "I believe we need to more narrowly focus our efforts and have a much more achievable and targeted policy in that...
News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 month ago
President Obama hosts a basketball game at the White House on Thursday evening for Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress. Of the 15 participants whose names are put out by the White House, not one is a woman -- even though Health and Human...
News Source: Truthdig
| about 1 month ago
Nancy Pelosi wasted no time slapping down a National Republican Congressional Committee press release that said, “taxpayers can only hope [Gen. Stanley] McChrystal is able to put her in her place.” “Her” being the House Speaker, whose place...
News Source: Politico
| about 1 month ago
The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee cast serious doubts on whether Democrats can back a major military expansion in Afghanistan, calling the country’s government “almost useless” and drawing a comparison with Vietnam. After...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
Sen. John Kerry , D-Mass., said he will go to Afghanistan and Pakistan to meet with U.S. military and local officials and get a better idea about strategy. Kerry, Foreign Relations Committee chairman, hasn't endorsed Gen...Kerry has said while more...
News Source: Alternet
| about 1 month ago
General McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, would "put [Pelosi] in her place." In the video to your right, Pelosi responds to a reporter's question on the matter.