The White House Easter egg roll is getting all of the attention–especially after it was announced yesterday that tickets are being set aside for gay and lesbian families. But on Thursday, the First Family will also host a Passover seder for friends and staff. I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but although [...]
Fred Kaplan has this sharp analysis of the new Pentagon budget. Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has welcomed the budget but asserted his authority, “the buck stops with Congress.” Not quite. The buck usually flows from Congress…for all the unwanted weapons systems that Gates wants to axe. I’ll be keeping [...]
New Delhi I’ve just emerged from several fascinating days traveling in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. I’ll have a lot more to say about the trip in my print column this week–there were no great breakthroughs, but there was the beginning of a real focus [...]
If you read one thing today…alright, you’re probably already reading Mark Danner on the Red Cross Torture Report. But after that, you really must read our colleague Mark Thompson’s piece on Army recruiter suicides in our latest issue. It’s a devastating story with terrific reporting and is very much worth your time.
In the beginning of the year Senate Dems looked to be in the position of strength – the political meme was that the House would be more vulnerable in 2010. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Bob Menendez was savoring the prospect of five retiring GOP senators, four three in states that trended blue for Obama [...]
Apparently there was a shocking development on last night’s episode of House. (Like much of the country, I was busy watching Michigan State get stomped by UNC.) The upshot is that actor Kal Penn–of House and, of course, the Harold and Kumar movies–is leaving the television show. But the departure isn’t so Penn can focus [...]
One of the most contentious issues that health care negotiators are facing is the question of a mandate: should coverage be forced upon those who do not wish to have it, like car insurance? Obviously, the insurance industry is pushing hard for this, arguing that anything short of 100% participation doesn’t make business sense for [...]
April 7 – Baghdad Pool report 4 Air Force One landed at Baghdad Intl Airport at 4:42. Near the end of the flight, Gibbs gaggled. He said the choice of Iraq rather than Afghanistan was made for three reasons — proximity to Turkey, the need to consult with Iraqi officials because efforts at progress there [...]
Let’s work together, find common interests. Full transcript of his opening remarks before a student Town Hall after the jump.
Almost. In a town hall Tuesday afternoon in Istanbul, Obama told Turkish students that they will be able to judge his accomplishments “four years from now or eight years from now.”
