Boehner invitation to Netanyahu defies Obama
Netanyahu stands to gain politically at home from the US visit. He is in a tough fight to win reelection in Israels upcoming March vote. Netanyahus Likud party is running behind the main opposition group headed by Yitzhak Herzogs Labor Party, which.
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And that very same editorial board, which was so unconcerned about specifics during the 2014 campaign and the FY 2016 budget, is now demanding that Mayor Rahm Emanuel get specific and ���tell us the whole truth��� about how hell keep the citys finances on an even keel. Care to. She hits Chuy (deservedly) for his ���ferry dust��� promises and lauds Rahm for making tough choices, but then says she didnt vote for Rahm because of his arrogance. Then who did she��.
Shovel ready: Team Obama sees Islamist threat as jobs problem
[WaPo: ���Shiite militias backed by Iran are increasingly taking the lead in Iraqs fight against the Islamic State, threatening to undermine U.S. strategies intended to bolster the central government, rebuild the Iraqi army and promote reconciliation.
Asian Cup: Iran ousted by Iraq in PK thriller; UAE knocks out Japan
United Arab Emirates knocked out defending champion Japan and Iraq outlasted a short-handed Iran in penalty shootouts to end thrilling Asian Cup quarterfinals on Friday. Japan star Shinji Kagawa hit the left upright with his spot kick, allowing UAE.
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: December 21, 2011
Why, for example, has a 12% reduction in US demand and weak economies elsewhere in the OECD not translated to much cheaper oil prices? Why did oil not. White House Faces Tough Choice On Iran Sanctions. Let Iran off. The cut in gas supply to Faisalabad was causing one billion rupees loss daily to the economy and $3 billion annual loss to exporting sector... And on June 8, mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti was quoted in the Star using the phrase.
Obama: The Chamberlain of Our Time?
Irans actions threaten the Sunni states of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Gulf states, all of whom fear that an emerging alliance of the U.S. with Iran poses a great threat to their own national interest. Writing in the Lebanese paper The Daily.
Our pets have lives beyond the one with us
We couldnt figure it out. Many nights a week ��� sometimes at midnight, sometimes 2 or 4 a.m. ��� our border collie, Sally, who slept all night in our bed with us, suddenly erupted into explosive barking. Since she slept with her head on our pillow, her.
Obama Presents False Choice on Iran Nuclear Deal
27, 2013, President Barack Obama issued a historic announcement about the U.S.-Iran relationship. For the first time in more than 30 years, a United States president had just chatted, via phone, with an Iranian president. The conversation, Obama said, .
US demands tough choices from Iran
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The United States and Iran inched closer to a political deal that would set the stage for a landmark nuclear agreement but a U.S. official warned Monday that Iran must make tough choices to allay fears about its atomic ambitions.
Obamas Treason Is the New Patriotism | FrontPage Magazine
When Republicans complained that Obama refused to talk about Islamic terrorism, he accused them of playing into the hands of ISIS by demanding that he identify the enemy were fighting. When they spoke out against. Biden, Kerry and Hagel, Obamas VP, the Secretary of State and the former Secretary of Defense, all appeared at American-Iranian Council events, a group whose founder stated that he is ���the Iranian lobby in the United States.��� Treason doesnt get��.
Her decision, their life
Everything seemed bound up in that choice.. If she could no longer handle the physical demands of long shifts on the chemo and bone-marrow transplant unit, she would study for a nursing doctorate and another job at the hospital.. He was a ninth.
Daily Kickoff: OpEd ��� Young US Jew Explains Why He.
In the end, it is hard to spin how many centrifuges are spinning ��� or whether Irans nuclear laboratories have been opened up. ���I cant think of a harder deal to be negotiating in public,��� one senior Obama administration official��.
US, Iran end latest nuclear talks with deal in the balance
MUSCAT: A hard-fought nuclear deal hung in the balance as Iran and the United States ended talks Monday in Oman, with signs the haggling would continue right up until a Nov. 24 deadline. Over the past two days U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and .
Iran War Weekly - June 24, 2012 | War Is A Crime.org
As indicated in the articles linked below, the United States is not willing to concede Irans opening demand, that it be acknowledged that Iran has the right, under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to enrich uranium. Is this simply a wise-or-unwise. It is hard to see the Obama we know putting much daylight between his domestic political calculations and the steps that the US might take to resolve the US/Israel-Iran standoff peacefully. It is increasingly clear that ��� via��.
Obamas Belated Syria Hard Line - The Daily Beast
Obama finally demands the ouster of Syrias Bashar al-Assad���and it will help bring regime change, says Martin Indyk.. Assad, by contrast, had been an ally and partner of Americas would-be nemesis, Irans Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Assad. No one is calling for military intervention in Syria, and therefore the measures that Obama has now announced���blocking regime assets and banning U.S. imports of Syrian oil���look tough in that context, especially if they are��.
Midday open thread: Nuclear talks with Iran. - Daily Kos
The long and convoluted negotiations over Irans nuclear programme adjourned on Wednesday amid talk of continuing progress towards a comprehensive deal but of tough political decisions still to be made. [.. Zarifs American counterpart, the US secretary of state, John Kerry, emerged from their ten hours of talks in Montreux, Switzerland, with more of a focus on the half of the glass still empty, warning: ���There are still significant gaps and important choices that need��.
Obama Opposes Further Extensions of Iran Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON���President Barack Obama said on Monday that the U.S. wont approve another extension of Iran nuclear talks if negotiations remain at a substantive impasse this spring, telegraphing a decision designed to ratchet up pressure on Tehran to.
Rick Santorum: Id Bomb Iran (Video) - The Daily Beast
Surging candidate talks tough.. the heat on Iran. Ex-Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who is nipping at the heels of Mitt Romney in the latest polls, said on Fox News Sunday that hed bomb Irans nuclear facilities if the regime didnt bow to his demands. Accusing President. Michele Bachmann also talked tough on Iran on the same program, charging Ron Paul with being too soft on foreign policy and touting her experience on the House Intelligence Committee.
Havana talks will start thaw of US-Cuba relations
Cubans are nervous about possible changes to the Cuban Adjustment Act but are mostly excited about the meetings and potential for improvements to their daily lives, he said. Its returned hope to the people, C��rdenas said. They dont understand all.
The fires that Hassan Rouhani needs to douse
As you forge ahead, trying to coax the Supreme Leader into a nuclear accord apt to transform US-Iran relations, you are constantly mindful of how his hardline advisers blundered in their pursuit of regional dominance. Not even the Americans under Dick .
Knot so classified
Laugh or fret at its often inane claims and demands all you will (and most of us have), but the humble matrimonial listing wont be leaving soon. Not least in India,. Its hard to pinpoint when the great Indian matrimonial ad was born.. Parsis in.
Is Gingrichs Hard Line on Palestine Paid for by Sheldon.
The linkage between campaign contributions and compromised candidates has grown so familiar that it no longer shocks, and indeed rarely even interests, most of us. But in the.. ���Surely then, if Israel did eliminate the Iranian nuclear scientist,��� a Klein press release argued, ���President Obama should be privately congratulating Israel, not demanding explanations.��� It would seem, said... Paul Feig on Lady Ghostbusters Haters: It Was Like Taking A Sh-t on Star Wars.
A Centrist Gets Fighting Mad - The Daily Beast
Looking to both sides for the best ideas, Middle America is demanding fiscal responsibility from a smaller, smarter government���one that does not stand in the way of people creating their own opportunities, one that ensures... As the old Churchillian axiom tells us ���jaw-jaw is better than war-war,��� but for Syrian rebels the Obama administration, despite protestations, has seemed keener on negotiating with Assad rather than fighting him or shaping the military��.
Egyptian Protests Mirror 1979 Revolution in Iran - The Daily.
The Egyptian protests bear an uncanny resemblance to the 1979 Iranian revolution, but historian Geoffrey Wawro urges the U.S. to learn the lessons of supporting a dictator���or risk losing Egypt to the Muslim Brotherhood.. An accused Taliban fighter held for more than 13 years in Guantanamo Bay is demanding his release, saying that since President Obama has declared the war in Afghanistan is over, there are no longer any legal grounds to hold him. Its believed��.
The 14 Biggest Freaks of the Idol Auditions - The Daily Beast
But if an agreement between the United States and Iran became the basis for a U.N. Security Council resolution featuring sanctions relief, as suggested by former Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith, it could immediately impose legally binding.. Clinton will have to make tough spending choices and should support an updated Simpson-Bowles plan that cuts spending in a balanced way, reforms our outdated tax code, and makes necessary entitlement reforms.
Nuclear talks
Such a compromise would fall well short of the maximalist demands of Iranian hardliners, including the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who continue to believe that Iran should have a nuclear-weapons option, if not the bomb itself. It would also.
4 Questions for Benjamin Netanyahu ��� Forward Thinking.
. Iran threatens American interests. But we cant convincingly argue that this threat is so dire that it warrants military action unless Iran attacks the U.S. or there is conclusive proof that it is on the verge of having nuclear weapons.. While we generally do not seek to edit or actively moderate comments, our spam filter prevents most links and certain key words from being posted and The Jewish Daily Forward reserves the right to remove comments for any reason. Close��.
US, Iran hopeful on speeding up nuclear negotiations
GENEVA: The United States and Iran expressed hope that nuclear talks could be accelerated in order to meet a March target for a framework agreement, as the countries top diplomats met Wednesday ahead of a resumption of full negotiations.. The.
On Iran, Arabs deeply mistrust Obama �� Why Israel?
This has alarmed the Gulf states ��� and now Israel ��� who fear that a lifting of sanctions on Iran and a rapprochement with the U.S. would facilitate Iranian expansionism. The Arab. While many in the region might accept Obamas choice to avert war with Iran by agreeing a nuclear deal, they see nothing reassuring in Americas vision of the aftermath.. Much tougher will be leaving in place a stable regional order.. Michael Young is opinion editor of THE DAILY STAR.
The ���Shale Revolution��� and ���Energy Independence������Myths.
That is reducing U.S. demand for imported oil���in 2005, imports amounted to 60 percent of U.S. liquid fuel demand; by 2011, this figure had dropped to 45 percent; preliminary data for 2013 suggest it may now be down to 35 percent. What Revolution? This is all.. ���We havent yet seen the kind of realism on the Iranian side that we need to see or seen them make some of the tough choices were going to have to see,��� the official said. ���Were at a critical moment��� in the��.
Why Some Women Dont Want Kids, Childless by Choice.
While we know that 1.9 million American women ages 40 to 44 were childless in 2008, its tough to quantify the number of childfree, Scott points out, since most studies dont distinguish between being childless by choice and��.
Good Question: How Many American Hostages Are There?
Its hard to know exactly how many hostages exist and who might be holding them because the U.S. government and families work hard making sure that information is private. In Muellers case, her family asked she not be named publicly for her own safety.