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Obama: War in Iraq to end as promised

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Barack Obama says US effort in Iraq to switch from troops to diplomats as timetable for military withdrawal is on track. In his speech yesterday he proclaimed that the seven-year conflict costing US taxpayers around $700bn and the lives of more than 4,000 American troops was coming to an end as a military operation “as [...]

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The Peace Prize Controversy

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I know, we’re not maintaining this blog much but there’s an issue that just has to be adressed: The Nobel Peace Prize that President Obama recently was awarded. He’s gotten a lot of flack over this, especially in the conservative media – he even himself stated that he doesn’t really think he deserves it. And [...]

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Day 8: Stimulus plan and Iraq withdrawal

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Declaring that “we don’t have a moment to spare,” President Obama on Wednesday pushed hard for passage of his economic stimulus plan, promising that it would be not just enormous in scope but run with a transparency and accountability not always associated with huge Washington projects. Story on NYTimes Looking beyond expected House approval of [...]

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Day 1: Off to a running start

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Obama starts his first day in office like follows: Before he even leaves home he halts the military tribunal processes at Guantánamo Bay. As soon as he gets in he phones several arab leaders, namely the leaders of Egypt (Hosni Mubarak), Israel (Ehud Olmert), Jordan (King Hussein) and the palestinian Fatah party (Mahmoud Abbas). He [...]

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