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“Not only does one country account for the overwhelming plurality of world military expenditures, but that nation also has troops and bases on all six habitable continents (as well as a 54-year military mission in Antarctica,...
By Joe Guzzardi Thanksgiving would be more enjoyable if the fortunate among us knew that all Americans would be equally blessed with a full table and a warm home on this holiday weekend. During this week’s World Food Security...
For inspiration, Obama looks to Reagan. As he faces tough times—economically and politically—I am told that he and his advisers are turning to an unusual source for inspiration: Ronald Reagan. Reagan, Obama said, "tapped into...
CAMP ATTERBURY, IND. -- Outside a scruffy, two-story building, armed and flak-jacketed U.S. soldiers stood watch under a sagging Afghan flag. Inside, the provincial governor, a Hamid Karzai look-alike in a striped robe and...
3:40 P.M. KST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Osan! (Applause.) It is good to be here! (Applause.) Thank you so much. First of all, please give Staff Sergeant Randy Gray a big round of applause for the outstanding introduction....
Bloomberg - Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services...
The war in Afghanistan is in its eighth year and has costed hundreds of billions of dollars but now Democratic lawmakers want a new surtax to pay for the war. Appropriations Committee Chairman Wisconsin Congressman Dave Obey,...
Senior House Democrats have introduced legislation that would impose a surtax beginning in 2011 to cover the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill was unveiled late Thursday by David R. Obey of Wisconsin, chairman...
Nita M. Lowey, Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related ProgramsAuthor: Council on Foreign Relations M. PETER MCPHERSON: Good morning. Success on the battlefield, be it Afghanistan or...
McLeish gears up to spend Birmingham war chest Boss Alex McLeish has admitted he will soon start trying to persuade players to join Birmingham in January, reports the Birmingham Mail. McLeish and his staff have been scouting...
