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Terror Trials a Risky Move for Obama
US News & World Report - 1 hour 10 minutes ago
Attorney General Eric Holder defends the decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York.
Washington defends Afghan strategy
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 8:32 am ET
Top US officials defended Barack Obama's new strategy to win the Afghan war, denying that a timeline for departure was set in stone as NATO met on Thursday to consider his call for more troops.
GAO looks at Bush civil rights enforcement
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 8:28 am ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A report on civil rights during the George W. Bush administration indicates the U.S. Justice Department sometimes rejected complaints without taking action.
US commander promises surge results by mid-2010
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 8:05 am ET
The US and NATO chief in Afghanistan on Thursday told lawmakers that a new war strategy would show signs of success next year, with many of the 30,000 extra troops bound for southern Taliban heartlands.
Accused Fort Hood shooter to face 32 counts of attempted murder
CNN - Thu Dec 3, 7:54 am ET
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, will face 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, Army officials said Wednesday.
Fort Hood suspect faces 32 more charges
CNN - Thu Dec 3, 7:54 am ET
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, will face an additional 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, Army officials said Wednesday.
Obama takes on role as consoler in chief
CNN - Thu Dec 3, 7:44 am ET
James Gordon Meek was standing over the gravestone of a friend killed in Iraq when he noticed a familiar figure walking near him.
Mullen: 18-month target for Afghanistan flexible
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 7:24 am ET
The chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff is reiterating that the U.S. target date for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is flexible and will take "conditions on the ground" into account.
Administration Touts Afghan Plan To Congress
NPR - Thu Dec 3, 7:02 am ET
Three top administration officials are making the case for how the war in Afghanistan can be won. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Admiral Mike Mullen, the nation's top military officer, are making the rounds on Capitol Hill. Their mission: sell the president's new strategy for Afghanistan.
Napolitano says recent arrests represent a terror warning
Washington Post - Thu Dec 3, 6:36 am ET
Al-Qaeda followers are inside the United States and would like to attack targets here and in other countries, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday night.
Cracks In Obama's Democratic Base
Forbes - Thu Dec 3, 6:08 am ET
Unhappy liberals may not carry the load in 2010.
Senator Moves to Hold Up Bernanke Confirmation
New York Times - Thu Dec 3, 5:56 am ET
The move is unlikely to derail Mr. Bernanke’s reappointment, but it could slow the confirmation process and give the Fed’s critics additional opportunity to press their case, The New York Times’s Edmund L. Andrews writes.
Massachusetts: Can Capuano Catch Up in Senate Special?
CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 12:00 am ET
Rep. Michael E. Capuano's bid for Massachusetts' open Senate seat has been gaining momentum, and he has succeeded in narrowing the Democratic primary contest to a two-person race between himself and front-runner Martha Coakley, a number of party strategists and Massachusetts political observers say.
Troop surge rattles political landscape
Politico via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 4:50 am ET
With his announcement of a troop increase in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama has complicated an already hazardous political landscape and introduced a highly combustible element into scores of House and Senate races.
Afghanistan plan leaves Dems doubtful, Republicans critical
USA Today - Wed Dec 2, 10:29 pm ET
President Obama's decision to order a large but temporary troop increase for Afghanistan gives the military enough resources to succeed while signaling that the U.S. commitment is finite, top administration officials told skeptical members of Congress on Wednesday.
Lawyer allegedly contributed Ponzi funds
UPI - 28 minutes ago
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Florida lawyer arrested on racketeering and fraud charges donated to political campaigns with funds from a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, prosecutors alleged.
Obama: Unemployment Problem "Cuts Deep"
CBS News - 32 minutes ago
President Opens Jobs Summit; With Unemployment Rate Above 10 Percent, Seeks Ideas on Generating Jobs
Obama's Afghanistan Policy: Separating Taliban, al-Qaeda
Time Magazine - Thu Dec 3, 3:19 am ET
Obama's foreign policy takes a narrower view of American power -- we can't fight everyone all at once
Obama's Afghanistan strategy has a familiar look
Los Angeles Times - Thu Dec 3, 3:17 am ET
As a senator, Obama opposed the Iraq buildup, but his Afghan plan keeps key elements. Experts warn that the two wars differ. Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, Baghdad and Washington -- In crafting his new Afghanistan policy, President Obama borrowed liberally from an unlikely source: the playbook of George W. Bush.
Key Senate Democrat questions lack of Afghan forces to aid U.S. troop surge
Los Angeles Times - Thu Dec 3, 3:14 am ET
Sen. Carl Levin says a partnership with local security forces is vital to success behind a U.S. buildup. Defense Secretary Gates says additional troops will deploy in 2 to 3 weeks. As top administration officials appeared before Congress today to defend the troop buildup in Afghanistan, and with the Pentagon saying the first additional troops will deploy within two to three weeks, a key Senate ...