Colin Powell Worries Obama is Tackling Too Much

July 6, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) – Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created. “The right answer is, ‘Give me a government that works,’” the former secretary […]

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Obama and Medvedev Talk Nuclear Politics, Arms Reduction

July 6, 2009

MOSCOW, July 6 — President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a “joint understanding” Monday on reducing strategic nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles as part of a new arms reduction treaty that Obama said would be completed this year.

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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Arrested, Charged with Stalking

July 6, 2009

WASHINGTON – Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested Saturday in Washington after a woman flagged down an officer and complained Barry was stalking her. Barry was charged with misdemeanor stalking and […]

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Bartlett: We Do Not Need a Second Stimulus Plan

July 6, 2009

As the US unemployment rate has risen to 9.5 per cent from 8.1 per cent since the $787bn fiscal stimulus package was enacted in February, many Democrats have become very nervous. They say that another large stimulus may be needed to keep unemployment from rising well beyond the 10 per cent rate that President Barack […]

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Barone on Palin: Color Me Flabbergasted

July 6, 2009

I was astonished by Sarah Palin’s announcement that she is going to resign as Governor of Alaska. I’ve read over her “point guard” explanation for doing so, and I still don’t get it. She’s says he going to advance the causes she believes in by leaving public office? She will evidently leave office with only […]

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New Diplomatic Strategy To Be Put To the Test in Russia

July 6, 2009

President Barack Obama’s diplomacy is about to get a stern test in Russia, home of a wary public, a two-headed leadership and a lingering bit of hard feelings. The president arrives in Moscow on Monday for a full-scale two-day summit, the first of its kind since the early part of the George W. Bush presidency. […]

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Is Obama Failing His LBGT Supporters?

July 6, 2009

This magazine has made no secret of its high regard for Barack Obama. Which makes it all the more distressing for us to observe the approach that his administration is taking on gay rights. During the campaign, Obama said all the right things (well, almost all–like most national politicians, he wouldn’t endorse same-sex marriage). He […]

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New Book Claims Jackie O Had Lengthy Affair With RFK

July 6, 2009

Jackie Kennedy had a four-year love affair with Bobby Kennedy that began not long after JFK’s assassination and grew so intense that when RFK was gunned down, it was she — not his wife — who instructed doctors to pull the plug, an explosive new book claims.

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The Most Violent Country in Europe: Britain Worse Than South Africa, United States

July 6, 2009

Britain’s violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it has been revealed. Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa – widely considered one of the world’s most dangerous countries. The figures comes on […]

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GOP Fumbling Sotomayor Opposition

July 6, 2009

WASHINGTON — A week before her Senate hearings, Republicans are floundering in their efforts to trip up Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, unable to find an effective message about why she’s not fit to serve. Blame the tricky politics of opposing the woman who would be the first Hispanic justice, especially for a party struggling […]

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