| Both the Washington Post and New York Times chronicle President Obama's methodical, months-long decision-making process before announcing last week 30,000 additional troops that the administration hopes will beat back the Taliban in Afghanistan enough for a partial drawdown in 18 months. The Times reports Obama was something "between a college professor and a gentle cross-examiner." Throughout the 25 hours of meetings Obama had with his top advisers, the lessons of Iraq and a similar decision by a president 44 years earlier weighed heavily. It was a quick attention shift from the war to jobs and the economy for the president last week. Politco reports how a positive report on the unemployment rate is one factor complicating the administration's next move, which he plans to outline in a speech Tuesday. As the Senate continued debating health-care reform Saturday -- and will continue Sunday, including a visit from Obama -- the affordability of a sweeping new insurance mandate may emerge as the most important complication for Democrats in selling the plan to the middle class. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the crafter of the Senate Finance committee's health reform proposal who was the focal point of the entire debate on the Senate side for months, is being scrutinized for nominating his girlfriend for a U.S. attorney position. Baucus has since withdrawn the nomination of the acquaintance, former staffer Melodee Hanes. On the eve of the 68th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, James Bradley analyzes the Roosevelt who played the biggest part in American-Japanese relations pre-1941, former president Teddy Roosevelt. |
0 التعليقات:
Post a Comment