(Jim Young / Reuters)
–Democrats and Republicans have reached a number for budget cuts in 2011, reportedly good for $33 billion. The problems remaining: What to cut, which if any riders will be included and whether Speaker Boehner can get the conservative wing of his caucus on board.
–Mitt Romney, who once operated under the …
–Tony Karon thinks talk of arming Libyan rebels means the West is convinced that Gaddafi’s not going anywhere.
–Mark Benjamin reports burial problems at Arlington aren’t getting fixed.
–Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky writes the political and policy eulogy for TARP:
In the final analysis, it has been Treasury’s broken
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President Obama speaks about the conflict in Libya at the National Defense University in Washington on March 28. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)
–Obama addressed a skeptical public last night.
–If U.S. forces are implicitly aligned with Libyan rebels, President Obama didn’t say as much.
–Bill Kristol loved the speech. John McCain …
–Secretaries Clinton and Gates will brief Congress on Libya next week. Is there a legal reason not to call it war?
–Speaker Boehner is reportedly convinced a bipartisan budget deal — that is to say, one without the GOP’s coveted restrictions on various federal agencies that Dems are unlikely to ever accept —
A rebel sits in the back of a pick up truck outside Ajdabiya, March 22, 2011. (Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images)
–In this week’s TIME: Fareed Zakaria in the cover story on Libya hitting newsstands tomorrow: “You know your strategy is flawed if your problems mount when it succeeds.” Bobby Ghosh and Abigail Hauslohner profile the …
President Obama talks with British Prime Minister Cameron about Libya on an Air Force One flight from Santiago, Chile to San Salvador, El Salvador on March 22. (White House/Pete Souza)
–Even with Western support, Libyan rebels struggle. Secretary Clinton says Gaddafi, or some in his regime, may be looking at diplomatic …
(Christopher Morris—VII for TIME)
–Rebels on Libya’s front line:
“I am here to defend Benghazi,” says Muatasim Billah Mohamed, waiting with a crowd of young men on the roadside some 5 km from where the shells are falling. He has gone all the way from Tobruk and has a flag tied around his head like a bandanna, but carries no
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(Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)
–There seems to be a growing consensus in American analysis of the Libya venture that while the targets are well-defined, ultimate goals or any clear endgame remain disturbingly opaque. Tony Karon writes the conflict could drag out. Speaker Boehner calls for clarity on the mission. Dick Lugar urges …
Protesters are seen through a Kingdom of Libya flag during celebrations after a U.N. resolution authorising a “no-fly” zone and military attacks on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, in Tobruk, east of Tripoli, March 18. (REUTERS/Suhaib Salem)
–Britain and France say they are on the brink of military action against Libya. The Libyan …
President Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan at the White House on Wednesday night, March 16. (White House/Pete Souza)
–From the newsstand edition of TIME: Why it’s cost not safety that’s holding back nuclear power in the U.S., how Japan can recover, and why the Mideast’s revolution has just begun. …
