DPGI - the aftermath (Free subscription) | yesterday
A war cannot be ended. It can either be won or it can be lost. Someone needs to drill that message into Obama’s head. If he withdraws our troops too early, it’s a loss. Al-Qaeda will be strengthened and encouraged. Afghanis will see that the jihadist side is the stronger side. We cannot afford to [...]
Obama Foodorama (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
School nutrition progr ams are a critical part of national security ... A s President Obama heads to West Point this evening to announce a boost of 30,000 troops for Afghanistan, it's worth looking at a new report from Mission: Readiness , a non-profit, bipartisan coalition of nearly 90 retired military leaders, including two former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and six other...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
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arbitrary constant (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... This time, to help out with the climate change summit. Let's just hope he has a more positive effect than he had last time he was there......
France24 (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Having vowed US climate action, President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen needing to perform a delicate balancing act between huge expectations and the reality of a reluctant Congress. Obama will travel to the Danish capital on December 9 to offer the first US plan to cut carbon emissions, officials said Wednesday, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.
Super Media Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Despite the fact that this past week it was discovered that global warming and climate change are both a farce, Obama will head to Copenhagen for a United Nations meeting on climate change. Leading scientists on the matter sent e-mails to colleagues telling them to keep the sham alive by propagating phony evidence pertaining to [...] This post was written by the Super Media Blog Obama,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit to offer the first US plan to cut carbon emissions, officials said, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed. The Obama administration offered to curb US emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 -- less than calls by the European Union, Japan and UN scientists but the first numbers...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
U.S. President says he'll participate in global climate summit next month - but Prime Minister won't go unless there's ‘an actual leaders meeting'
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
President Obama's first trip to Copenhagen, the one he made as part of an effort to lobby for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, didn't go so well. But just two months after that, he's got another chance. Obama will be heading to Copenhagen next month to take part in a summit meeting on global warming. The conference is unlikely to produce the treaty supporters were hoping for,...
TYWKIWDBI (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
An interesting essay today at Counterpunch . Herewith some excerpts: With Obama pushing a huge troop escalation in Afghanistan, history may well repeat itself with a vengeance. And it’s not just the apt comparison to LBJ, who destroyed his presidency on the battlefields of Vietnam with an escalation that delivered power to Nixon and the GOP. There’s another frightening parallel:...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind a deal on climate change by announcing he will attend the Copenhagen summit with a pledge for a 17 per cent cut in US...
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
by Jim Tankersley President Barack Obama will attend the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month, according to a senior administration official, a sign of the president's increasing confidence that the talks will yield a meaningful agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The White House will also announce today that the United States will commit, in the talks, to reduce...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Who's denyin' now? There may not be a better example of Climategate denial than Jim Tankersley's "breaking" story at the Los Angeles Times's Greenspace blog that President Barack Obama will attend the December 7-19 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Tankersley identifies all kinds of supposed factors that seem to have influenced the president's apparent...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Obama will "put on the table" a U.S. commitment to cut emissions by 17 percent over the next decade, on the way to reducing heat-trapping pollution by 80 percent by mid-century, the White House said.
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Obama will "put on the table" a U.S. commitment to cut emissions by 17 percent over the next decade, on the way to reducing heat-trapping pollution by 80 percent by mid-century, the White House said.
