Bachmann’s proposed budget cuts would affect veterans | Political Agenda
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s list of $400 billion in potential federal budget cuts – designed to trim the deficit – includes a freeze of Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cuts in veterans’ disability benefits, notes the Navy Times . About $4.5 billion of the potential savings she outlines would come from proposed VA budget [...]
Opposition, business groups urge greater effort by Ottawa to solve UAE row
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Political opposition and business groups in Canada are asking the federal government to exercise more diplomatic effort to resolve Ottawa’s problem with the United Arab Emirates. The two groups warned unless the diplomatic row is resolved soon, trade between the two countries may be affected. [...]
Thursday Watercooler: The day DADT repeal was made law
The dismantling of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” started yesterday. Words fail. So here is the video of President Barack Obama [1] signing the bill that will start the undoing of DADT. [2] Republicans fought until the bitter end. I’m going to give the devil his due this morning. The GOP acts like a bulldog when [...]
Cable stripped of responsibility for BSkyB decision after declaring ‘war’ on Murdoch
– Andrew Sparrow with all today’s politics news – including David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s joint press conference – Read Andrew Sparrow’s lunchtime summary 6.08pm: What does Jeremy Hunt think about the way television is regulated in the UK? My colleague Tara Conlan has sent me some comments from a speech Hunt gave last year. [...]
With gay ban debate over, impact on military remains in doubt
WASHINGTON – The debate over gays in the military has been settled with a historic decision to allow them to serve openly, but big questions lie ahead about how and when the change will take place, how troops will accept it and whether it will hamper the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan and Iraq. President [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Signs Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Legislation
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was joined by other Democratic members and veterans activists in the Capitol for a ceremony that will send a 9/11 veterans bill to President Obama. The measure builds on the the so-called new G-I bill, extending education assistance to soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. View full [...]
GOP Senate resistance kills giant spending bill
Democrats controlling the Senate abandon a huge catchall spending measure that includes $158 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. View full post on All Stories
Obama to roll out Afghanistan review
The White House plans to publish the findings of a year-end review of the Obama administration’s Afghanistan strategy. Read more… View full post on All Stories
Wikileaks bombshell sparks diplomatic crisis
Thousands of confidential US State Department documents have been released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. Related Stories Burma releases Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest Suu Kyi demands freedom of speech Nato missile deal agreed Nato’s Afghanistan security pledge Obama hurt in basketball accident View full post on All Stories
Afghan clashes at ‘all-time high’
Violence in Afghanistan has reached an all-time high, with clashes up fourfold since 2007, the Pentagon reports to the US Congress. View full post on All Stories
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