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Trouble in Pakistan
Pakistan is, potentially, the greatest national security problem that the United States faces. It has upwards of 80 nuclear weapons and a history of military coups, sometimes led by Islamists. There are at least four internal rebellions going on in this crucial almost-country: in Baluchistan, in Punjab, in the Northwest Frontier …
Robert Gibbs Is Out, More Reshuffling Ahead
Shortly after President Obama departed for his vacation in Hawaii, Robert Gibbs found himself at his local DMV, waiting in his car to avoid the frozen lines outside. Such is the job of Press Secretary that such menial tasks, a trip to the grocery store, a license renewal, soon become all but impossible during the normal work week. But …
Morning Must Reads: Next
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–John Boehner is poised to take the Speaker’s gavel today. Alex raises the curtain.
–Ahmed Rahsid reports on the incredibly precarious path ahead in Afghanistan.
–Biden chief of staff and all-around White House heavyweight Ron Klain will depart for the private sector.
–Steve Schale, Obama’s …
Rahm Goes Back To The Future
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The Longest Day
Those waiting for a change in the Senate filibuster rules may be waiting a while. Senate Democrats have been toying with the idea of softening the rules to ease the logjam in the Upper Chamber for years. The dawn of the 112th seemed like an ideal time to make the change, especially in the face of lots of potential objections from the …
William Daley, Obama’s Corporate Ambassador?
For months the Obama White House has been hounded by complaints–mostly from the right, but sometimes also from the center-left–that it has done an inept job of communicating with corporate America at a moment of economic crisis. Some of that was to be expected, naturally. Big business always leans Republican. And Obama’s core …
Morning Must Reads: Back to Work
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–President Obama, on his way back to Washington from Hawaii, says he expects congressional Republicans to work with him.
–A flurry of reports suggest Bill Daley, former commerce secretary and current J.P. Morgan bigwig, is a finalist to join the White House as chief of staff. Daley is definitely a …
Happy 2011: More Bank Failures On The Way
Starting with Horizon Bank in Bellingham, Washington, on Jan. 8, 2010 and ending with Community National Bank of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, on Dec. 17, 2010, a total of 157 banks insured by the FDIC failed last year. Their combined assets amounted to $92.1 billion and in taking them over, closing them or selling them to new owners, the FDIC …
House Republicans Set Health-Care Repeal Vote
Countless Republicans made the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the centerpiece of their campaigns this fall, and now the incoming GOP majority is planning to deliver on that promise. The No. 2 House Republican, Eric Cantor of Virginia, announced Monday that the repeal vote would be held Jan. 12, just a week into …
Wall Street Journal vs. Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin has faced something of a backlash from conservative circles for mocking Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign. First, the Washington Post noted last week that Palin’s comments were rebuked by Mike Huckabee (a potential 2012 primary rival, to be sure), and put her at odds with recent comments from the likes of Haley Barbour …
An Oversight of Oversight?
On October 19 in the midst of the final sprint of the midterm elections Rep. Darrell Issa, the incoming chairman of the house Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, told Rush Limbaugh that President Obama is “one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times.”
The California Republican has since walked back his remarks, …
“Why Are We Still Here?”
If you missed it over the holiday break, Greg Jaffe’s Washington Post Dec. 27 dispatch from Afghanistan’s Pech Valley makes for riveting, horrifying and ultimately depressing reading. It’s a story about young Americans fighting, and dying, with little faith in their commanders and scant belief that their mission makes any sense. Here’s a …