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Arizona Sen. John McCain offered his support for President Obama's decision to deploy more troops to Afghanistan. But in a statement, he expressed his concern for the President's decision to set a withdrawal date.
Senators prepared to cast their first votes Wednesday on health-care reform, but even as partisan divisions hardened and contentious amendments stacked up, Democrats increasingly expressed optimism that they would succeed in passing a bill before Christmas.
The president used language intended to appeal to different parts of the political spectrum and persuade them to come together to see if his strategy works.
Republican contends that seniors will "die sooner." Democratic leader calls that scare tactics.
The president hopes a strong surge will defeat al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, but locals aren't so sure.
In the health care debate, senators appealed to two potent political constituencies, with Democrats seeking additional medical benefits for women and Republicans vowing to preserve and protect Medicare for older Americans.
A Republican senator asserted Tuesday during a rancorous floor debate that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shorten the lives of America's seniors by cutting Medicare. "I have a message for you: You're going to die sooner," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., an obstetrician-turned-lawmaker.
Champions make plays happen under duress and that's exactly what North Carolina did against Michigan State on Tuesday night.
New Afghan strategy has Congress feeling uncertain.
Some reaction to President Barack Obama's plans for the Afghanistan war:
Declaring 'our security is at stake,' President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited but... Read more at www.WISHTV.com
"The Afghanistan-Pakistan review led by the president has provided me with a clear military mission and the resources to accomplish our task.
President Barack Obama largely bypassed his usual appeals to American hopes and values Tuesday night in a speech in which he pleaded for resolution and patience for a final, pragmatic push to set Afghanistan on a less threatening path.
An additional 30,000 troops will be sent to Afghanistan for a rapid deployment.
President Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, but balanced the buildup with a pledge to begin withdrawing American forces in 18 months.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he was dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assured the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Christmas. The escalation - to be completed by next summer - is designed to reverse significant Taliban advances ...
