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Obama heads to Fort Hood for memorial

CNN - 35 minutes ago

President Obama is heading to Fort Hood Army Post for Tuesday's memorial service, to remember the victims of last week's shooting that left 13 dead, 12 of them U.S. soldiers.

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Loretta Napoleoni: 20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Will Another Superpower Meet Its End in Afghanistan?
The Huffington Post - 13 minutes ago
Remarkably, the central Asian country of Afghanistan seems once again to be shaping our future. It is paradoxical that the graveyard of one superpower should become a battlefield for the other.
Review: 'I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)'
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 3:29 am ET
I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon) By Richard Polsky (Other Press; 268 pages; $23.95) What's the "Mona Lisa" worth? The answer, as with any work of art, is simple: whatever someone is willing to pay for it. How monetary values get established, however, is anything...
Let's do battle for our veterans
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - 17 minutes ago
In this time of deeply partisan political division, one reflex continues to unite leaders of all ideological persuasions: a willingness to cut corners when it comes to those who have shown their devotion to this nation by offering their service, even their lives, to the military.
Eugene Robinson: When a time bomb is ticking
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Mon Nov 9, 7:33 pm ET
WASHINGTON -- There's a difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged mass murderer at Fort Hood, was becoming radicalized in his opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army had a duty to act -- before he did. Gen. George Casey, the Army chief of staff, said Sunday he was concerned that "this increased ...
Voice of the People for Nov. 10, 2009
New York Daily News - Mon Nov 9, 9:04 pm ET
I don't want all you libs to worry. President Obama will make sure murderer Nidal Hasan gets his swine flu shot - I hope right after he's shot by a firing squad.
The nukes in Pakistan
National Catholic Reporter - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
"Current and former officials said in interviews in Washington and Pakistan that [the Obama] Administration has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani military.
Obama heads to Fort Hood in role as healer
The Champaign News-Gazette - 1 hour 31 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) – Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. It his job to offer comfort, if not answers, after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the bustling Texas Army post five days ago.
Fatal reluctance to see evil
Jewish World Review - Tue Nov 10, 6:38 am ET
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The general is eager to get the situation in hand, but he's got his tactics backward. And not just the general. So have a lot of other people in the government. Judgment flees in the face of a challenge by goody-goody intentions.
Trial lawyers could win bonanza in health care reform
CNN - Mon Nov 9, 10:29 am ET
You've heard the saying: "In war, amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics."
Why Lieberman Blocks a Public Option
consortiumnews.com - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
With the health-reform bill’s “public option” truly reduced to the “sliver” that President Barack Obama once called it – and indeed having become a feature that mostly benefits the insurance industry – the next question must be: why is it still being opposed by industry defenders like Sen. Joe Lieberman?
Robert J. Elisberg: How to Properly Criticize a President 101
The Huffington Post - 1 hour 58 minutes ago
There's something almost adorable seeing Republicans flail in the wind, trying to come up with reasons why people should dislike Barack Obama. It's akin to...
PRUDEN: Fatal reluctance to see evil
The Washington Times - Tue Nov 10, 6:10 am ET
OPINION/ANALYSIS: The general is eager to get the situation in hand, but he's got his tactics backward. And not just the general. So have a lot of other people in the government. Judgment flees in the face of a challenge by goody-goody intentions. Gen. George Casey, the Army chief of staff, says he's worried -- "no, not worried, but I'm concerned" -- about a backlash against Muslims by Americans ...
Obama faces test at Fort Hood
Houston Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 1:41 am ET
When President Barack Obama stands Tuesday before the mourning children, spouses and comrades of those cut down last week at Fort Hood, he will confront one of the most delicate and painful duties a president undertakes.
Obama To Attend Fort Hood Shooting Memorial
CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth - 2 hours 6 minutes ago
Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. After a shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the bustling Texas Army post, it is Obama's job to offer some comfort, if not answers. Watch Coverage Of Obama's Visit LIVE On CBS11TV ...
Priests Spar Over What It Means to Be Catholic
Time.com via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 10:05 am ET
A pair of prelates face off over pro-choice politicians in an unusually public dispute that threatens to split American Catholics
President Obama Serves Role as Healer
FOX 26 Houston - 2 hours 56 minutes ago
Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. He will lead the mourning at Fort Hood for 13 men and women, who were working in the one place, as Obama put it, that "our soldiers ought to feel most safe."
Obama pressed into role as healer at Ft. Hood memorial service
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - 2 hours 59 minutes ago
Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since winning the White
Russia, US restart nuclear disarmament talks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 8:52 am ET
Russia and the United States on Monday resumed what is expected to be the last round of marathon talks to renew a key nuclear disarmament treaty which is due to expire next month.
Obama pressed into role as healer, inevitably
KENS 5 San Antonio - Tue Nov 10, 9:05 am ET
For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. It his job to offer comfort, if not answers, after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the bustling Texas Army post five days ago. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since ...
Obama's Fort Hood visit part of presidential tradition of offering comfort
Dallas Morning News - Mon Nov 9, 11:42 pm ET
AP President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One en route to Fort Hood this morning.The expectations on Obama, as commander in chief, are especially high. |