Archive for May 24th, 2009
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Statement from the president regarding North Korea (AP)
AP – Text of statement by President Barack Obama on nuclear and short-range missile tests conducted by North Korea.
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STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT REGARDING NORTH KOREA
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Liberals frustrated on gun, Guantanamo issues (AP)
AP – Frustrated liberals are asking why a Democratic-controlled Congress and White House can’t manage to close the Guantanamo prison or keep new gun-rights laws from passing. -
Powell Challenges Cheney, Limbaugh for Republican Party Future (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – May 25 (Bloomberg) — Former Secretary of State Colin
Powell challenged former Vice President Dick Cheney and talk
show host Rush Limbaugh over the future of the Republican Party,
saying it must be more inclusive or âwatch the world go by.â -
Afghanistan’s reconstruction outpaces oversight (AP)
AP – The job of rebuilding Afghanistan is shaping up as an ominous sequel to the massive, mistake-riddled U.S. effort to get Iraq back on its feet. -
A-list: The best email lists in politics (Politico)
Politico – Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign ended roughly a year ago but it lives on in spirit on the Internet, where the list of email addresses she assembled continues to be one of the most envied instruments in American politics.
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Afghanistan’s rebuilding looms as sequel to Iraq’s (AP)
AP – The job of rebuilding Afghanistan is shaping up as an ominous sequel to the massive, mistake-riddled U.S. effort to get Iraq back on its feet. -
GOP senator threatens filibuster over court pick (AP)
AP – The Senate’s No. 2 Republican on Sunday refused to rule out a filibuster if President Barack Obama seeks a Supreme Court justice who decides cases based on “emotions or feelings or preconceived ideas.” -
AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT (AP)
AP – GOP senator says party could filibuster Supreme Court pick over feelings or emotions
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Liberals ask how they lost gun, Guantanamo votes (AP)
AP – Frustrated liberals are asking why a Democratic-controlled Congress and White House can’t manage to close the Guantanamo prison or keep new gun-rights laws from passing.
