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10 December 2009 10:47 PM
OSLO – President Barack Obama's decision to break with tradition and not follow the lead of past Nobel Peace Prize winners bewildered some Norwegians.Others thought he was being impolite.Obama had quite a whirlwind day Thursday — he signed the Nobel guest book, huddled with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, met with King Harald V and Queen Sonja, and delivered an acceptance speech afte
10 December 2009 10:18 PM
OSLO – President Barack Obama defended the right of the United States to wage just wars as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, acknowledging that as a wartime president he was a controversial choice. In a speech at the award ceremony in Oslo, preceded by a fanfare of trumpets, Obama declared he would not stand idle in the face of threats to the United States. He raised the s
10 December 2009 10:18 PM
WASHINGTON – A bill to protect reporters' confidential sources in federal court cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, ending months of stalemate.The panel sent the so-called media shield bill to the full Senate on a 14-5 vote, but it's not certain it will become law this year.Even if the Senate acts, the legislation would have to be reconciled with a different version approved
10 December 2009 10:18 PM
If there is one thing that the movement for comprehensive immigration reform can learn from the congressional fight for health care reform, it's that Republicans will distort the facts and delay in order to block the change Americans need. They'll even resort to feigning support for policies and programs that they've historically opposed -- like Medicare -- and then reverse course and file amendm
10 December 2009 10:18 PM
The White House job summit came and went, and seemed somewhat overshadowed by the Afghanistan speech, the climate change conference in Copenhagen, President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and even the White House party crashers.The result of the summit was a proposal for a battery of necessary and unsurprising, but probably not sufficient, recommendations.These recommendations were t
10 December 2009 10:17 PM
Obama's Afghan surge and new strategy attempt sophistication and nuance, but fail to grasp the terrible complexities of the Afghan war.In his speech the President noted two key issues: Afghanistan's rampant corruption and the problematic role of Pakistan.But these problems are more vexing than he admits.I know the depth of these problems from study and from years of -- sometimes bitter and disapp
10 December 2009 10:17 PM
The line is drawn.Will it be a public option or no public option? The two sides are glaring at each other.Heaving verbal missiles! Running to the camera lights! On one side are youth and liberals, and on the other side are elders and conservatives.And on what side is President Obama? Few public policy issues have lines this thin -- public option or no public option? This will be hard for the fud
10 December 2009 10:17 PM
How many people have to be sickened or killed before we get strong coal ash regulations in the U.S ? I ask this during a week very full of news on coal ash - the by-product of burning coal for power.Our latest and biggest news is our notice today putting New Mexico's San Juan Coal Company on notice for failing to properly dispose of millions of tons of toxic coal ash and scrubber sludge each year
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