Senate Confirms Army General To Head Joint Chiefs Of Staff
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 3rd, 2011 4:44 am by HL
Senate Confirms Army General To Head Joint Chiefs Of Staff
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to approve President Barack Obama’s nomination of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the next chairman of the Joint…
WATCH: Inside The Pentagon’s New Jet Fighter
Washington: Sometimes events are, in and of themselves, news. So it was today when the Joint Strike Fighter program working with the Marines, flew the…
Sarah Palin’s Hair Salon, The Beehive, Gets Reality TV Show
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The Wasilla, Alaska, beauty salon credited with designing Sarah Palin’s trademark “up-do” hairstyle will be the…
David Bromwich: Why Has Obama Never Recognized the Tea Party?
Now that President Obama has signed the new debt ceiling into law and subscribed his party to an austerity program that assumes a state of permanent economic emergency, the question what made him do it? becomes more pressing than ever. Those who want to confine the blame to Republicans say that the opposition party follows the dictates of a fanatical faction. True; but a president in these circumstances would seem all the more obligated to confront the opposition. Instead, Obama has chosen a tactic of avoidance. And it has been an abysmal failure.
Michael Kieschnick: What Now After Debt Ceiling Debacle
However badly this debt ceiling outcome turns out to be and I believe it will very damaging, it can get much worse. While it is fun writing, it is far more fun to engage in fights that matter.
