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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is making 50 million pounds ($83 million) in new funding available to Pakistan to help the country pacify its lawless border with Afghanistan.
Anxious Democrats show little appetite for seriously blocking President Barack Obama’s new war strategy for Afghanistan and appear to be looking for ways instead to bridge their differences with the White House before funding is debated next year.
Top U.S. officials said the first of 30,000 new U.S. troops would arrive in Afghanistan in two to three weeks but also made clear on Wednesday that plans to start bringing the soldiers home in 18 months could slip.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans and Pakistanis Wednesday greeted President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000-35,000 additional troops to Afghanistan with limited enthusiasm, skepticism that the U.S. has enough staying power to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency and even suspicion that the rapid surge will be followed by a speedy exit.
President Barack Obama was host to India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House . It was his administration’s first official state visit. The event included a star-studded dinner gala with a 400-person guest list that would make Hollywood (and Bollywood) jealous. Obama made flattering remarks and touted the U.S.-India relationship as one of the most important of the 21st century.
President Barack Obama ’s speech at West Point laying out his strategy in Afghanistan shows that, at the very least, he has no illusions about the difficulty of the task ahead.He must contend with a weak government in Pakistan , an even weaker government in Afghanistan , grudging support from our allies, a skeptical American public and opposition from the left of his own party.And he has to find ...
Chinese leaders have so far resisted U.S. and global calls to let the yuan rise vs. the dollar. At least from their perspective, they see good reasons to keep their currency steady for the time being.
A U.S. judge considering bail for a Pakistani-born Chicago businessman accused of conspiring to launch attacks against a Danish newspaper said on Wednesday she wanted to examine an interview he did with federal agents.
Amid soaring budget deficits, President Barack Obama is running into congressional qualms over how to pay for his troop buildup in Afghanistan. Military strategy aside, the $30 billion cost is causing concern on both sides of the aisle. Still, leaders in Congress predicted Wednesday that Obama would prevail in winning funding for the war escalation.
PLYMOUTH MEETING's John Grant supported and voted for Barack Obama , but it was "no sale" Tuesday night after the president outlined his plans for expanding the war and our chances for success in Afghanistan - which Grant sees as entering a fruitless, budget-busting quagmire.
Washington's NATO allies will face pressure to commit more troops and money to supplement President Barack Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers starting on Thursday.
President Barack Obama campaigned on the promise of bringing troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as possible. He was elected because war-weary Americans have grown tired of spending money overseas with a recession devastating the homefront.
Now this is Obama's war. The president has announced plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan to "get the job done." What exactly is the job? Who is the enemy? Is it the Taliban ? Is it Afghan Taliban or Punjabi Taliban from Pakistan ?
>Episcopal Life Daily >December 2, 2009 >Episcopal Life Online is available at > http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife . >Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes: * TOP STORY - Online Advent calendars offer daily moment of reflection * WORLD REPORT - Philippines and Canadian church groups demand massacre probe * WORLD REPORT - AUSTRALIA: Vatican vetoes use of Catholic ...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic groups with a stake in matters of war and peace were alternately hopeful and dejected by President Barack Obama's plan to add 30,000 troops to the war effort in Afghanistan.
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