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Obama dismisses criticism from veterans group
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama said Monday that he was not bothered by an outspoken political attack made on him by a group of former CIA spies and US special forces troops. The group claims to have no partisan affiliation, but last week’s remarks mirrored claims by Republican presidential…
Parody video: I’m a Romney girl, in a Romney world
The Agenda Project on Tuesday unveiled a new video that mocks Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney for allegedly not paying taxes and keeping his wealth in offshore tax havens. “Today, Harry Reid’s secret source came forward to confirm that – as the Democratic Senate Majority Leader asserted – U.S. presidential…
White House wants Romney to explain Israel remarks
WASHINGTON — The White House called Monday on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to explain recent remarks including his apparent endorsement of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a position that counters US policy. Romney, in the midst of a three-nation tour, gave a speech Sunday in Jerusalem where he hailed the…
Romney adviser criticizes Obama’s comments on eurozone crisis
A senior economic adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has slammed president Barack Obama’s policy towards the eurozone crisis. In an op-ed in Handelsblatt, Germany’s leading business newspaper, R Glenn Hubbard, the dean of the Columbia Business School, said Obama’s strategy was “unwise” and revealed “ignorance of the causes…
Conservative radio host pressures Romney, then mocks him for caving
When word got around that Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney had appointed an openly gay man as his Foreign Policy and National Security Spokesman, unrelenting criticism from the right soon forced the Romney campaign to let him go. Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association was among the most prominent…
Economist: Romney’s only ‘concern’ about poor people is that they’ll vote
Yesterday on the campaign trail, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said he’s “concerned about the poor in this country” and the unravelling of the social safety net. In this clip from Current TV’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” guest host David Schuster welcomes columnist and economics director for Yahoo! Finance Daniel…
Romney says U.S. withdrawal from Iraq ‘precipitous’
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said in an interview aired Sunday that US withdrawal from Iraq is “precipitous” and blamed President Barack Obama for failing to leave some US forces behind. “I think we’re going to find that this president, by not putting in place a status-of-forces agreement…
Romney: Scientists can figure out global warming 50 years from now
When asked about his views on climate change at a campaign event, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney replied that the earth might be getting warmer, but that his top priority as president would be to increase energy production in the United States. “I’m not a scientist, so I don’t know…
Romney campaign confident they can ‘outlast Gingrich’
BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s campaign calls rival Newt Gingrich a formidable opponent, but aides to the former Massachusetts governor believe their better organized and well-financed organization can outlast Gingrich. Romney has been at the top of the Republican field for most of the year, often maintaining…
Democrats call Romney aides’ deletion of emails ‘unconscionable’
During an appearance in Manchester, New Hampshire on Friday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney appeared reluctant to explain why his former aides had destroyed emails from his term as Massachusetts governor just before he left office in January 2007. Massachusetts state officials report that as Romney’s term was ending, all…
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