Political Punch:
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer has been using the White House blog to make points about specific issues concerning the Obama White House. (Read More)
feeds.latimes.com:
The East Room only seats 140 guests.So President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are hosting their first State Dinner on the White House lawn, under a tent, a move borrowed by the Clinton White House that allows the guest list to expand to 320.Even so, tickets for the State Dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmoh (Read More)
Daily Kos:
A little over two weeks ago, basing their story on unnamed sources, McClatchy's Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef reported that the White House was nearing a decision to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan in response to General Stanley McChrystal's strategic assessment [pdf] of the situation there. S (Read More)
The Washington Independent:
McClatchy reports that, after weeks of deliberation, President Obama has settled on the number of additional troops he plans to send to Afghanistan.President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he’s calle (Read More)
New York Times:
At their first State Dinner, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, made sure to infuse the glittering gala with distinctive touches.
. (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Rahm Emanuel apparently gave as homework to all White House Senior staffers Ron Brownstein's Saturday blog post in the Atlantic, in which Brownstein thumbs his nose a bit a "Democratic liberals" and touts how much of the Baucus plan got into Reid's bill. Both the Senate bill's priority on controlling long-term health care (Read More)
New York Times:
At their first State Dinner, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, made sure to infuse the glittering gala with distinctive touches.
. (Read More)
GretaWire:
(by the way, I am surprised Oprah is not on the list...her best friend Gayle King is ???)Subject: EXPECTED ATTENDEES AT TONIGHT'S STATE DINNERTHE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary_______________________________________________________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 24, 2009Below is a lis (Read More)
feeds.latimes.com:
President Obama is set to grant a blanket pardon here shortly to this year's White House turkey (No, not him, the genuine fowl). But while Obama advised his cabinet Monday to take a little time off this week, presumably to give thanks and watch Detroit lose to Green Bay again, there's a real challenge for the 44th preside (Read More)
CNN:
President Obama has been leapfrogging over his own timelines for a decision on troop levels and and exit strategy for months. Surely it began when he entered office. To his credit he has developed the criteria he needs to see exhibited in any plan that is viable. He has asked for a lot of opinions and when you do that, you (Read More)
New York Times:
President Obama said on Tuesday that he will tell the American people about “a comprehensive strategy” in an address next week.
. (Read More)
USATODAY.com - On Deadline:
President Obama says that he believes the American public will be "extremely supportive" of his plans for waging the Afghan war when he announces shortly the "clear rationale" for completing the mission there.
. (Read More)
Political Punch:
President Obama Tuesday said that he would be “shortly” telling the American people how he intends to proceed in Afghanistan and Pakistan, arguing that during the Bush administration the US did not have “either the resources or the strategy to get the job done” but it is his “intention to finish the job.”. (Read More)
MSNBC:
From NBC's Athena JonesAfter weeks of high-level meetings to review his administration's strategy in Afghanistan, President Obama said he would announce his troop decision soon and declared his intention to finish a job that began more than eight years ago.The main goal in the region remains the same: to destroy and dismant (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns:
In my set, I am known as the guy who always had some reservations about Barack Obama. Sure, I supported him in the primaries against Hillary Clinton and I voted for him, with both glee and enthusiasm, especially after John McCain uttered the most shocking words in American politics -- "Sarah Palin." But I had such qualms ab (Read More)