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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is confronting President Obama on the economy today, visiting a closed-down factory that Mr. Obama himself once held u stanley water bottle p as an example of a company on the mend.And before Romney holds a news conference at Allentown Metal Works in Pennsylvania this afternoon, he ll be in Philadelphia for fundraising events -- just hours before Mr. Obama attends his own Philadelphia fundraising events.Ahead of his visit to Allentown Metal Works, Romney s campaign released a video this morning highlighting the fact that Mr. Obama visited the factory in December 2009. At the time, the president predicted his stimulus package would help the company recover from the economic downturn. stanley mug The video features clips of Mr. Obama touting his visit there, and a news broadcast about the factory s closure. Statistics flash across the screen, showing that more than 100,000 jobs have been lost in Pennsylvania since 2009. The metal works plant closed in January of this year after its business dried up, unpaid bills accumulated, and the number of production line employees dwindled down to five, the Allen stanley canada town Morning Call reported. Romney s news conference at Allentown Metal Works will take place around 4 p.m. today. At about the same time, Mr. Obama plans to appear at a set of Democratic National Committee fundraisers. First, he ll attend a reception at the Hyat hotel, and then he ll attend a dinner at the home of Comcast e
Baghdad --Iraqi lawmakers Thursday demanded U.S. forces leave the country in the wake of a surprise visit by President Donald Trump that politicians denounced as arrogant and a violation of Iraqi sovereignty.Politicians from both blocs of Iraq s divided Parliament called for a vote to expel U.S. troops and promised to schedule an extraordinary session to debate the matter. Parliament must clearly and urgently express its view about the ongoing American violations of Iraqi sovereignty, said Salam al-Shimiri, a lawmaker loyal to the populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Containing foreign influence has become a hot-button issue in a year that saw al-Sadr supporters win the largest share of votes in May elections. Al-Sadr has called for curbing U.S. and Iranian involvement in Iraqi affairs. U.S. troops are stationed in Iraq as part of the coalition against the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq ISIS . American forces withdrew in 2011 after invading in 2003 but returned in 2014 at the invitation of the Iraqi government to help fight the jihadist group. Now, after defeating ISIS militants in their last u stanley mugs rban bastions last year, Iraqi politicians and militia leaders are speaking out stanley cup website against the continued presence of U.S. forces. Qais Khazali, the head of the stanley canada Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia that fought key battles against ISIS in north Iraq, promised on Twitter that Parliament would vote to expel U.S. forces from Iraq, or the militia an Atht Petraeus Report Could Boost McCain
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is confronting President Obama on the economy today, visiting a closed-down factory that Mr. Obama himself once held u stanley water bottle p as an example of a company on the mend.And before Romney holds a news conference at Allentown Metal Works in Pennsylvania this afternoon, he ll be in Philadelphia for fundraising events -- just hours before Mr. Obama attends his own Philadelphia fundraising events.Ahead of his visit to Allentown Metal Works, Romney s campaign released a video this morning highlighting the fact that Mr. Obama visited the factory in December 2009. At the time, the president predicted his stimulus package would help the company recover from the economic downturn. stanley mug The video features clips of Mr. Obama touting his visit there, and a news broadcast about the factory s closure. Statistics flash across the screen, showing that more than 100,000 jobs have been lost in Pennsylvania since 2009. The metal works plant closed in January of this year after its business dried up, unpaid bills accumulated, and the number of production line employees dwindled down to five, the Allen stanley canada town Morning Call reported. Romney s news conference at Allentown Metal Works will take place around 4 p.m. today. At about the same time, Mr. Obama plans to appear at a set of Democratic National Committee fundraisers. First, he ll attend a reception at the Hyat hotel, and then he ll attend a dinner at the home of Comcast e
