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Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress on Thursday that the surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to at least 33,000 when support troops are included.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Sheila Bair has no intention of giving up the fight. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chief, a Republican, will not seek reappointment once her term ends in 18 months.
Two groups have emerged as finalists to take over ownership of the Texas Rangers. The new owner could be revealed as early as next week's winter meetings.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thanks Allies, Tries to Convince them Obama's War Plan Will Work
WASHINGTON -- His demeanor was not that of a young and inexperienced president, but that of an elder statesman. There was none of the boyish, fun-loving, "isn't-this-all-amazing?" charm that has exemplified so much of his public life. He smiled not once.
When the U.S. economy melted down on former President George W. Bush’s watch, it was a sobering moment.
Obama vows to tackle jobs challenge head-on WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday urged corporate America to help tackle the nation's highest unemployment in 26 years but also hinted at federal tax credits and aid to states to ease jobless woes. "We cannot hang back and hope for...
USA TODAY founder Al Neuharth blasts the president's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan. This, he says, could cost Obama a 2nd term.
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
If you listen to Congress, you might think most people owe a lot of taxes when they die. Republicans like to call the inheritance tax the "death tax," while Democrats say it hits only the very rich. But, as is often the case, the truth is more complicated.
DALLAS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, are earning hefty speaking fees that experts say may come to $100,000 for 40 minutes work.
Two groups have emerged as finalists to take over ownership of the Texas Rangers. The new owner could be revealed as early as next week's winter meetings. A person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed several media reports that groups headed by Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg and former sports agent Dennis Gilbert are finalists.
Security help for Mexico promised under the so-called Merida Initiative, including helicopters and scanners for contraband detection, has been held up by red tape, a U.S. agency says. A small fraction of U.S. aid for Mexico's drug war under the so-called Merida Initiative has been delivered because of red tape and the time needed to order helicopters and other equipment, a U.S. government report ...
The United States government has only spent 2 percent of the more than $1 billion it has pledged to help Mexico fight drug traffickers.
President Barack Obama kicked off a White House jobs forum on Thursday by saying he's "open to every demonstrably good idea" to reverse the worst job losses in decades. But Obama said the government's resources are limited and that growth ultimately must come from the private sector.
President Barack Obama's top advisers rebuffed lawmakers' charges on Thursday that plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan ignored a larger threat of militants across the border in nuclear-armed Pakistan.
As tempting a target as Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is for Republicans in 2010, one Connecticut candidate has decided to skip a crowded Senate primary and instead run for governor.
With his speech on our war in Afghanistan this week, the president who once preached “change” fully embraced his predecessor’s most dangerous idea: The Bush Doctrine. Describing this doctrine at West Point in 2001, said then President George W. Bush: “If we wait for threats to materialize, we will have waited too long. The war on terror will not be won on the defensive. We must take the battle ...
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan gradually based on security in local areas, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers as he sought to deflect Republican criticism of a target July 2011 troop-drawdown date.
The images of the slain, burned and mutilated Blackwater contractors hanging from a bridge in Fallujah , Iraq , in 2004 -- with cheering crowds around them -- shocked the United States.
President Obama’s decision on Afghanistan was tardy, messy — and courageous. In contrast to the expectation that he would settle on a timid half-measure, Obama took more of a seven-eighths measure, leaving his commanders impressed and satisfied. In contrast to former Vice President Richard Cheney ’s charge that Obama is making national security decisions for “small ‘p’ political reasons,” the ...
