Walter: Obama's Support Cracks

March 11, 2009

History has taught us that the fate of the president’s party in a midterm election, especially that first midterm, is intimately tied to his job approval ratings. Right now, President Obama’s are great, yet the latest Diageo/Hotline poll shows some weak spots that, if they grow, could bring them crashing down.

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Charlie Rose Interviews Timothy Geithner

March 11, 2009

ROSE: Tim Geithner is here. As treasury secretary, he is at the center of what some economists — most economists call the worst economic crisis since the great depression. Since he took office just over six weeks ago, he has confronted a series of grave challenges. He has led the effort to stabilize U.S. banks […]

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Tibet is China's West Bank

March 11, 2009

Last week, as Chinese police fanned out across the Tibetan plateau, the chairman of Tibet’s government made a hushed departure from the official line on the unrest that erupted into violence there last year. “There were all kinds of people, some of whom weren’t satisfied with our policies, or had opinions about them, or because […]

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Editorial: Mexico's Embattled State Demands Cartel Confrontation

March 11, 2009

For Americans, Mexico’s recent surge of beheadings, kidnappings and attacks on police was alarming enough. Then, last month, a study by the United States’ Joint Forces Command elevated the anxiety further: Along with Pakistan, the report announced, our southern neighbor is the world’s likely new “failed state.” This is an exaggeration, and a counterproductive one. […]

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US Unlikely to Mediate in Kashmir

March 11, 2009

WASHINGTON: The Indo-US ties appear all set to deepen under the Obama Administration, notwithstanding apprehensions in some quarters about “potential friction” on issues like Kashmir and nuclear non-proliferation, according to a latest Congressional report.

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IMF Chief: World in Grip of Great Recession

March 11, 2009

Mr Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, made the comments at the opening of a conference in Tanzania on the impact of the world financial crisis on Africa on Tuesday. He said: “The global financial crisis, that might now be called the great recession, provides a sobering backdrop to our conference. The […]

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Obama's Budget and Philanthropy

March 11, 2009

Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” Indeed, Americans contribute philanthropically for many reasons — among them, support for science, religion or arts, as well as a desire to make the world a better place. Giving infuses meaning into our lives.

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DC Govt Rejects Woman's Handgun Over Color

March 11, 2009

A D.C. woman claims she was banned from registering her .45-caliber handgun in the District because the weapon was “the wrong color.” Tracey Ambeau Hanson was one of three city residents who filed a lawsuit against the District on Monday that challenges a city handgun regulation prohibiting handguns not on a list of handguns approved […]

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Fineman: Despite Popularity, Establishment Turns on Obama

March 11, 2009

Surfer that he is, President Obama should know a riptide when he’s in one. The center usually is the safest, most productive place in politics, but perhaps not now, not in a once-in-a-century economic crisis. Swimming in the middle, he’s denounced as a socialist by conservatives, criticized as a polite accommodationist by government-is-the-answer liberals, and […]

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Another Discovery? Collector: Last Photo of Lincoln Found

March 11, 2009

WASHINGTON – A collector believes a photograph from a private album of Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shows President Abraham Lincoln in front of the White House and could be the last image taken of him before he was assassinated in 1865.

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