Archive for July 11th, 2009
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Obama in Ghana: War a ‘millstone around Africa’s neck’
President Obama reached out to Africa on Saturday with a wide-ranging address praising the continent’s steady achievements, but he called its persistent violent conflicts “a millstone around Africa’s neck.”
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NYT: Cheney linked to hiding of CIA project
NYT: The CIA concealed a secret counterterrorism program from Congress on orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the current CIA director has told lawmakers, sources say.
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Obama heralds Africa’s ‘moment of promise’
A U.S. president who has “the blood of Africa within me” praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise. -
Obama home from whirlwind Ghana trip (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama is back home after a whirlwind visit to Ghana. -
Cast of characters on committee calling Sotomayor (AP)
AP – Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory. -
Nominee puts on best face, but who is she? (AP)
AP – For weeks, Sonya Sotomayor has put on her best face, displaying a pleasant disposition that has somewhat fended off critics of her nomination to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. -
Newsweek: Meet the two Sotomayors
One is a Latina firebrand, the other a model of judicial restraint. It’s the latter who will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee. But it’s the former that conservative critics fear.
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Schakowsky: NYT report backs Pelosi (Politico)
Politico – A top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says that the charge leveled on Saturday that then Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the concealment of an eight-year covert spy program from Congress offered validation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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The people who benefit from scandals (Politico)
Politico – Political sex scandals can bring down careers and ruin reputations — but there’s always someone who wins in the end. In many cases, former staffers, ex-lovers and turncoat friends have not only come away from a scandal with higher profiles and fatter wallets. Be it through book deals, contracts, pay-offs, or lawsuits, the hangers-on find ways to cash in.
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AP Interview: Hayden denies Congress not informed (AP)
AP – Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration’s post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.
