Archive for May 18th, 2009
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Election Unlikely to Ease California’s Budget Crisis (Time.com)
Time.com – Schwarzenegger is pressing ballot propositions to solidify a February budget compromise. Otherwise, he’ll have to sell off pieces of the state
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Court: Sept. 11 detainee lawsuit cannot proceed (AP)
AP – FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued by a former Sept. 11 detainee who claimed he was abused because of his religion and ethnicity, a sharply divided Supreme Court said Monday in a decision that could make it harder to sue top officials for the actions of low-level operatives. -
Mullen: 2 years to turn tide in Afghanistan (AP)
AP – The nation’s top military officer warned Monday that the deaths of Afghan civilians caught up in U.S. combat operations could cripple President Barack Obama’s revamped strategy for the seven-year-old war. “I believe that each time we do that, we put our strategy in jeopardy,” Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. “We cannot succeed … in Afghanistan by killing Afghan civilians.” -
Obama, Netanyahu discuss U.S.-Israeli disagreements
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday held their first face-to-face meeting since each took power, confronting a range of potentially divisive issues.
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Michelle Obama stresses arts during NYC visit (AP)
AP – First lady Michelle Obama spent her second New York City visit emphasizing the crucial role the arts play in our society, reopening part of the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday and later addressing the crowd at a glittering ballet gala. -
Obama to unveil most aggressive auto fuel standards (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose the most aggressive increase in U.S. auto fuel efficiency ever in a policy initiative that would also directly regulate emissions for the first time and resolve a dispute with California over cleaner cars. -
Who will get caught in antitrust net
Big tech companies are likely targets for the Justice Department’s antitrust crackdown, say experts, which could bode well for some smaller players.
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Obama gives Iran more time (Politico)
Politico – The question surrounding President Barack Obama’s outreach to Iran since the beginning has always been about the timetable: How long would he let this diplomatic initiative proceed before he switches to a more punitive course?
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Palin camp eyed Clinton alliance (Politico)
Politico – In an unusual attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent political families in American politics, John Coale, a Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee to help retire the presidential campaign debt of Hillary Clinton. -
Pentagon briefings no longer quote Bible
The Pentagon said Monday it no longer includes a Bible quote on the cover page of daily intelligence briefings it sends to the White House as was practice during the Bush administration.
