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President Barack Obama prioritized the conflict in Afghanistan soon after taking office, but he made it clear that the U.S. would scale down its ambitions there. The objective of the mission would be to defeat al-Qaeda and its supporters in the Taliban, rather than trying to turn Afghanistan into a modern, well-governed state. "We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy," the new President said. (Read "The Taliban Threat to Disrupt the Afghan Election...
...even Barack Obama can sell that to the American people...
Ever since 11-year-old Damon Weaver scooped seasoned journalists by landing an interview with Barack Obama on Aug. 13, the adorably precocious sixth-grader from Pahokee, Fla., has taken YouTube by storm. His viral fame has already landed him a scholarship offer from Georgia's Albany State University and appearances on CNN, Fox and MSNBC. The reporter for his elementary school's KEC-TV station talked to TIME about his upcoming interviews, his career plans and what he thinks of Wolf Blitzer. (See pictures of YouTube's meteoric rise...
...appears Syria is ready to return Sarkozy's favors. "Although the Americans have been slowly reaching out to Syria - especially since Barack Obama's election - Assad is aware Sarkozy was the first Western leader to truly see him as an ally and even a friend," says a French diplomat who asked not to be named. Sarkozy's trust, he adds, was especially appreciated by Damascus given the hatred former French President Jacques Chirac reserved for Assad - whom he blamed for the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister and Chirac intimate Rafiq Hariri. "There's some genuine gratitude at work right...
...network. The ensuing clamor for their release raised compelling questions. (Aside from, Al Gore has a TV network?) Is it naive to talk to totalitarian whack jobs like Kim, as Hillary Clinton argued during the 2008 campaign? Or is it counterproductive to stick our fingers in our ears, as Barack Obama replied...