Secretary Clinton Speaks with CNN's Jill Dougherty

Obama sends 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, eyes pullout

By: adeel123

WEST POINT: US President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 US troops into Afghanistan on Tuesday night, but balanced the buildup with a pledge to impatient Americans to begin withdrawing US forces in 18 months. Obama unveiled his plans in a long-anticipated, high-profile speech broadcast from the US Military Academy at West Point, New ...

4 days ago

Obama speaks at youth dialogue in Shanghai

By: Globaltimes

US President Barack Obama(C) arrives at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum to deliver a speech at a dialogue with Chinese youth during his four-day visit to China, Nov. 16, 2009.  Obama says economic recovery, climate change top his agend

20 days ago

Obama defies US arbitration amid Indo-Pak rows

By: salmanshahid3

US President Barack Obama Tuesday said there were historic conflicts between India and Pakistan, but ruled out any outside role for the US to intervene between the two neighboring courtiers in South Asia.“There are historic conflicts between India and Pakistan. But there is no place of US from the outside to resolve it. We want to be ...

11 days ago

Paul Samuelson: Economics is now the Hopeful Science.

By: northsunm32

   While what Samuelson calls the Friedman-Hayek idiocies may have taken a beating as capitalist financial and other corporations had to be rescued by the government rather than let the market  perform its vaunted creative destruction free market ideology is alive and well. Perhaps Samuelson should just listen to talking heads ...

about 1 month ago