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Majority of Americans believe Afghanistan war going ‘badly’: poll
Some 44 percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan, a significant rise from earlier this year, according to a CBS news poll released Thursday. In CBS’s last poll in May, only 37 percent of those questioned disapproved of the president’s approach to the…
Billboard linking Obama, Hitler draws complaints
Update: Radio Iowa reports, “A billboard in Mason City that pictured President Obama flanked by Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and communist leader Vladimir Lenin has been papered over this morning.” A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group that compares President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin…
Obama’s support slides: survey
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US voters’ trust in President Barack Obama’s ability to get his job done well has slid to a new low, a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday found. “Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of his term, nearly six in 10 voters…
Uganda blasts ‘deplorable, cowardly,’ says Obama
US President Barack Obama called the deadly explosions that ripped through two restaurants in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday “deplorable and cowardly,” a spokesman said. “The president is deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from these deplorable and cowardly attacks, and sends his condolences to the people…
US appalled by ‘barbaric’ stoning plan in Iran
The United States on Thursday urged Iran not to stone to death a woman convicted of adultery, calling the punishment “barbaric.” “Stoning as a means of execution is tantamount to torture. It’s barbaric and an abhorrent act,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. “We condemn in the strongest terms…
Obama says Israel unlikely to surprise US with Iran attack
US President Barack Obama said in an Israeli TV interview broadcast on Thursday it is highly unlikely the Jewish State would surprise Washington with an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. “It is unacceptable for Iran to posses nuclear weapons and we are going to do everything we can to prevent…
Olbermann calls on Oprah to ‘crush’ ‘racist’ Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh may have met his match if MSNBC Keith Olbermann has his way. Olbermann wants Oprah Winfrey to take to the air and “crush” Limbaugh. Limbaugh suggested Tuesday that Winfrey and other African-Americans owe their success to their skin color. “If Obama weren`t black, he`d be a tour guide…
Lieberman: Rules of engagement protecting civilians ‘hurt morale’
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) called on President Barack Obama and the top general in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, to “loosen” the rules of engagement put in place to lessen civilian casualties. Fox News reported: Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday urged Gen. David Petraeus to change the rules of engagement “as…
Defense Secretary Gates tightens rules for media relations
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tightened rules on media relations for the US military, only days after the top general in Afghanistan was sacked over disparaging comments he and aides made in an interview. In a three-page memo sent Friday to senior military and civilian Pentagon staff, Gates said he…
Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo subpeona the President: ‘we were following your orders’
Brass ones, I tell you. This is going to be interesting. The Politico has the PDF of the subpoena. Ben Smith: The gay soldiers arrested outside the White House protesting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will annouce today that they’re demanding that President Obama testify in their trial on minor civil…
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