Topic: United Nations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is lobbying Congress to unblock $200 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority that was frozen due to its bid for U.N. recognition of statehood over U.S. and Israeli objections.State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday ...
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives voted early on Saturday to cut about $61 billion in government spending, setting the stage for a bruising political battle with Democrats who control the Senate and the White House.The 235-189 partisan-line vote came after a ...
US President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the House of Representatives on Wednesday targeted millions of dollars in UN funds and some overseas aid to US creditors in their latest spending-cut push.Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor put the items up to ...
"Why we should be angry about the Iraq war " First, and most importantly, we shouldn't be angry simply because the Bush administration implemented this war, and you hate the Bush administration. Secondly, we shouldn't be angry about the Iraq war due ...
Late one evening, and into the morning hours, armed rebel groups attacked villagers in the area of Kaniola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These companies have not been investigated following these revelations; instead, the Bush administration has overtly and covertly ...
In November 1992, William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States despite claiming less than 44% of the popular vote. The roadmap to foreign policy failure by the Clinton administration, which included bouts of indecision partnered with inaction or inconsistency ...
All others, the Coast Guard, Customs, FederalEmergency Management Agency and some functions of the Immigration andNaturalization Service all became subsidiaries of the New Homeland Security.According to Gus Martin?s textbook, ?Understanding Terrorism,? the purpose forconsolidation of these departments was to ?bring about central ...
You?re a Washington Post reader and you think he?s liberal. Thank goodness for a smart man like Glenn Beck who can readbetween the lines and make sense of some of this. Oh, I think Beck had DickMorris on once or twice, but ...
One of the great indication of the scope of the beast: Lehmanin collapse had a greater impact on international cash as there is no 9/11. The world Is Round, once Men Timberland Custom Boots again: CFR Brad Setzer illustrates why the world's ...
America was founded as a country where no citizen would ever have to submit to the will of a king, or any other brand of despot. President Barack Obama's administration is now submitting its own special selection of domestic policies and laws ...
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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 66th United Nations General ...2011-09-23
