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…
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Police are arresting and attacking student protesters on University of California (UC) campuses again. “Why did he beat me – I wasn’t doing anything,” screamed a young Cal…
President Obama will announce his intention Tuesday evening to send a significant and expedited troop increase to Afghanistan. Liberal Democrats have shown strong and at times bipartisan opposition…
In a background briefing for reporters this afternoon, a senior adminstration official confirmed that President Obama will call for 30,000 additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan by…
December 1, 2009, marks President Obama’s first World AIDS Day in the White House and the first World AIDS Day for the newly elected Congress. The time is…
UPDATE 12:16 PDT: In a background briefing for reporters moments ago, a senior Obama administration official said the three-year timetable for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, as reported by…
Washington – A new study estimates that the end of a hefty government subsidy could force millions of laid-off workers to pay more than 80 percent of their…
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The developing world at this yearend 2009 is emerging from the most violent recession since the deflation of the 1930’s, with growth of 0.9% in the United States…