President Barack Obama was accidentally elbowed in the face while playing basketball. First word of the injury came in a statement from press secretary Robert Gibbs nearly three hours after the incident. The White House did not initially name the person who caused the injury, but identified him later Friday as Rey Decerega, director...
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Calling it a “terrible decision” that undermines national security and devastates CIA morale, former Vice President Dick Cheney slammed the Obama administration’s probe of aggressive interrogation of terrorists. “It’s an outrageous political act that will do great damage, long-term, to our capacity to be able to have people take on difficult jobs, make difficult...
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Currently on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard – not all that far from “Kennedy Country” in Massachusetts, where the Kennedy family has a compound in Hyannis Port – President Barack Obama released a statement regarding the state’s esteemed Senator, Edward M. Kennedy, who died Tuesday. From Blue Heron Farm, in Chilmark, Mass., the president, who...
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WASHINGTON — Conservatives are calling it their August Revolt — a surprising upsurge of activism against President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul. Spurred on by the success of their efforts to dominate the news at Democratic town hall meetings, conservative groups are reporting increases in membership lists and are joining forces to plan...
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I’ve posted several times about how confusing a slowdown in the rate at which things get worse (the second derivative) with an actual improvement (the first derivative) has led to some ridiculous claims about economic improvement. Keith Hennessey has a similar complaint: He said this first after the 2nd quarter GDP report showed...
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