The White House Press Office accidentally e-mailed a draft version of President Obama’s Thursday schedule on Wednesday night that included the back-and-forth between White House staffers. The e-mail, sent on a daily basis to inform the media of the next day’s events, at first appeared to be like any other press schedule.
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Gates announces major Pentagon priority shifts
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a 2010 Pentagon budget Monday that reflects major changes in the "scope and significance" of Defense Department priorities. Three key priorities are reflected in the changes, Gates said.
U.S. soldier charged with murder in contractor’s death
A U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death last month of a contractor in Taji, Iraq, the military said in a statement Sunday.
Commentary: Obama finds a world that blames U.S.
After firing the CEO of General Motors and putting Chrysler on a path that could lead to bankruptcy, the still-popular President Obama moved from the domestic battlefield to the international one. But the subject is the same, with no relief in sight: the woeful world economy
McCain predicts Iraq war over by 2013
Sen. John McCain envisions that by 2013, the Iraq war will be won, but the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan won’t be eliminated, even though Osama bin Laden will have been captured or killed.
Despite Naval Patrols, Somalia’s Pirates Are Busier Than Ever
Just when shipping companies thought it was safe to go back in the water — off the Horn of Africa in particular — Somali pirates last week nabbed two large chemical tankers within 24 hours, despite the presence of a bevy of Western and other navies prowling in search of the buccaneers. The Greek-owned MV Nipayia was snagged last Wednesday, followed within a day by the capture of the Norwegian-owned MV Bow-Asir. The attacks, which occurred at 380 and 490 nautical miles offshore, showed a willingness by the pirates to operate at great distances from their lairs along the Somali coastline
John King: Obama’s political team on full throttle
It was an extraordinary Sunday, reflecting the many challenges facing the still young Obama administration. (CNN) — It was an extraordinary Sunday, reflecting the many challenges facing the still young Obama administration. Why extraordinary Traditionally, when an administration –Republican or Democratic — offers up the president for a Sunday interview, the other programs are left without senior administration guests.
Rebels arrested in assassination plot, Colombian leader says
Colombian police foiled a plot by Marxist guerrillas to assassinate the nation’s defense minister, according to President Alvaro Uribe. Ten guerrillas dressed as police planned to infiltrate the family farm of Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos over Easter week and kill the official and his family, Uribe said Thursday on national television. The guerrillas, who belong to the FARC, the Spanish acronym for Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, were captured, Uribe said.
Obama on the World Stage: What Power Means
“Power is getting people or groups to do something they don’t want to do,” writes Leslie H. Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, in his new book, Power Rules. It seems an aggressively simplistic thought for a member of the foreign policy priesthood.
Israeli Soldiers Allege Indiscriminate Killing in Gaza
Whenever concerns are expressed over civilian casualties inflicted in Israeli military operations, the country’s generals and political leaders are quick to insist that theirs is the “world’s most moral army.” That claim was challenged by human rights observers over Israel’s recent offensive in Gaza, although such criticism is reflexively dismissed by Israel as driven by pro-Palestinian bias.