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...grew up in, wrote "Poland," crossed it out and then wrote "Austria." These are countries that don't even border each other. I come from stupid people. You know how I know that? Because I had to look up whether those countries border each other. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
President Barack Obama announced $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees for the construction of two nuclear reactors at a plant in Georgia. It is the first new nuclear project to be green-lighted in the U.S. since the 1980s. Once online, sometime in 2017, the reactors will generate power for 1.4 million people. While most hailed the move--the White House said the reactors will prevent the emission of 16 million tons of carbon dioxide each year--critics say safety standards for storing the plant's radioactive waste need to be improved...
...Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Qatar on Feb. 15. It was the Obama Administration's bluntest statement yet against Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which many now believe to be the nation's true power center. Her comments came as the U.S. continues to push for new U.N. sanctions against Tehran, which recently announced it would enrich uranium to higher levels, reinforcing suspicions that it intends to produce nuclear weapons. To prevent such an outcome, Clinton said, the U.S. is focused on both "engagement and political pressure...
Both the Marjah offensive and the capture of Baradar are blows to the Taliban. In Marjah, dozens of Taliban fighters stayed to slug it out after seeding roads and fields with explosive devices, but most fled the area ahead of the long-trumpeted U.S.-led offensive. The Obama Administration has described the operation as a critical step toward lasting stability, but there's a high risk that the Taliban will melt back into Marjah once the NATO juggernaut pulls out and the area is turned over to Afghan administrators and security forces. Holding this ground will be the first true...
President Barack Obama has appointed two Harvard alumni as members of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to devise ways to balance the federal budget...