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WASHINGTON The U.S. representative to the anti-Islamic State coalition told Congress on Tuesday that morale inside the extremist group is plummeting, as the forces arrayed against it are gaining momentum.Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk said the Islamic State s days in Mosul, Iraq s second largest city, are numbered as lawmakers called for the Obama administration to move faster to defeat the extremists.The Islamic State remains firmly in control of Mosul, which was once home to a million people. Iraqi leaders have pledged to liberate Mosul this year. But McGurk said the U.S. won t put a timeline on the Mosul operation. Whereas the Islamic State once promised lavish pay for recruits, and free services in its caliphate, it is now slashing pay, cannot provide services, and is facing internal resistance, McGurk said. We know from other sources, as well, that IS fighters are panicking on the battlefield, foreign recruits a stanley mugs re now looking to return home, and leaders are s stanley cup truggling to maintain discipline, even despite the threat of execution for disobedience. McGurk s testimony comes two weeks after a lone gunman who pledged solidarity with the Islamic State killed 49 people and injured 53 at stanley thermos an Orlando nightclub. McGurk said no direct link has been found between the Orlando gunman and the Islamic State. Civ Qvig Gina Haspel sworn in amid surveillance tensions
iStockphoto CBS News On Tax Day this year, Americans will open up their wallets for Uncle Sam even as they continue to wait for their representatives in Washington to get the economy humming again. There s little hope for any bold solution to make progress in the current, hyper-partisan Congress -- particularly as election season ramps up -- but that isn t stopping both parties from offering up ideas. This week, the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House are voting on bills designed to serve as examples of their party s respective economic philosophies. The Senate today votes on a version of President Obama s Buffe stanley thermosflasche tt Rule, which would require income above $2 million to be taxed at least at a 30 percent rate. The minimum tax rates for income between $1 million and $2 million would also increase at graduated levels. Republicans are likel stanley botella y to kill the bill, but Democrats see a potent message in the issue of economic fairness, particularly when the president s presumptive GOP opponent, Mitt Romney, has in recent years paid a relatively low tax rate on stanley cups his personal fortune. Tax Day special report: Tax tips and moreLater in the week, the House plans to vote on the Small Business Tax Cut Act, a measure that would give small businesses with fewer than 500 employees a one-time 20 percent tax deduction. Eager to shake any perception that this is a do-nothing Congress that favors the wealthy
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Washington mdash; Doctors successfully removed cancerous skin tissue from first lady Jill Biden s chest and face during a scheduled procedure Wednesday, according to a letter from Kevin O Connor, the White House physician.O Connor said the first lady was feeling well and would return to the White House later Wednesday. Surgeons also excised an additional area of concern from her left eyelid, he said.The first lady, accompanied by President Biden, went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland to have the lesion above her right eye examined and removed in a procedure known as Mohs surgery. Before surgery, doctors noticed the areas of concern on her left eyelid and the left side of her chest, O Connor said. Both the lesion above her right eye and the lesion on her chest were confirmed to be basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. In both instances, all cancerous tissue was successfully removed, O Connor said. The lesion from her eyelid was sent for additional testing, he noted.The additional excisions explained why the first lady was admitted for more than seven hours. Basal cell carcin stanley bottles oma lesions do stanley cup not tend to spread or meta stanley cup stasize, as some more serious skin cancers such as melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma are known to do, O Connor wrote. They do, however, have the potential to increase in size, resulting in a more significant issue as well as increased challenges for surgical re Wqwz Space Force or Star Trek Trump unveils new logo nearly identical to Starfleet Command logo
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he s seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year.Gingrich, 67, told The Associated Press that he would focus on helping Republican candidates through the midterm elections in November, then decide in February or March whether to seek the GOP nomination. I ve never been this serious, Gingrich said. It s fair to say that by February the groundwork will have been laid to consider seriously whether or not to run, he said.Gingrich often claimed he was strongly considering a run for president in the 2008 cycle, only to elect not to run. Keeping the question open certainly didn t hurt him. Since his unceremonious departure from the House in 1998, Gingrich has become Newt Inc. -- one part provocateur, one part entrepreneur, who stirs debate in his party and in journalistic circles, gets Sunday talk show invites and draws audiences on the lecture circuit, Politico s Jonathan Martin wrote in July of 200 stanley canada 7. A pre stanley canada sidential flirtation helps Gingrich further raise his profile, push his ideas and sell his books. Gingrich has been encouraging speculation in this campaign cycle as well: In March 2009, Hotsheet reported that Gingrich told reporters that he and his wife w stanley cups uk ill look seriously at whether or not we think it s necessary to [run in 2012]...And if we think it s necessary we ll probably do it. In October, he ag
WASHINGTON The U.S. representative to the anti-Islamic State coalition told Congress on Tuesday that morale inside the extremist group is plummeting, as the forces arrayed against it are gaining momentum.Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk said the Islamic State s days in Mosul, Iraq s second largest city, are numbered as lawmakers called for the Obama administration to move faster to defeat the extremists.The Islamic State remains firmly in control of Mosul, which was once home to a million people. Iraqi leaders have pledged to liberate Mosul this year. But McGurk said the U.S. won t put a timeline on the Mosul operation. Whereas the Islamic State once promised lavish pay for recruits, and free services in its caliphate, it is now slashing pay, cannot provide services, and is facing internal resistance, McGurk said. We know from other sources, as well, that IS fighters are panicking on the battlefield, foreign recruits a stanley mugs re now looking to return home, and leaders are s stanley cup truggling to maintain discipline, even despite the threat of execution for disobedience. McGurk s testimony comes two weeks after a lone gunman who pledged solidarity with the Islamic State killed 49 people and injured 53 at stanley thermos an Orlando nightclub. McGurk said no direct link has been found between the Orlando gunman and the Islamic State. Civ Qvig Gina Haspel sworn in amid surveillance tensions
iStockphoto CBS News On Tax Day this year, Americans will open up their wallets for Uncle Sam even as they continue to wait for their representatives in Washington to get the economy humming again. There s little hope for any bold solution to make progress in the current, hyper-partisan Congress -- particularly as election season ramps up -- but that isn t stopping both parties from offering up ideas. This week, the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House are voting on bills designed to serve as examples of their party s respective economic philosophies. The Senate today votes on a version of President Obama s Buffe stanley thermosflasche tt Rule, which would require income above $2 million to be taxed at least at a 30 percent rate. The minimum tax rates for income between $1 million and $2 million would also increase at graduated levels. Republicans are likel stanley botella y to kill the bill, but Democrats see a potent message in the issue of economic fairness, particularly when the president s presumptive GOP opponent, Mitt Romney, has in recent years paid a relatively low tax rate on stanley cups his personal fortune. Tax Day special report: Tax tips and moreLater in the week, the House plans to vote on the Small Business Tax Cut Act, a measure that would give small businesses with fewer than 500 employees a one-time 20 percent tax deduction. Eager to shake any perception that this is a do-nothing Congress that favors the wealthy
Oznr Senate Dems Back Investigation Of Coconut Road Earmark
Washington mdash; Doctors successfully removed cancerous skin tissue from first lady Jill Biden s chest and face during a scheduled procedure Wednesday, according to a letter from Kevin O Connor, the White House physician.O Connor said the first lady was feeling well and would return to the White House later Wednesday. Surgeons also excised an additional area of concern from her left eyelid, he said.The first lady, accompanied by President Biden, went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland to have the lesion above her right eye examined and removed in a procedure known as Mohs surgery. Before surgery, doctors noticed the areas of concern on her left eyelid and the left side of her chest, O Connor said. Both the lesion above her right eye and the lesion on her chest were confirmed to be basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. In both instances, all cancerous tissue was successfully removed, O Connor said. The lesion from her eyelid was sent for additional testing, he noted.The additional excisions explained why the first lady was admitted for more than seven hours. Basal cell carcin stanley bottles oma lesions do stanley cup not tend to spread or meta stanley cup stasize, as some more serious skin cancers such as melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma are known to do, O Connor wrote. They do, however, have the potential to increase in size, resulting in a more significant issue as well as increased challenges for surgical re Wqwz Space Force or Star Trek Trump unveils new logo nearly identical to Starfleet Command logo
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he s seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year.Gingrich, 67, told The Associated Press that he would focus on helping Republican candidates through the midterm elections in November, then decide in February or March whether to seek the GOP nomination. I ve never been this serious, Gingrich said. It s fair to say that by February the groundwork will have been laid to consider seriously whether or not to run, he said.Gingrich often claimed he was strongly considering a run for president in the 2008 cycle, only to elect not to run. Keeping the question open certainly didn t hurt him. Since his unceremonious departure from the House in 1998, Gingrich has become Newt Inc. -- one part provocateur, one part entrepreneur, who stirs debate in his party and in journalistic circles, gets Sunday talk show invites and draws audiences on the lecture circuit, Politico s Jonathan Martin wrote in July of 200 stanley canada 7. A pre stanley canada sidential flirtation helps Gingrich further raise his profile, push his ideas and sell his books. Gingrich has been encouraging speculation in this campaign cycle as well: In March 2009, Hotsheet reported that Gingrich told reporters that he and his wife w stanley cups uk ill look seriously at whether or not we think it s necessary to [run in 2012]...And if we think it s necessary we ll probably do it. In October, he ag
