Archive for July 24th, 2009
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Some Gitmo detainees may come to US jails (AP)
AP – The Pentagon’s top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns. -
Report: Bush mulled sending troops into Buffalo (AP)
AP – The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported. -
Well-wishers mob Palin at picnic
More than a thousand people showed up Friday for Gov. Sarah Palin’s annual picnic held in her hometown of Wasilla. -
Pressure on British PM after by-election blow (AFP)
AFP – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was in the firing line Saturday after voters handed his governing Labour Party a punishing by-election defeat. -
Health Insurance Reform, Small Business and Your Questions
The President discusses a key factor that has been considered in the development of the health insurance reform proposals that are being considered: the impact of reform on small business. Go to WhiteHouse.gov to read a new Council of Economic Advisers report and give your feedback. July 25, 2009. (Public Domain)
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House permits needle exchange programs (AP)
AP – The House voted Friday to lift a ban on using taxpayer dollars for needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users intended to prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases.
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Grassley, Ross Say Passage of Health-Care Bill Likely This Year (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – July 25 (Bloomberg) — The top Senate Republican drafting
health-care legislation and a leader of House Democrats balking
at the plan said they donât expect committee and floor-vote
delays to keep a bill from passing this year. -
Obama backs off words in scholar’s arrest
Trying to tamp down a national uproar over race, Obama acknowledged he had used unfortunate words in declaring that police “acted stupidly” in arresting a black scholar. -
House Democrats splinter over health care
House Democrats split sharply over the issue of health care reform Friday as negotiations between a committee chairman and party conservatives broke down.
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NYT: Bush nixed using GIs in U.S.
Bush administration officials in 2002 debated sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
