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Both Zardari and Kayani will seek from Holbrooke an assurance that the U.S. will pressure India to resolve Kashmir. But Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to play ball. India is intractably opposed to any outside mediation on Kashmir, and lobbied successfully to have the matter removed from Holbrooke...
Unfortunately, the current plans contain few reforms, and there's just enough lard to provide grist for refuseniks. Criticism of the stimulus measure, along with the withdrawal of two Obama appointees who have had tax problems, has put the White House on the defensive. On Feb. 3, Obama summoned network...
Agreement by both Hamas and Israel to stage a daily cease-fire is both a measure of just how serious the humanitarian crisis has become and a small reason for hope that an enduring truce may be possible soon. The agreement coincided with a peace initiative announced on Tuesday night...
Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have long wanted to see the money come from the $700 billion bank bailout fund, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, and have argued against taking money from the modernization fund. Pelosi relented only after Friday's job report - the worst...
Until three years ago, the UAW's bargaining strategy was driven by a "no-concession" policy, though it did limit wage demands in exchange for richer pension and health-care benefits. Over the last three years, however, the union has reluctantly rewritten contracts with Ford, General Motors and Chrysler LLC...