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Barack Obama: Nasa must try to make Muslims ‘feel good’
Charles Bolden, a retired United States Marines Corps major-general and former astronaut, said in an interview with al-Jazeera that Nasa was not only a space exploration agency but also an “Earth improvement agency”. Mr Bolden said: “When I became the Nasa administrator, he [Mr Obama] charged me with three things.
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Gen. Petraeus, ‘we are in this to win’
Gen. David Petraeus formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan on Sunday, declaring “we are in this to win” despite rising casualties and growing skepticism about the nearly 9-year-old war. During a ceremony at NATO headquarters, Petraeus received two
CBO says debt will reach 62 percent of GDP by year’s end
The national debt will reach 62 percent of gross domestic product GDP by the end of this year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office CBO said Wednesday. The budget office said the debt will reach its highest percentage of GDP since the end of World War II. The jump is driven by lower tax revenues
Kagan will be the Obama of the Supreme Court
Now more of us understand that running a successful political campaign does not qualify one to be President. Real job qualifications matter when it comes to oil leaks, fiscal stimulus and unemployment, the deficit, Iranian nukes, relationships with our allies, infrastructure modernization and government
After McChrystal
THE national security adviser of the world’s greatest superpower is a “clown”, its vice-president a nobody and its president “uncomfortable and intimidated”. With those words the officers around General Stanley McChrystal, the American commander in Afghanistan, engulfed America in a storm as
Obama Ousts McChrystal Over Disparaging Remarks
President Barack Obama ousted U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal for belittling remarks about administration officials just over a year after he was entrusted with salvaging a losing war in Afghanistan.
General McChrystal: Rolling Stone story a sign of frustration?
Underlying the flap over Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s comments in Rolling Stone magazine about his civilian superiors, including in the White House, are tensions resulting from the growing sense that conditions in Afghanistan are not progressing as anticipated.
Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House
Washington insiders say he will quit within six to eight months in frustration at their unwillingness to “bang heads together” to get policy pushed through. Mr Emanuel, 50, enjoys a good working relationship with Mr Obama but they are understood to have reached an understanding that differences
Arab Royals Bid to Build on 9/11 Site
Nearly nine years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the bi-state agency that operates the World Trade Center is looking for a private partner to help manage the 1776-foot office tower that is being built at Ground Zero — and one of two companies under consideration may have ties to the Middle
Obama’s Treachery
Obama’s White House stands accused of tampering with U.S. Senate primary elections involving Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania and Andrew Romanoff in Colorado. Both Democratic primary challengers apparently were urged to drop out of their races by White House operatives in exchange for a job. The details
