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Dean Baker released the following statement regarding President Obama's upcoming job summit:

This article was published in Fohla de São Paulo, Brazil's largest circulation newspaper, on November 28, 2009. The English version appears below; the Portuguese version is here.

After months of deliberations, President Barack Obama finally outlined his revised strategy for the Afghanistan war in a nationally televised address Tuesday night. The commander-in-chief repeatedly invoked 9/11, attempting …

An old friend of mine, a long-time Democrat and fully credentialed political wizard, wrote me the other day and asked a question I have been asking myself for several …

The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan United States Military Academy at West Point

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D-Ohi0), will make an appearance this evening on the “O'Reilly Factor” to discuss his opposition to President Barack Obama's plan to deploy 30,000 more troops …

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The White House just released excerpts of Obama's speech to the nation this evening on his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by next summer:

President Barack Obama will tell the American people in a televised address tonight from the US Military Academy at West Point that the goal of sending 30,000 additional soldiers …

President Barack Obama spoke with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Monday night for about an hour regarding plans to send 30,000 additional US troops to the region, White House officials …