Army Says Morale Has Fallen Among Troops In Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday. It was the first time since 2004 that soldier suicides in Iraq did not increase. Self-inflicted deaths in Afghanistan [...]
Joseph Cao: Voting For Health Reform Was “A Decision Of Conscience”
The one House Republican to support health care reform said on Sunday that his decision to back the bill was driven by his conscience and the needs of his district and not back-room dealing with the White House or Democrats.
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La), appearing on CNN, said that he cast his vote in favor of [...]
‘We got walloped’
Two big questions loom in the wake of the 2009 elections. The first is whether Barack Obama learned anything new about American voters. The second is whether American voters will soon learn something new about Obama.
For a president who likes always to convey confidence and cool, the returns will test his willingness and capacity for [...]
Is Wall Street really so sorry?
Wall Street keeps saying it’s sorry. It’s sorry for those bad bets on subprime mortgages. Sorry about the stock market crash. Sorry for needing those bailouts. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has admitted his industry “made its share of mistakes.”
But nobody in Washington is buying its contrition.
“The industry, I think, has a long way to [...]
Number of Jobs Credited to Stimulus Overstated by Thousands
A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000.
A child care center in Florida said it saved 129 jobs with the help of stimulus money. Instead, it gave pay raises to its existing employees.
Elsewhere in the U.S., some jobs credited [...]
Sarah Palin pitches for RGA
Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday urged her network of supporters to rally around the Republican Governors Association and the GOP gubernatorial nominees in New Jersey and Virginia.
Her call to action marks the second time in a week that Palin has weighed in on behalf of specific candidates. Last Thursday, Palin endorsed Conservative [...]
Cheney: Obama seems ‘afraid’ to make decision on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (CNN) — After dialing back his attacks on President Obama’s foreign policy, former Vice President Dick Cheney says the administration has damaged U.S. ties with key allies, dangerously wavered in Afghanistan, undermined progress in Iraq and sabotaged the Bush administration’s national security legacy.
In a hard-hitting, wide-ranging speech Wednesday for a conservative gathering, Cheney targeted [...]
Study Finds McCain Voters Lost Testosterone After Presidential Election
Young men who voted for John McCain lost more than a presidential election last November. A study says their testosterone level plummeted.
As polls closed on election night, researchers at Duke University and the University of Michigan had 183 men and women chew gum and spit into test tubes and analyzed their hormones.
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Democrats Prepare to Bribe Doctors to Support Obamacare
Not all the action on healthcare reform is happening in smoke filled rooms.
This week the Senate is considering its next payoff to a powerful lobbying group—a $247 billion package for the American Medical Association. The funding is not offset and would dramatically increase the deficit. Harry Reid is betting that the bill will [...]
