Pak Alert Press:
Press TV ReportsJohn Bolton sharply criticizes President Obama’s foreign policy.Former US envoy to the UN John Bolton says that President Obama’s policies will turn the country into a “weaker and less safe nation.” “The fact is on foreign policy I don’t think President Obama thinks itR (Read More)
CNN:
Pakistan is optimistic about the Obama administration's commitment to its region and will work with the United States on trying to root out extremism within its borders, the country's foreign minister said. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com -:
FORT BLISS, Texas -- As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Business:
President Obama is putting the finishing touches on an ambitious first budget that seeks to cut the federal deficit in half over the next four years, primarily by raising taxes on businesses and the wealthy and by slashing spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration officials said.
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CNN:
A shootout in a border city that leaves five alleged drug traffickers sprawled dead on the street and seven police wounded. A police chief and his bodyguards gunned down outside his house in another border city. Four bridges into the United States shut down by protesters who want the military out of their towns and who offi (Read More)
BBC:
US President Barack Obama says his administration will not allow "safe havens" for militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan. (Read More)
L.A. Times - National News:
Volunteers were asked to donate money. Officials are looking into whether the promoter committed financial fraud. Angela Luckey was excited about working her first inaugural ball. The Obamas were supposed to be there. Maybe the Clintons t (Read More)
Washington Post:
President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the "war on terror," as former president George W. Bush defined it, signaling to the world that the reach of the...
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: An interesting view of Obama's exec orders, if one considers the gross misinterpretation of the facts present here. And is it only me or does it seem like the Post is tooting it's own horn rather loudly in this article?
Washington Post:
President Barack Obama's promise to end the war in Iraq will be on the agenda Wednesday when the new commander in chief meets with top national security aides and senior commanders, officials said. (Read More)