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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 in 34 years, showing that the economy shed more than 533,000 jobs last month. But, having made this concession, Dems said they were unlikely to yield more ground. "This is a bad choice that we have to make. We should be able to use TARP money. The White House...
...Reid can do without GOP approval. Grim-faced and drawn, lawmakers Monday began parading across the Senate floor to give their views on the measure - the start of what will surely be a joyless run-up to one of the least popular votes of the year. See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...worst of all, they bring in those ringers. This season, it’s IM basketball. And the ringers: the entire 2008 Ivy League champion men’s football team...
...since retiring five years ago. One month before the Iraq War began, he testified before Congress that several hundred thousand soldiers would be needed to secure Iraq after the U.S. invasion, far more than the Administration had said were needed. He supported the military tradition of preparing for the worst, deploying more troops than might be necessary and then bringing the surplus home. He accurately predicted that ethnic tensions would trigger violence in Iraq and require significant ground forces to contain. The war ultimately required a "surge" of 30,000 additional troops beginning in January 2007, validating Shinseki's premonition...
...That killing sparked riots that spread to at least a dozen towns and cities across the country and have so far left 67 people injured, including 37 police officers. Protesters have destroyed at least 17 banks and set fire to dozens of shops and cars. It is the worst political violence in Greece in 17 years. (See pictures of the riots in Greece...