WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates blamed the Taliban’s revival on a past failure to deploy enough troops to Afghanistan and said U.S. forces would not withdraw whatever the result of President Barack Obama’s strategy review.Related Posts:AFP — US has ‘limited time’ to show Afghan strategy is working: GatesWhite House: Leaving Afghanistan not an optionRobert Gates on NATO ignoring Obama, US progress in Afghanistan: two to four more years before Afghan military can take leadJohn Bolton: It’s Crunch Time for Israel on Iran — After years of failed diplomacy no one will be able to call an attack precipitousReuters: Two U.S.

But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth , and more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society… I think any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts . – Barack Obama, WBEZ Interview , 2001 Confiscating private land for the so-called public good isn’t new in socialist Venezuela, where redistributing wealth is the order of the day.

The White House made a big deal of the support it has garnered from physicians around the country. Yesterday they even held a doctors’ rally – complete with white smocks – to show support. Yet the physicians in attendance weren’t the disinterested crowd President Obama suggested – many were longtime Democrat donors. Based on the list of attendees provided to Time , it seems that the crowd was full of ringers. Here is a look at the history of political donations by some in attendance.

Does the stock market prefer one particular political party over another? According to Bloomberg’s Jon Dorfman , one popular stock market myth is that the market prefers Republicans. Photo by BL1961, courtest of flickr I had never heard of this particular myth, but I can remember witnessing behavior that supported it just prior to last year’s election.  Reporters and analysts were busy predicting that the election of then Senator Barack Obama would lead to a stock market crash .

President Barack Obama ordered federal agencies on Monday to set a goal within 90 days for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the White House said, aiming to “lead by example” in fighting climate change. The new executive order, signed by the president, mandates agencies across the federal government to “measure, manage, and reduce [...]

Health Care Reform Legislation This week Congress is continuing to make steady progress writing health reform legislation. House Democratic leaders have nearly finished negotiating the merger of three somewhat different committee versions of their bill, H.R. 3200. Their final version will go to the House floor for consideration later in October. The revised language for H.R. 3200 could be released late this week. NASW has supported this House effort, including the inclusion of the public insurance option.

Telegraph.co.uk Dalai Lama receives rights award at Capitol The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday even as President Barack Obama faced harsh criticism for delaying a meeting with the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. The Dalai Lama and Obama will not meet until …

Being Supreme Leader of the Free World is a tough job; but someone’s got to do it. Enter Barack Hussein Obama. Mmm….mmm…mm. When he’s not pushing Obamacare, bashing FOX News for linking him to ACORN and other radical associations, hiding in the closet on gay rights , what’s he doing? Why he’s busy taking heat from all sides in the Afghanistan debate. I guess you just can’t please all the people, all of the time. Or in this case, any of the people on all sides of the debate.

The more I watch the news and read current events, the more I wonder how many of us are really prepared for our fast approaching future. Is our President prepared??? This information left me with a chill: “In the midst of the 2008 presidential campaign,…Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat, made a shocking statement at a town hall in Oregon. He argues that Iran was a tiny country, not a “serious threat” to the United States, Israel, or our allies in the Middle East. “I mean, think about it,” he explained.

RICHMOND, Va. – The billionaire co-founder of Black Entertainment Television apologized Monday for pretending to stutter at a campaign event as she mimicked the Democratic candidate for governor. BET co-founder Sheila Johnson, for years a major donor to President Barack Obama, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and other Democrats, stunned Virginia political observers in July by endorsing [...]