More than 4,000 marines and 600 Afghan soldiers backed by helicopters and jets stormed Taliban-held districts to drive out the militant fighters.
Commanders hope the offensive by thousands of newly arrived troops will be a turning point in the eight-year-battle against a stubborn Taliban-led insurgency.
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Obama: Troop pullout from Iraqi towns a milestone
Posted by srepen 1 day 2 hours 8 minutes ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
President Barack Obama on Tuesday lauded the pullout of U.S. forces from towns and cities in Iraq as an important step toward a full U.S. troop withdrawal by 2012, but warned of "difficult days" ahead.
xpostfactoid: Obama's modest and ambitious agenda
Posted by Asp 195 days ago (http://xpostfactoid.blogspot.com)
In an interview with Time, Obama lays out a two-year agenda that's both staggeringly ambitious and refreshingly modest. Modest, because many of the benchmarks bespeak new beginnings, tangible and positive changes of approach, rather than completely transformed institutions...The goals are huge, but the approach is incremental.
A new Marist College poll released today of registered voters found that a whopping 83% said that president elect Barack Obama is doing either about or better than expected. The poll also found that voters think Obama will move the country in the right direction, and they approve of his choice of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State.
Barack the Magic Negro
Posted by BradenJett 172 days ago (http://phazeimage.com)
Once you think you've finished your feature article, go back and cut out at least one-third of it.If you're writing books, a blog is even more important.Writing is something that everyone can enjoy! Writing is...
xpostfactoid: The Great Risk Shift-back: Hacker exhorts Obama
Posted by Asp 190 days ago (http://xpostfactoid.blogspot.com)
Jacob S. Hacker, the economist who best described the erosion of economic security for the middle class over the past thirty years in The Great Risk Shift, makes a tightly argued case (in tnr.com) that an all-out push toward universal health insurance is at once the best short-term stimulus and the best long-term investment Obama can make right now.
Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is set to appoint former state attorney general Roland Burris to the Senate seat of president elect Barack Obama. Although Senate Democrats have vowed not to seat any Blago appointee, there appears to be little that they can legally do to not seat Burris.
Obama: We Must Act Quickly and Boldly On the Economy | Politicususa
Posted by jmeasley 180 days ago (http://www.politicususa.com)
n his weekly radio address president elect Barack Obama urged the quick passage of his stimulus package titled the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. Obama argued that without immediate action the economy could slip even deeper into recession.
The Kennedy Double Standard | Politicususa
Posted by jmeasley 180 days ago (http://www.politicususa.com)
It seems that everyone has a bone to pick with the possibility of Caroline Kennedy replacing Hillary Clinton as the junior senator in New York. Oddly enough many of the criticisms being leveled against Kennedy could have been used against Clinton when she moved to the state, but weren’t.
Obama Looking to Exploit Fractures in the GOP | Politicususa
Posted by jmeasley 180 days ago (http://www.politicususa.com)
The leadership vacuum in the Republican Party is providing president elect Obama with a unique opportunity. On Monday he is holding a bi-partisan meeting with the congressional leadership, while later in that same week Republican leaders will hold a meeting without the RNC. Could Obama become a force in both parties?