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The Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
After his speech tonight, I seem to be more upbeat about the prospects for the war in Afghanistan under President Obama's leadership than some of my friends. Obviously, the July 2011 date for beginning a drawdown deserves criticism. On the other hand, the pace and character of the drawdown is to be conditions-based, so I think the quasi-deadline needn't be too damaging. As important, the July...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
President Barack Obama has set a target date of July 2011 to bring withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan and handing over responsibility for security to the Afghan forces.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
President Barack Obama has set a target date of July 2011 to bring withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan and handing over responsibility for security to the Afghan forces.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
An Ottawa woman faces a second-degree murder charge following the death of a woman assaulted in July.
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Political Punch (Free subscription) | yesterday
WEST POINT, NY -- US forces will begin to leave Afghanistan and transfer control to Afghan forces in July 2011, senior administration officials said today. July 2011 "is the beginning of the process, that will be conditions-based," a senior administration...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The United States will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by next summer, but plans are to begin transferring security responsibilities to the Afghan forces and withdrawing U.S. forces in July 2011, a senior administration official said today.
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Gizmodo Australia (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
We’ve heard that Windows 8 will be coming in 2012 , so it’s only logical that Microsoft’s focus shift to the operating system soon. And based on recent job postings, that attention shift is happening this coming summer, in July 2010. (more…)
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
The Indian economy is growing much faster than even the most optimistic had dared hope with official data released on Monday pegging growth in the second quarter (July-September) at 7.9% year-on-year.
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Brain Shavings (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Consider this your profanity warning. Jim "Uncle Jimbo" Hansen is a retired Army Special Forces Master Sergeant....
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Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
We've heard that Windows 8 will be coming in 2012 , so it's only logical that Microsoft's focus shift to the operating system soon. And based on recent job postings, that attention shift is happening this coming summer, in July 2010. Of course, this is just based on a series of postings on Microsoft Careers, but it's not exactly far fetched that the company switch gears at the beginning of...
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
MUMBAI, India - India's economy grew 7.9 percent in the July-September period, the fastest pace in six quarters, bolstered by government stimulus measures and rising...
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Badder Example (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
From the archives, December 1, 1945 WEST POINT, NY ( CBS ) -- President Truman announced his new strategy in the Pacific in a speech Saturday night, vowing to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the Pacific theatre as quickly as possible and setting July 1947 as a date to begin pulling U.S. forces out of the region. "I do not make this decision lightly," the president said, telling...
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Badder Example (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
From the archives, December 1, 1945 WEST POINT, NY ( CBS ) -- President Truman announced his new strategy in the Pacific in a speech Saturday night, vowing to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the Pacific theatre as quickly as possible and setting July 1947 as a date to begin pulling U.S. forces out of the region. "I do not make this decision lightly," the president said, telling...
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YID With LID (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tonight's "surge speech" by President Obama will be more of a surge surrender. The President will be adding to our Afghanistan forces 30 of the 40,000 troops General McCrystal asked for three months ago. He will also be announcing that the surge troops will be out by July 2011 (just in time for his re-election campaign), basically announcing to the terrorists, hang on for 18 months...
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Cave News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Washington Times article, found at the link below, is titled, 'Overexposed' Obama begins to duck the WH press corps. After months of what some critics called overexposure, President Obama has of late avoided questions from the White House press...