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Obama's Approval Rating for Handling the Economy Reaches a Low
By Bruce DrakePresident Obama's job approval rating for his handling of the economy has fallen to its lowest point since he took office with only 36 percent giving him positive marks on the issue, according to a Gallup poll conducted Feb. 1-3. Sixty-one percent disapprove of his performance. In March, 59 percent ...
Obama Administration Vision: War Without End
By David Wood
Suicide bombers inside the United States. Nuclear-armed nations collapsing and losing control of nuclear weapons. Bloody new conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan. American troops under attack at bases around the world. Terrorist attacks using unknown new diseases. Chinese missile attacks on Taiwan. ...
Latest Round-Up of Obama Poll Ratings by State
By Bruce DrakeThe latest round-up of President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings by state updates or adds Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Two things stand out in some of these new polls: the percentage of people opposing the ...
NATO Apologizes After Western Troops Accidentally Kill Cleric in Afghanistan
By Christopher WeberWestern troops in Afghanistan killed an Islamic cleric after mistaking him for a potential suicide bomber, it was reported Friday. NATO "expressed regret" for the death, acknowledging that its soldiers opened fire on what they considered to be a "threatening vehicle," according to the Los Angeles ...
Terrorist as Eco-Crusader? Bin Laden Blames U.S. for Global Warming
By David Sessions
Has Osama bin Laden gone green? Probably not, but the al-Qaeda leader has called on the world to boycott American goods and the U.S. dollar, blaming the United States and other developed countries for global warming, the Associated Press reports. Bin Laden said drastic measures are needed to halt ...
Karzai Says Training Afghan Forces Will Take Years, Presses for Reconciliation With Taliban
By David SessionsBefore the start of a London summit this week on the future of Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said his country's security forces could need training and support for more than a decade, the BBC reports. "With regard to sustaining them until Afghanistan is financially able to provide for our ...
ACLU Sues Justice for 'Torture Memos' Report
By Christopher WeberThe American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Justice Department to force the release of an internal report on possible ethics violations by the agency lawyers who wrote the Bush administration's so-called torture memos. The ACLU called release of the ethics report "long overdue." In ...
Haiti Disaster Opens New Front for Overstretched U.S. Military
By David Wood
As the United States was rushing troops, warships and rescue supplies to earthquake-ravaged Haiti Monday, gunmen and suicide bombers half a world away mounted coordinated attacks on Afghanistan's government in Kabul. Suicide bombers attacked ministry buildings and gun battles blazed for four hours ...
Latest Round-Up of Obama Poll Ratings by State
By Bruce DrakeThe latest round-up of President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings by state updates or adds Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, and Oklahoma. ...
Taliban Cause Most Civilian Deaths, but U.S. Gets the Blame
By David Wood
Taliban insurgents have intensified their attacks on Afghan civilians with IEDs, suicide bombers and assassinations and executions, according to a new United Nations report. The killings helped make 2009 the deadliest year for civilians since the U.S. intervention in 2001. Afghan civilian deaths ...
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