By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: November 29, 2009 Filed at 3:54 p.m. ET TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions with the [...]
Archive for November 29th, 2009
29 Nov
Statement on Obama’s Upcoming Decision on Afghanistan
National Security Strategy November 25, 2009 The Obama administration will soon release its much anticipated strategy on Afghanistan. Congress must subject this plan to comprehensive oversight and scrutiny in order to ensure the United States has a clear and comprehensive plan for advancing stability in Afghanistan and the broader region. Before it approves any additional [...]
29 Nov
Democrats in Revolt Over Obama’s Troop Surge
Published on Sunday, November 29, 2009 by The Times Online/UK by Christina Lamb in Washington Barack Obama’s much-vaunted eloquence faces the biggest test of his presidential career this week when he takes to the stage at West Point military academy to explain to a nation that thought it had elected an anti-war president why he [...]
29 Nov
Why the GOP Will Face an Uphill Battle Making Large Gains in 2010
Posted by Kos , Daily Kos at 3:01 PM on November 27, 2009. In addition to the demographics, Bush’s legacy, Americans’ continued distrust of the party on the issues, etc. Massive Democratic gains in 2006 and 2008 were fueled in part by Democratic advantages in committee fundraising. While Bush’s RNC handily outraised its Democratic counterparts [...]
