E.J. Dionne, The New RepublicWASHINGTON -- President Obama has bought himself some time on Afghanistan and lived up to his promise to seek policies that fit into no one's philosophical pigeonholes. He has also split his own party, diminished the enthusiasm of his natural allies, yet earned himself no lasting credit with his domestic adversaries.By these […]
Karl Rove, Wall Street JournalPresident Barack Obama's speech on Tuesday night deserves to be cheered. Over the objections of his vice president and despite opposition from his political base, the president is sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to fight terrorists.But praise for Mr. Obama's decision needs to be qualified. Gen. Stanl […]
Michael Graham, Boston HrldWe may live in the only state in America where President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy makes sense.Across the country, citizens are trying to grasp what our president was trying to tell us Tuesday night. On the one hand, sending 30,000 more troops is “in our vital national interest” because “what’s at s […]
Kim Barker, Foreign AffairsIn his inauguration speech, Afghan President Hamid Karzai stressed the importance of the country's fight against corruption and spoke of his commitment to ending "the culture of impunity and violations of law." Afghans, however, reacted warily: they are waiting to see action, which has been in short supply in Afghani […]
Robert Samuelson, NewsweekWASHINGTON -- You have to be mighty isolated not to know someone who has been laid off, was forced into early retirement or -- just entering the labor market -- can't find a job. Unemployment of 10.2 percent is still below the post-World War II peak of 10.8 percent of late 1982, but by other measures, the job situation is the w […]
David Weidner, Wall St. JournalMichaele and Tareq Salahi shocked the nation last week, when they illustrated how alarmingly easy it may be to gate-crash the President's home, but as small business owners they also accomplished something else few have been able to do: get attention from the White House.View Full ImageJob seekers line up at a Little Rock […]
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Jeffrey Sachs, The GuardianWe can only marvel at the disarray. Here we are, 17 years after the signing of the UN framework convention on climate change, two years after the decision in Bali to agree a new climate policy, one year after Barack Obama's election, and days out from the Copenhagen conference. Yet a real global strategy to avoid catastrophe r […]
Mort Kondracke, Roll CallPresident Barack Obama has so loaded up the policy circuits this month that you'd expect a government-wide blackout any minute.Still, in spite of declining approval ratings for him and most of his policies, he's decided to forge ahead - on Afghanistan, health care, jobs, climate change and deficit reduction. Give him credit […]
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