Articles tagged with: President Obama
The Health Care Debate Rages On
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Most Democrats realize all-too-well how much “political capital” was expended by the Obama Administration in getting health care reforms through Congress. During the year or so that was dedicated almost exclusively to fighting with Republicans (and each other) over the each and every provision, the Administration had little time or energy to tackle other items …
Obama Charts the Right Course for Nuclear Energy
As a child growing up in the 1950′s and 1960′s I was well aware of the peaceful, and not-so-peaceful, uses of atomic energy. The reason for this was my father’s job as a nuclear engineer, and his life-long advocacy for nuclear power as an unlimited source of energy for America’s growing economy. Long before the “green” movement, that we hear …
HAS McCRYSTAL HEARD OF CHAIN OF COMMAND?
On October first I alluded to my shock that General Stanley McChrystal appeared on 60 Minutes and postured about the future direction of the U.S. in Afghanistan. Having worked for a government agency for a number of years, I am well-aware of the importance of following “the chain of command.” Watching McChrystal on 60 Minutes I had two thoughts. One …
America Must Pursue Peaceful Solutions
The number two man in al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, has released yet another audio tape in which he blasted the West and several non-aligned, Middle Eastern nations for a multitude of perceived transgressions against the “Muslim World“. It should come as no surprise that his greatest dose of venom was aimed against Israel‘s Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently met with President Obama concerning settlements in the West …
FROM PITTSBURGH: ROLLING UPDATES ON THE G-20
It is mid-morning on this first day of the G-20 Summit, but so far so good. Greenpeace had people rappelling from a bridge in Pittsburgh yesterday. They dangled above a river with a banner that read “Danger: Climate Destruction Ahead; Reduce CO2 Emissions Now.” After two hours, the police successfully talked them into coming up. Greenpeace did so peacefully and 14 …
