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...fact did attempt, albeit unsuccessfully, to raise cash for the embattled governor even as he was making his interest in the potential appointment known, though he maintained there was nothing improper about his actions. "I welcome the opportunity to go before any and all investigative bodies," he told reporters Tuesday...
...this latest flap, aren't exactly rising to his defense. Even top state Democrats - including House Speaker Michael Madigan and his daughter, Attorney General Lisa Madigan - are asking for a criminal perjury investigation by the State's Attorney for Sangamon County, which covers the capital where Burris testified. Late Tuesday, after the elder Madigan turned over reports and officially referred the case to State's Attorney John Schmidt, Schmidt's office released a statement saying "the matter is under review by this office...
Afghanistan became President Obama's war on Tuesday, when he ordered two more U.S. combat brigades into the fight. He will send 17,000 combat troops to join the 36,000-strong U.S. force already in the theater. The fact that the units now ordered to Afghanistan had originally been slated for Iraq underscores the new Administration's shift in priorities...
...point in the future But sending any additional troops to Afghanistan would require reducing U.S. troop levels in Iraq, and Obama has ordered a review of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan before committing to further reinforcements. Defense Secretary Robert Gates explained last week that the units ordered to Afghanistan on Tuesday had to be given their marching orders before the Administration's strategy review could be completed because of the pressing need for reinforcements...
...word - and video - of the embarrassing incident got out, Nakagawa also stole positive attention away from this week's historic visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Japan. Nakagawa's press conference Tuesday nearly coincided with the briefing that announced the invitation that Clinton extended to Aso to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House under President Barack Obama's administration. "The opposition party is looking to make an opportunity out of this big mistake," says Credit Suisse chief economist Hiromichi Shirakawa. Shirakawa says that if there were economic implications of Nakagawa's resignation, they...