Obama misses deadline for congressional approval of Libya operations
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 21st, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Obama misses deadline for congressional approval of Libya operations
President Obama missed a legal deadline Friday — set in a 1973 law — that required him to obtain congressional approval for U.S. military operations in Libya.
Friday was the 60th day since Obama formally notified Congress that U.S. planes would strike targets in Libya, a bid to protect civilians from the government of strongman Moammar Gaddafi. Under the Nixon-era War Powers Resolution, the president must obtain congressional authorization of military action within 60 days or else begin withdrawing forces.
Sarah Palin: Is “fire in my belly” enough?
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told Fox News Channel’s Greta van Susteren Thursday night that she has the “fire in my belly” to run for president in 2012, a comment that immediately re-vivified talk of a national bid by the 2008 vice presidential nominee.
“I want to make sure America is put back on the right track and we only do that by defeating Obama in 2012,” Palin told van Susteren. She added that there were “practical, pragmatic” issues involving her large family that she had to address before making a final decision on the race.
U.S. to send envoy to North Korea to consider food aid
The Obama administration announced Friday that it is sending an official U.S. envoy to North Korea for the first time in two years, with the goal of evaluating the Communist nation’s need for food aid as it struggles with the effects of floods and a brutal winter.
U.N. and humanitarian agencies have been pleading for assistance for the poor, isolated country. North Korea is “highly vulnerable to a food crisis,” Claudia von Roehl, director of the World Food Program’s operations in the country, said Thursday.
