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Harris: Obama knew of Blagojevich plot
Post Date: 2010-06-24 13:23:31 by Badeye
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Harris: Obama knew of Blagojevich plot BLAGO TRIAL | Price of Senate appointment of president-elect's friend Comments June 24, 2010 BY NATASHA KORECKI AND SARAH OSTMAN Staff Reporters A top aide to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he believed Barack Obama knew of Blagojevich's plot to win himself a presidential Cabinet post in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett to the U.S. Senate. John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, testified Wednesday in the former governor's corruption trial that three days after the Nov. 4, 2008, presidential election, the ex-governor told Harris he felt confident Obama knew he wanted to swap perks. » Click to enlarge image ...
Obama: The Boy Who Would Be a Man
Post Date: 2010-06-24 13:04:01 by Badeye
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Obama: The Boy Who Would Be a Man by A.W.R. Hawkins 06/24/2010 Barack Obama is, in the words of Rush Limbaugh, a “man-child.” He is a boy who would be a man, a weakling who wants to look strong, and an inexperienced politician who wants so much to be a venerated leader. To the chagrin of our nation, he is also our President: a fact that sane people, including many who inexplicably voted for Obama, are starting to regret more and more as time goes by. It was in December 2006, long before Obama secured the Democrat presidential nomination, that the American public got their first glimpse at the man-child’s weaknesses. He had just finished speaking in Manchester, N.H., to a ...
Judge refuses to delay ruling on Gulf drilling ban
Post Date: 2010-06-24 13:00:55 by Badeye
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Judge refuses to delay ruling on Gulf drilling ban Jun 24 12:21 PM US/Eastern Comments (6)Email to a friend Share on Facebook Tweet this NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge in New Orleans has refused to delay his decision to strike down a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Justice Department had asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman to stay his ruling while it appeals to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Feldman rejected that request Thursday. Two days earlier, he struck down the Interior Department's decision to halt approval of new permits for deepwater projects and suspend drilling on 33 exploratory wells. The ...
Podesta Among Obama's Picks for Service Board
Post Date: 2010-06-24 12:21:25 by Badeye
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Podesta Among Obama's Picks for Service Board Published June 24, 2010 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments (1) Text Size WASHINGTON -- President Obama is nominating John Podesta, a key political ally, to serve on the board that helps set policies and direction for the government's national service agency, the White House announced Thursday. Podesta, who guided Obama through the presidential transition process, is among seven people Obama picked to be on the bipartisan board of directors for the Corporation for National and Community Service. Podesta served as President Bill Clinton's chief of staff. He heads the Center for American Progress, a liberal public policy ...
June deadliest month for troops in Afghan war
Post Date: 2010-06-24 11:03:27 by Badeye
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June deadliest month for troops in Afghan war by Karim Talbi Karim Talbi – Thu Jun 24, 7:18 am ET KABUL (AFP) – The deaths of another four NATO troops in an accident in Afghanistan made June the deadliest single month for US-led foreign forces in nearly nine years of conflict, according to an AFP tally Thursday. The grim landmark followed the sacking of NATO's commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, which was greeted with dismay in Kabul where Afghan officials and foreign diplomats praised his efforts to reshape the war. A total of 79 foreign troops have died so far this month as a result of the conflict in Afghanistan, according to an AFP tally based on ...
Confidence Waning in Obama, U.S. Outlook
Post Date: 2010-06-24 10:54:52 by Badeye
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Confidence Waning in Obama, U.S. Outlook By PETER WALLSTEN And ELIZA GRAY Americans are more pessimistic about the state of the country and less confident in President Barack Obama's leadership than at any point since Mr. Obama entered the White House, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. .The survey also shows grave and growing concerns about the Gulf oil spill, with overwhelming majorities of adults favoring stronger regulation of the oil industry and believing that the spill will affect the nation's economy and environment. Sixty-two percent of adults in the survey feel the country is on the wrong track, the highest level since before the 2008 election. Just ...
GOP lawmakers echo Beck's claims against Soros
Post Date: 2010-06-24 10:42:10 by Badeye
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GOP lawmakers echo Beck's claims against Soros By Elise Viebeck - 06/23/10 03:11 PM ET Two GOP lawmakers seemed to echo talking points from Fox News host Glenn Beck about a deal made by investor George Soros.. Reps. Dan Burton (R-Ind) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) questioned whether Soros, who backs a number of liberal causes and Democratic candidates for office, had invested in a Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, with the knowledge that President Barack Obama might temporarily ban deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. "We don’t need to be spending Mr. Soros's money in Brazil, so he can make more money by doing offshore drilling with our taxpayer’s money," ...
Cutting to heart of Obama's dilemma: 'Can the war be won?'
Post Date: 2010-06-24 08:47:58 by Badeye
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Cutting to heart of Obama's dilemma: 'Can the war be won?' Wed Jun 23, 5:36 pm ET As President Obama concluded his Rose Garden statement revealing that he had replaced Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top American commander in Afghanistan, a reporter shouted an impromptu question. "Can the war be won?" he yelled. The president didn't answer — perhaps because he doesn't know. You can watch the non-answer here. (Video courtesy of ABC News.) The moment comes as the president starts to walk away: [Profile: McChrystal spoke his mind once too often] Obama is trying to stick to a July 2011 deadline to draw down troops in Afghanistan — but the ...
'Wal-Mart Moms' Turn on the Democrats
Post Date: 2010-06-23 12:47:50 by Badeye
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'Wal-Mart Moms' Turn on the Democrats Their finances are perilous, and they don't like Obamacare. BY Fred Barnes June 22, 2010 10:55 AM ShareThis The bad news for Democrats keeps pouring in. Now it comes from Wal-Mart moms -- women with children under 18 who shop at Wal-Mart. They tend to be Democrats and more of them than not voted for President Obama in 2008. But they’re leaning Republican this year. And despite the happy economic talk from the White House, they believe the economy is hurting their families and their situation will be just as bad a year from now. In Washington today, Wal-Mart officials unveiled a national survey of their female customers, who pollsters ...
Obama Must Fire McChrystal or His Presidency Is Over
Post Date: 2010-06-23 09:22:14 by Badeye
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Obama Must Fire McChrystal or His Presidency Is Over By John Tantillo Published June 23, 2010 | FOXNews.com Bottom line, we’re watching a very public game of chess going on between two major players and someone has to lose decisively. There can be no draws or compromises. Why? Because General McChrystal is openly challenging the authority of the president and no president can let such an open challenge stand without profoundly damaging his brand and the brand of the presidency. And make no mistake, this is definitely an open challenge. You simply don’t get to the level of authority that General McChrystal has reached and invite a Rolling Stone reporter in to write an ...
Gen. McChrystal is woven into Obama's Afghanistan strategy
Post Date: 2010-06-22 22:02:35 by WhiteSands
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Reporting from Washington — As President Obama weighs whether to relieve his Afghanistan commander over inappropriate comments in a magazine article, he is also wrestling with the future of a war that he has taken on as his own. If he fires Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, Obama will be forced to consider revising his strategy, which relies on large numbers of U.S. troops and a far-reaching counterinsurgency effort to promote governance and development in Afghanistan. The White House now has to decide whether stability at the top of the war effort outweighs the need to discipline a commander who twice has seemed to publicly challenge civilian oversight of the war. Although some of ...
McChrystal's PR man resigns, how Rolling Stone got more access
Post Date: 2010-06-22 16:38:02 by go65
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A senior military official tells NBC News that Duncan Boothby, a civilian on Gen. McChrystal's public relations staff who was apparently responsible for setting up the Rolling Stone interview, has resigned. The official adds, however, that it appears Boothby was "asked to resign." In addition, NBC spoke to Michael Hastings, the author of the Rolling Stone profile on McChrystal. He's in Afghanistan on an embed with the U.S. military now, and he's just learning the details about the impact his article is having. Hastings says he stumbled onto unprecedented access with McChrystal. After McChrystal's press advisers accepted a request for the profile, Hastings joined ...
8 of 15 Experts Consulted by Obama Administration on Offshore Drilling Were Not Informed of Moratorium--And Now Oppose It
Post Date: 2010-06-22 15:29:58 by Badeye
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8 of 15 Experts Consulted by Obama Administration on Offshore Drilling Were Not Informed of Moratorium--And Now Oppose It Tuesday, June 22, 2010 By Edwin Mora Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit on fire (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – Eight of the 15 experts consulted by the Interior Department for a report about oil drilling safety on the Outer Continental Shelf that was commissioned by President Barack Obama said they disagreed with the report’s call for a six-month halt on current deepwater offshore drilling operations--that was added to the text of the report without their knowledge only after they had reviewed the text. The eight experts outlined their objections in a ...
Flashback: Media Promoted Military Criticism of President Bush
Post Date: 2010-06-22 14:57:35 by Badeye
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Flashback: Media Promoted Military Criticism of President Bush By Lachlan Markay (Bio | Archive) Tue, 06/22/2010 - 14:03 ET No general should criticize his or her commander, and Gen. Stanley McChrystal is no exception. But the mainstream media is primarily concerned with the political fallout of McChrystal's apparent insubordination as revealed by a piece in Rolling Stone. They are not concerned with whether his critiques are accurate, in stark contrast to other military officers' critiques of war policy under the Bush administration. During Bush's tenure, active duty generals that spoke out against administration policy were portrayed as courageous whistleblowers. Retired ...
The Elephant and the Obama Question
Post Date: 2010-06-22 13:17:17 by Badeye
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The Elephant and the Obama Question By Ben Stein on 6.22.10 @ 6:09AM Okay, short and sweet. Herewith a few thoughts on the oil spill, President Obama, marine and land life, truth, and consequences. 1.) President Obama has famously asked what he could have done personally about the oil spill. He said he could not swim down there and suck up the oil with a straw, and he's right. But when Norway and the Netherlands offered to send the world's best oil skimming ships to the Gulf to help, Mr. Obama turned them down flat. He did this entirely to protect his pals in the maritime shipping unions. Okay, that's what we expect from a left-wing Democrat. But if we cannot plug that gusher ...
Obama’s Collapsing Base
Post Date: 2010-06-22 12:47:58 by Badeye
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Obama’s Collapsing Base By Daniel Greenfield Tuesday, June 22, 2010 In a single year Obama lost the support of independent voters and liberal Republicans by passing the left’s agenda. And this year, he is well on the way to losing the support of the left for not passing enough of their agenda. Being too left wing for mainstream America, and too mainstream for the left is not a new problem for the Democratic party. It’s a problem they’ve faced since what had been the counterculture became the party establishment. But it’s a special problem for the man who rose to power as the poster child of the left. Barack Hussein Obama. 2008 was the left’s big moment. Its ...
McChrystal: An accident waiting to happen
Post Date: 2010-06-22 10:22:29 by Badeye
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McChrystal: An accident waiting to happen By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent 06/22/10 9:50 AM EDT Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta/file) I just got off the phone with a retired military man, with more than 25 years experience, who has worked with Gen. Stanley McChrystal in the Pentagon. His reaction to McChrystal’s performance in the new Rolling Stone profile? No surprise at all. “Those of us who knew him would unanimously tell you that this was just a matter of time,” the man says. “He talks this way all the time. I’m surprised it took this long for it to rear its ugly head.” “He had great disdain for anyone, as he ...
Top general in Afghan war: US envoy betrayed me
Post Date: 2010-06-21 23:35:55 by WhiteSands
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WASHINGTON — The top U.S. war commander in Afghanistan told an interviewer he felt betrayed by the man the White House chose to be his diplomatic partner, Ambassador Karl Eikenberry. An article out this week in "Rolling Stone" magazine depicts Gen. Stanley McChrystal as a lone wolf on the outs with many important figures in the Obama administration and unable to convince even some of his own soldiers that his strategy can win the war. A band of McChrystal's profane, irreverent aides are quoted mocking Vice President Joe Biden and Richard Holbrooke, the special U.S. representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. McChrystal himself is described by an aide as ...
8 dead among 52 shot across city over weekend [ Chicago Ill ]
Post Date: 2010-06-21 18:04:49 by WhiteSands
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Sun-Times Media Wire Eight people were killed and at least 44 others were shot across the city Friday night into early Monday, including a baby girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck when gunfire erupted at a Near West Side barbecue. Those killed included a 28-year-old man found shot in the chest about 3 a.m. Monday in the 7500 block of South Halsted Street near a South Side church, according to Gresham District police. A passing motorist found the man, identified as Credale Woulard, of 7711 S. Ada St., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. He was dressed in women's clothing and was found lying dead on the sidewalk. In the South Side Englewood neighborhood, ...
White House bends truth on Joe Barton
Post Date: 2010-06-21 16:47:26 by Badeye
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White House bends truth on Joe Barton By JONATHAN ALLEN | 6/21/10 4:07 PM EDT Text Size-+reset. Joe Barton has somewhere between zero and no chance of being the Energy and Commerce Committee chairman next year, according to Republican rules and sources. AP The pitch: BP-apologist Joe Barton would head the Energy and Commerce Committee if Republicans win the House. The salesmen: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. The truth: Not so much. But that’s not stopping Democrats from continuing to hawk the Barton-as-chairman storyline. Democrats believe – with good reason – that Barton handed them an already wrapped gift when he ...
GOP senators introduce bill to suspend Jones Act
Post Date: 2010-06-21 15:45:14 by Badeye
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GOP senators introduce bill to suspend Jones Act By: Rob Bluey Special to The Examiner 06/21/10 11:55 AM EDT Republicans are putting the pressure on President Obama to waive the Jones Act. Three GOP senators introduced legislation Friday to ease the passage of foreign ships in the Gulf of Mexico to help with the oil spill cleanup. The bill, sponsored by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and George LeMieux (R-Fla.), would remove an obstacle for foreign vessels to travel between U.S. ports to provide needed assistance. The Jones Act, a protectionist law passed in 1920, restricts the movement of foreign ships without a waiver. "The Jones Act is currently ...
White House defends Obama's fun time during crisis
Post Date: 2010-06-21 14:41:18 by Badeye
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White House defends Obama's fun time during crisis Jun 21 02:00 PM US/Eastern WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House spokesman says the whole country benefits when President Barack Obama takes time to go golfing and "clear his mind." Obama spokesman Bill Burton on Monday defended Obama's leisure activities amid some Republican criticism that Obama should not be scheduling fun time during the Gulf oil spill crisis. The president went golfing on Saturday afternoon after attending a baseball game Friday night. Burton said the people of the country stand by the notion that "their president ought to have a little time to clear his mind." He said Obama relaxed after a ...
Should Obama Resign Over February 13?
Post Date: 2010-06-21 14:06:52 by Badeye
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Should Obama Resign Over February 13? By Kevin McCullough Published June 21, 2010 | FOXNews.com While defending his own policies President Obama has routinely been rude and sarcastic to his predecessor, George W. Bush. Yet Obama appears to be making the resident of the previous White House look like a genius compared to his own serious missteps in office. Case in point – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's performance and the communication of priorities on the issue of oil rig safety in the Gulf of Mexico. It seems incomprehensible that the president and other members of the administration still have jobs when it is now being reported that the federal government was apprised by ...
Judge to rule on challenge to Obama drilling ban
Post Date: 2010-06-21 14:01:32 by Badeye
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Judge to rule on challenge to Obama drilling ban Mary Rickard NEW ORLEANS Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:40pm EDTRelated NewsUS judge to rule on offshore moratorium by Wednesday 1:06pm EDT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The federal judge overseeing an oil industry lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's decision to place a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico said on Monday he will rule on the case by Wednesday. U.S. | Politics The lawsuit -- originally filed by Louisiana-based Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC and joined by more than a dozen companies involved in offshore drilling operations -- is the first legal action seeking to reverse the drilling ban imposed by the ...
Why Won't Obama Waive the Jones Act?
Post Date: 2010-06-21 13:17:05 by Badeye
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Why Won't Obama Waive the Jones Act? By Robert Bluey Published June 21, 2010 | FOXNews.com Five years ago, in the midst of another crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, the Bush administration waived the Jones Act, easing the way for foreign vessels to move in U.S. waters and between ports. The decision came with the administration under duress for its handling of Hurricane Katrina. Today the Obama administration faces a different set of challenges with the Gulf oil spill cleanup. But unlike his predecessor, President Obama has declined to suspend the law, even temporarily. Obama's decision has turned into a public relations headache for an administration already reeling from its ...
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