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The House speaker s race continued to drag onMonday afterRep. Jim Jordandropped out and nine Republicans entered the fray to be the next speaker mdash; but there is potentially constitutional crisis looming, since there is nobody second in line for the presidency. After a proposed plan fell apart Thursday to expand Speaker Pro TemporePatrick McHenry s powers until January, Jordan took the speaker vote to the floor one more time and again failed to win a majority. Republicans soon dropped him as their nominee.On Monday stanley cup night, the House GOP conference will hear from the nine candidates running, setting up an expected internal party vote Tuesday morning. In the meantime, without a permanent speaker, the House has been unable to conduct any business, including work on a resolution supporting Israel amid its war with Hamas. The government is also set to shut down on Nov. 17 unless a spending deal can be reac stanley mug hed.In addition to leading the lower chamber, the House speaker is second in line for the presidency. Without a permanent speaker, the next person in line for the presidency would be Sen. Patty Murray, the Senate president pro tempore. Casey Burgat, legislative affairs program director at George Washington University, said it was his interpretation that McHenry is not eligible to be in the line of succession since he does not hav stanley cup e the official title designated by the constitution and the 1947 Presidential Line of Succession Act.Wh Rplo Iraq Vote As Career Ender
Below are the remarks of Bill Clinton as prepared for delivery at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 27, 2008:I am honored to be here to stanley en mexico night to support Barack Obama. And to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden, though as you ll soon see, he doesn t need any help from me. I love Joe Biden, and America will too.What a year we Democrats have had stanley cup becher . The primary began with an all-star line up and came down to two remarkable Americans locked in a hard fought contest to the very end. The campaign generated so much heat it increased global warming. In the end, my candidate didn t win. But I m very proud of the campaign she ran: she never quit on the stanley mug people she stood up for, on the changes she pushed for, on the future she wants for all our children. And I m grateful for the chance Chelsea and I had to tell Americans about the person we know and love. I m not so grateful for the chance to speak in the wake of her magnificent address last night. But I ll do my best. Hillary told us in no uncertain terms that she ll do everything she can to elect Barack Obama. That makes two of us. Actually that makes 18 million of us - because, like Hillary, I want all of you who supported her to vote for Barack Obama in November.Here s why. Our nation is in trouble on two fronts: The American Dream is under siege at home, and America s leadership in the world has been weakened. Middle class and low-income America
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President Biden s move to quadruple tariffs on Chines stanley thermos mug e electric vehicles isn t meant to head off any potential national security threats posed by internet-connected vehicles made in China, but some political leaders in the president s own party think those concerns shouldn t be overlooked.The tariff hike was designed to keep China from undercutting U.S. automakers with a flood of EVs that cost a fraction of those produced by American companies. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and other Democrats have urged the president to ban Chinese EVs altogether because they fear Chinese-produced consumer devices could be used to hurt Americans t stanley vaso hrough h stanley cup acking or spying.Brown s state of Ohio is a major manufacturing hub for U.S. automakers, and he reiterated that plea after the tariff announcement. Chinese-made connected vehicles and technology have the power to transmit Americans personal data and information to the Chinese Communist Party mdash; a clear national security threat, Brown told CBS News in a statement. The Biden administration must ban Chinese connected vehicles and Chinese smart vehicle tech and fight back against China s push to infiltrate the American auto supply chain. Brown argues EV technology could allow China to collect information about traffic patterns, critical infrastructure and drivers lives, Brown says. China, he points out, doesn t allow American-made vehicles near its government buildings. Rep. Elissa Slotkin,a D Anzz The Joe Wilson Chronicles
Democratic congressional candidate Patty Wetter stanley cup price ling, whose son was abducted 17 years ago, said GOP congressional leadership failed to protect teenage House pages from former Rep. Mark Foley s advances. Foley sent obvious predatory signals, received loud and clear by members of congressional leadership, who swept them under th stanley cup e rug to protect their political power, Wetterling charged in her party s weekly radio address Saturday. If a teacher did this and the principal was told but did nothing, once the community found out, that principal would be fired. Wetterling, running for an open seat against Republican state Sen. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota s 6th District, is already airing a hard-hitting television ad over revelations that Foley, R-Fla., had been sending inappropriate e-mails to teenage pages for years. We need a new direction in Congress because our children need strong voices, Wetterling said in the radio address. We need to stop the sexual exploitation of children across the country, and in Washington we must hold accountable all those complicit in allowing this victimization to happen. The president s weekly address avoided the Foley scandal, instead focusing on the rash of scho stanley cups uk ol shootings across the country in recent weeks. Our goal is clear: Children and teachers should never fear for their safety when they enter a classroom, the president said. Listen: The President s Weekly Radio Address Listen: Congression
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A man at a Donald Trump rally Saturday night walked up to the press section at Saturday and shouted Jew-S-A mdash; and Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that his behavior was deplorable.That manrsquo conduct was deplorable, Conway told CNN. His conduct is completely unacceptab stanley quencher le and does not reflect our campaign or our candidate.And had I been there, I would have asked security to remove him immediately, she continued. Clearly, he doesnrsquo;t speak for the campaign or the candidate. During Trumprsquo Saturday night rally in Phoenix, a man in a Hillary for stanley cup Prison t-shirt walked up to the press pen as the crowd was chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! He looked at reporters and began screaming, Jew-S-A!The specific word Conway used to describe the man -- deplorable -- has become somewhat of a loaded word in the 2016 campaign. Back in September, Hillary Clinton came under fire for saying that many of Trumprsquo supporters could be put in a basket of deplorables, saying many of them are racist or bigoted. Since then, Trumprsquo supporters have ta stanley mugs ken up the word as a way to describe themselves. At one rally, Trump even walked out to a song from the musical Les Miserablesmdash;with a backdrop behind him that read, Les Deplorables. ldquo Mvvv New Jersey paper: We blew Chris Christie endorsement in 2013
As mandated by the U.S. Constitution, President Obama was sworn in at 11:55 a.m. ET by Chief Justice John Roberts for his second term as president.The president took the oath during a small, private ceremony in the White House Blue Room, with his hand on a Bible from First Lady Michelle Obama s family, which was held by her during the oath. The bible was a gift from the First Lady s father, Fraser Robinson III, to his mother, LaVaughn Delores Robi stanley cup price nson, on Mother s Day in 1958, according to the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Mrs. Robinson was the first African American woman manager of a Moody Bible Institute s bookstore; this was the only Bible she ever used. The Obamas daughters, Sasha and Malia, stood between the first lady and Roberts. I did it, Mr. Obama said to his daughters as he hugged them after taking the oath. Earlier this morning, Vice President Joe Biden took his oath of office at a private ceremony in the Vice President s residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.The two were sworn in today, Jan. 20, the Constitutionally-mandated date for the president to be stanley canada sworn into office. Because it s a Sunday, however, the public inauguration cerem stanley cup ony will take place tomorrow, with the two taking their oaths again at the West Front of the Capitol, followed by all the pomp and circumstance afforded to inaugurals.Why is Obama being sworn in twice Biden officially sworn in for second termDid Obama keep first i
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At some point after President Trump s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, wired $130,000 to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford whose stage name is Stormy Daniels , the bank he used flagged the transaction and reported it to the Treasury Department, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Further, the WSJ also reported that Cohen grumbled about that fact that hewas never repaid.The Journal reported that Cohen wired the money from First Republic Bank in October, and it was received on Oct. 27, 2016, just 12 days before Election Day. The WSJ s source also said that Cohen had missed two deadlines to pay off Clifford because he was unable to reach Mr. Trump. The Journal reported in January that Cohen paid Clifford the money to stop her from publicly discussing an all stanley quencher eged sexual relationship between her and Mr. Trump. In February, Cohen told CBS News that neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign stanley polska was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment. He also said the payment to stanley taza Clifford was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone. However, the WSJ also reported that after Mr. Trump won the presidency, Cohen complained to his friends that he hadn t been reimbursed for the payment to Clifford. Reached by CBS News, the Treasury Department would neither confirm nor deny that the transaction had been flagged.Cohen dismissed th Ugch 8203;Hillary Clinton to address homegrown terror threat
AP Photo/Ron Edmonds An uncharacteristic stanley cup price ally reflective George W. Bush just wrapped up the final press conference stanley thermobecher of his presidency. It was not likely to be the last time the nation hears from Mr. Bush before he leaves office: As CBS News Peter Maer reports, Press Secretary Dana Perino said that a presidential farewell address is customary and likely. But today s press conference had the feel of a final hurrah for Mr. Bush, who was perhaps more reflective this morning than he has been at any point in his presidency.The president had kind words for the press corps, despite the fact that [s]ometimes I didn t like the stories that you wrote or reported on. After joking that some members of the media had misunderestimated him, the president said, but always the relationship, I have felt, has been professional, and I appreciate it. Mr. Bush characterized members of the press corps as just people that are t stanley mug rying to do the best they possibly can. The president also admitted mistakes, among them his speech below the now infamous Mission Accomplished banner in 2003, where he said in the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. In Iraq, Mr. Bush told reporters, not finding weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment. He also suggested his push for Social Security reform following his reelection was a tactical error, and said he was disappointed by what took place at Abu Graib.Mr. Bush,

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WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump is t stanley tumbler he business titan who has spoken appreciatively of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republican Sen. John McCain is the tough-talking national security hawk who warns that Russian interference in the U.S. election threatens to destroy democracy.McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, on Sunday joined Democrats in calling for a special select committee to investigate foreign cyberattacks, putting him at odds not only with the incoming GOP president but with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who favors allowing the Intelligence committee to take the lead on the inquiry.We need a select committee. We need to get to the bottom of this. We need to find out exactly what was done and what the implications of the attacks were, especially if they had an effect on our election, McCain said. Therersquo no doubt they were interfering and no doubt that it was cyberattacks. The question now is how much and what damage and what should the United States of America do And so far, we have been totally paralyzed. McCain joined Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina stanley quencher and Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island in a letter to McConnell, calling on him to su stanley uk pport them in creating a temporary Select Committee on Cyber. An aide to McConnell said he would review the letter.The select committee, they wrote, would focus on two areas: cond Khrj What a corporate tax hike could mean for Americans
President Bush hailed the tentative agreement on a new prescription drug benefit for older Americans and urged quick passage of legislation that would mark the largest expansion ever of Medicare. This bipartisan agreement is the most significant improvement in senior health care coverage in nearly 40 years, Bush said in a statement.Republican congressional leaders announced the breakthrough on Saturday, saying they had come to an agreement on principles. Daylong talks resolved stanley mug the final disputes. They included a proposal to have traditional Medicare compete directly with new private insurance plans and a plan to encourage employers to maintain drug coverage for retirees, officials said. Seniors have waited a long time for help in paying for prescription drugs, and I am please stanley cup d that we are now on the verge of providing them with the help they need and the health care choices they deserve, the president said late Saturday.He appealed for quick passage of the bill so he could sign it into law. One of the Democrats who joined the negotiations, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana stressed that the deal would remain tentative until lawmakers had a chance to see the details of the complex legislation.But the agreement ends months of negotiations over the drug benefit and a broad reworking of the Medicare program to give private insurers a new large role in health care f stanley thermobecher or 40 million older and disabled Americans.It must win approval of House an
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In an interim progress report on the September 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, five H stanley termoska ouse committees call former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other high-ranking State Department officials responsible for reducing security levels at the consulate, contradicting the testimony Clinton gave before Congress.The interim report -- released by Republicans on the House Armed Services, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight and Government Reform Committees -- reaches three major conclusions.First, the committees Republicans conclude that Clinton approved security reductions at the consulate, pointing to evidence such as an April 2012 State Department cable bearing her signature. The cable was a formal request from then-U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz for more security. In her testimony before Congress in January, Clinton said, With specific security requests they didn t come to me. I had no knowledge of them. House investigators talking to new Benghazi whistleblowersKerry mourns first diplomat killed since Benghazi The interim report also charges that White House and senior State Department officials attempted to protect the State Department from criticism by altering accurate talki stanley website ng points drafted by the intelligence community. For instance, the report says that, after a Sept. 15, 2012 meeting, administration officials removed references to the likely participation of Islamic stanley mug extremists. Ltyw Congress passes bill to temporarily fund government, avoids shutdown
With an eye toward the 2012 presidential contest, leading Republicans used this weekend s meeting of the National Governors Association to lay out divergent views of President Obama s stimulus plan; and competing visions of their party s future.On one side were southern governors including Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Haley Barbour of Mississippi, and Mark Sanford of South Carolina. All three are outspoken critics of Obama s $787 billion plan to jolt the economy through investment in education, health care and transportation, and have said they are likely to reject some of the stimulus funding.Jindal and Sanford are considered likely presidential candidates in 2012, but have demurred when asked about their future endeavors. stanley cup On the other side were the coastal moderates, including Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have embraced Obama s stimulus plan as an important, if imperfect, means of bringing their states out of the grip of recession. Schwarzenegger, a native of Austria, is precluded by law from runni stanley thermobecher ng for president, but Crist is thought to be a serious prospect.In the middle is another likely 2012 contender, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who has criticized the stimulus bill but nonetheless plans to accept the money for his state. Pawlenty, whom John McCain nearly chose as his running mate last year, speaks openly of the need for the GOP to modernize and attract more minorities an stanley hrnek d women while put
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is trying to rein in the use of tax-exempt groups for political campaigning. The effort launched Tuesday is an attempt to reduce th stanley mugs e role of loosely regulated big-money political outfits like GOP political guru Karl Rove s Crossroads GPSand the pro-Obama Priorities USA. The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department said they want to prohibit such groups from using candidate-related political activity like running ads, registering voters or distributing campaign literature as activities that qualify them to be tax-exempt social welfare organizations. The agencies say there will be a lengthy comment period before any regulations will be finalized. That means groups like Crossroads and Priorities USA will stanley cup be able to collect millions of dollars from anonymous donors ahead of next year s campaign. This proposed guidance is a first critical step toward creating clear-cut definitions of political activity by tax-exempt social welfare organizations stanley mug , said Mark Mazur, treasury assistant secretary for tax policy. We are committed to getting this right before issuing final guidance that may affect a broad group of organizations. It will take time to work through the regulatory process and carefully consider all public feedback as we strive to ensure that the standards for tax-exemption are clear and can be applied consistently. Organized under section 501 c 4 of the tax code, such Yzzj Obama, Medvedev Expected To Meet Next Month
CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder takes to his home blog over at the Atlantic to write ab botella stanley out a new study of independent voters conducted by Alex Gage, a longtime GOP consultant. With this group of voters potentially a decisive bloc, the whole post is worth a read, but here s the bottom line: Among the key findings: D stanley cup emocrats have a built-in structural advantage among independents to the score of between five and ten points. But McCain remains competitive because a lot of those independents are ideological conservatives who have weak partisan attachments to the Republican Party. Without being pushed, 45% of the sample, including 59% of the self-described moderates in the sample, said they would vote for Obama and 39% said they would vote for McCain. With leaners, McCain makes up two points of the margin. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9b951e6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c9b951e6-8c88-11e2-b stanley tazas 06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9b951e6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
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Fifty senators, all members of the Democratic caucus, are urging the National Football League to rename Washington, D.C. s football team.In a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, 49 senators said that the team s name, the Washington Redskins, amounts to a racial slur. The senators urged Goodell to take a cue from the National Basketball Association, which punished Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for making racist remarks. The Washington, D.C. football team is on the wrong side of history, said the letter, spearheaded by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. What message does it send to punish slurs against African Americans while endorsing s stanley website lurs against Native Americans Noting that every national Tribal organization has weighed in on the stanley cup website issue, passing resolutions in support of a name change, the senators called it a matter of tribal sovereignty. Redskins is derogatory, U.S. trademark office says At the heart of sovereignty for tribes is their identity, the letter says. Yet every Sunday during football season, the Washington, D.C. football team mocks their culture. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., sent his own brief letter to G stanley cup oodell saying the team s name is not appropriate in this day and age. Notably, Virginia s two Democratic senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, did not sign either letter. The Washington team is based out of Ashburn, Va. though t Zbjq Poll Finds Peril for GOP on Health Care
Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. waves after speaking to the media in Charlotte, N.C. Sept. 29, 2011. stanley website Chuck Burton CONCORD, N.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says President Obama s Middle East policy is to blame for the popular uprisings against autocratic regimes across the Arab world.At a fundraiser here, Bachmann said she think stanley termosky s the president laid the table for the Arab Spring by demonstrating weakness, and particularly noted his call for Israel to return to its borders prior stanley kaffeebecher to the 1967 war with Egypt.Bachmann, who has a track record of jumbled facts and sometimes false assertions, also drew an analogy between Obama s treatment of Israel and the fall of the shah of Iran during the Democratic administration of President Jimmy Carter, an event she maintained led to the rise of radicalism in the Islamic world. Just like Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s didn t have the back of the shah of Iran, we saw the shah fall, and the rise of the ayatollah, and we saw the rise and the beginnings of radical jihad, which have changed this world and changed this nation, Bachmann said. So, too, under Barack Obama, we saw him put a lot of daylight between our relationship with our ally, Israel. And when he called upon Israel to retreat to its indefensible 1967 borders, don t think that message wasn t l
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Wxgo Obama says the world counts on America having its act together
The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that aired on April 21, 2024.MARGARET BRENNAN: We begin today with the chairman of the Senate Intelligen stanley cup ce Committee, Mark Warner. Good morning, and good to have you here.SENATOR MARK WARNER D-VA : Thank you, Margaret. MARGARET BRENNAN: So- Senator $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, about 60% of that stays as an investment into the US industrial base, as I understand it. President Zelenskyy said this morning on another network, it s important that they get crucial long range artillery, like ATACMS, is that what this money will pay for And if so, when will they actually get them SEN. WARNER: Well,the great news is, this is finally happening. It should have happened six months ago. The next best time is right now, this week. We ve seen the Ukrainians overperform. If you step back for a moment and think about the fact that for most of my life, most of America s defense forces were focused on Russia. Now and the last two years, with less than 3% of our defense budget, two years running, with the Ukrainians have el stanley cup iminated 87% of the Russians pre existing ground forces, 63% of their tanks, 32% of their armored personnel carriers, without a single American sold stanley cup ier lost, because of the courage of the Ukrainians, and the equipment they ve received from us, and from our European allies. Getting this additional equipment as quickly as possible- I hope once thi Icln Palin s Rashomon Moment
The House passed a $3 trillion bu stanley trinkflaschen dgetresolutionon Thursday afternoon, outlining a set ofspending priorities for 2009 that exceeds President Bush s request.The measure passed by a vote of 214-210, withno Republicans voting yes,r stanley cup dquo; and 14 Democrats defying party leadership and opposing the plan. The Senate adopted the plan Wednesdayby a48-45 vote. The budget blueprint punts until next year some of the biggest issues, including risinghealth care costs and tax policy. Those decisions will be made by the next president,either Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. or Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. .Obama returned to the Senate Wednesday to vote for the measure, while McCain did not return from the campaign trail Reaction to the bill s passage broke along party lines,with Democrats congratulating themsel stanley mug ves for passing a budget blueprint in an election year for the first time since 2000, while Republicans dismissed the budget aslittle more than an expansion of big government and a tax increase. The budget we just passed is a statement of our national values, as a national budget always should be, but hasn t been for a number of years until last year, saidHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. . The [budget is] balanced not only fiscally, but balanced in terms of our values for our veterans, for science, for education, for the defense of our country, for the creation of jobs, and reflecting the needs of our country, and also giving tax cuts to
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Wikk Giuliani: I m not a racist because President Obama s mother was white
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee is calling for the Iowa Democratic Party to conduct a recanvass of the caucus results amid ongoing delays in their release.Tom Perez, the party s chairman, said the recanvass was necessary to ensure public confidence in the results. Enough is enough, Perez tweeted. In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass. Enough is enough. In light of the p stanley website roblems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass.mdash; Tom Perez @TomPerez February 6, 2020 Two sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News that the state party w stanley flasche asn t aware that Perez would call for a recanvass, with 97% of the results now already reported. Sources also tell CBS News that the DNC has been running the caucus operation in Iowa for at least 48 hours. Requests for a recanvass must come in written form from a presidential campaign, according to the s stanley vaso tate party s Iowa Delegate Selection Plan. Candidates have until Friday at noon to make a request, and that request is required to include an explanation of how the national delegation could be altered as a result of the problem or i Hplo Huckabee Takes A Shot At Obama
So a holiday weekend approaches translation: no news , and suddenly the contents of two books about Hillary Clinton are poured into a piece on the front page of the Washington Post. One book is by two former New York Times investigative reporter garrafinhas stanley s; the other is by Carl Bernstein, of Watergate fame. And, in unison, the HRC folks claim that the b stanley cup ooks are too boring for words--and what isn t boring is just wrong. Have a nice weekend.How clever of the Hillary folks t stanley cup o leak the contents of the books and discredit them in one fell swoop. Only it isn t that easy. We haven t actually read these books. And another is on the way. And none of these books is written by anything other than serious people. So while the Clinton people may be bored, we should actually pay attention. Because even if the Clintonistas know a lot about their candidate, the reporting in these tomes will tell us more: How does Clinton react under pressure How did she behave during the Lewinsky mess What is the real working relationship between the two Clintons Why is she running for president How authentic is she And how ambitious These books will prove to be important because they are not written by those with ideological issues. They are by journalists who are trying to figure out what has happened in Clinton s life over the past few decades. Despite her own weighty tome about her life, Hillary Clinton is not a natural when it comes to talking about hersel
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Mqao First lady s office, deputy national security adviser clash
This article originally appeared on Slate.Those looking for greater efficiency in Washington should look to Rep. Bruce Braley. In the space of just a few seconds, the four-term Iowa Democrat delivered a campaign gaffe of such power that the Environmental Protection Agency may seek to regulate it. Braley referred to the popular Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley as a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school. stanley cup Why is this so awful Let us count the ways. Iowa is a farm state, and it s never a good idea to disparage one of the state s chief occupations. Next, it s particularly not a good idea to demean your state when you re somewhere else: In this case, Brale stanley mugs y was speaking in Texas. Next, Braley, a trial lawyer, was making his pitch to a room full of trial lawyers at a private fundraiser which is why he didn t think he was being recorded . Trial lawyers are perhaps the most unpopular constituency among Republican base voters--besides Obama administration officials. Since midterm elections are all about motivating your base, Braley has given his opponent a turnout gift. Next, look where Braley is standing: If you re going to talk down to Iowa farmers, at least don t do it next to a table of booze. It make botella stanley s for amusing viewing and that reinforces the idea for voters that you re not one of them. Nevh Psychologist reported to work for CIA slams Senate torture report
Amid the sharpening debate over whether or not the vaso stanley United States should withdraw from Iraq, a new study by the respected Rand Corp. think tank sheds some stanley borraccia light on why Bush administration officials have been defending their controversial surge plan so vociferously. Put simply, the other options are all worse. The United States is faced with a portfolio of unappealing options, many of which appear to have little chance of producing positive results, a group of Rand researchers write in their 102-page report U.S. Policy Options for Iraq. A military force big enough to disarm Iraq s numerous combatants, for example, would require as many as 500,000 U.S. troops. Iraqi forces will not be ready to fill that role anytime soon, the report says. Choosing winners and losers among the sectarian and ethnic factions would certainly backfire, as stanley cup becher would a U.S.-backed partition of the country. A withdrawal, meanwhile, would likely stoke sectarian strife and draw in Iraq s neighbors, leading the Rand report to conclude that the Bush plan to tamp down violence and push for a brokered political settlement among the various factions is the only remaining option.This reluctant endorsement, however, won t make it any easier for the Bush administration to defend its surge plan to irate Democrats in Congress or an increasingly skeptical American public ahead of a key September report on progress in Iraq. The problem is that the surge plan,
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