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President Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. plans to remove all troops from Afghanistan by 2016, starting with reducing the troop presence in the country to just 9,800 and an end to the U.S. combat mission at the close of 2014.The move will mark the first time in Mr. Obama s presidency that the U.S. has not had an active combat mission in a foreign country. Obama on Afghanistan: The U.S. did not seek this fight 02:50 We have now been in Afghanistan longer than many Americans expected but make no mistake: thanks to the skill an stanley france d sacrifice of our troops, diplomats and intelligence professionals we have stru stanley quencher ck significant blows against al Qaeda s leadership, we have eliminated Osama bin Laden and we ve prevented Afghanistan from being used to launch attacks against our homeland, the president said. The U.S. will leave 9,800 troops in the country in 2015 with two narrow missions, according to the White House: continue supporting Afghan forces, who took the lead ins securing the country last year, and continuing to support counter terro stanley cup rism operations against the remnants of al Qaeda.The number of forces will be reduced by about half by the end of 2015, the administration says, and by the end of 2016 will eventually consist of a normal embassy Efxc Prince Philip Rules Out Lapel Pins
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing, Jamie English and Sean Sharifi of the CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Tuesday s Headlines* Cheney Day * PA: Specter and Toomey Fight It Out * In Colorado It Takes More Than a Name * Bush-Cheney 04 Hits The Road* Convention Changes=Higher Ratings Cheney: The M stanley mug an of the Hour: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday over whether Vice President Dick Cheney and the White House can be compelled to release record stanley cup nz s of the administration s energy policy meetings three years ago. The AP reports that The White House is framing the case as a major test stanley isolierkanne of executive power, arguing that the forced disclosure of confidential records intrudes on a president s power to get truthful advice. Critics have argued that the administration s fight to keep the meetings secret is part of a pattern of giving handouts to corporate interests behind closed doors. Meantime, Cheney went to Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., on Monday to take a few jabs at John Kerry on national security issues. This is the same college where Winston Churchill made his famous Iron Curtain speech in the aftermath of WWII. The Boston Globe reports Cheney delivered his remarks in typically understated style, reading in a monotone voice from a prepared text. Only a few of his accusations were new -- that, for example, Kerry had voted in 1984 against certain weapons
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An Iowa poll, long considered the most credible in the state and closely watched by political campaigns, will not be released Saturday night as pla stanley drinking cup nned. The poll fromthe Des Moines Register, CNN and Selzer Cowas set to be one of the final Iowa polls ahead of the state s caucus on Monday. Today, a respondent raised an issue with the way the survey was administered, which could have compromised the results of the poll. It appears a candidate s name was omitted in at least one interview in which the respondent was asked to name their preferred candidate, Des Moines Register executive editor Carol Huntersaid in a statement.Hunter said the incident appears to be isolated to just one surveyor but could not confirm with certainty and therefore the partners made the difficult decision to not to move forward with releasing the Iowa poll. The New York Times first reportedthe poll was being pulled minutes before the results were scheduled to be announced. The Tim stanley cups uk es reported it was Buttigieg s name that was left off.Lis Smith, a senior adviser to Pete Buttigieg s campaign, confirmed Saturday night on Twitter that the campaign had received a report from a recipient of the poll that not every candidate was named. The campaign shared this information with t stanley cup he organizers of the poll, who she said conducted an internal investigation and determined not to release it. We applaud CNN and the Des Moines Register for their integrity, Smith Skxc Census A Test For Dubya
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Sunday suggested that President Bush use an FDR-style presentation to update people on progress in the war in Iraq.Sen. John Warner, R-Va., recalled that during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt often went on the radio in fireside chats to explain to the nation in detail the conduct of the war in Europe and Asia. I think stanley flask it would be to Bush s advantage, said Warner, who served in the Navy during the war. It would bring him closer to the people, dispel some of this concern that understandably our people have, about the loss of life and limb, the enormous cost of this war to the American public, he said.Bush plans a speech Wednesday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on the fight against terrorism. The Senate v stanley cup oted 79-19 on Nov. 15 to urge the Bush administration to explain publicly its strategy for success in Iraq and to provide quarterly reports on policy and military operations. A call for a plan to set a phased withdrawal of troops, which Bush opposes, was dropped from the nonbinding resolution when Republicans and some Democrats objected.In an appearance Sunday on NBC s Meet the Press, Warner reiterated his opposition to a t stanley cup becher imetable for troop withdrawal. He sharply disagreed with Delaware Sen. Joe Biden s assertion that the military cannot maintain its baseline troop levels past next year, citing assurances from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs
An Iowa poll, long considered the most credible in the state and closely watched by political campaigns, will not be released Saturday night as pla stanley drinking cup nned. The poll fromthe Des Moines Register, CNN and Selzer Cowas set to be one of the final Iowa polls ahead of the state s caucus on Monday. Today, a respondent raised an issue with the way the survey was administered, which could have compromised the results of the poll. It appears a candidate s name was omitted in at least one interview in which the respondent was asked to name their preferred candidate, Des Moines Register executive editor Carol Huntersaid in a statement.Hunter said the incident appears to be isolated to just one surveyor but could not confirm with certainty and therefore the partners made the difficult decision to not to move forward with releasing the Iowa poll. The New York Times first reportedthe poll was being pulled minutes before the results were scheduled to be announced. The Tim stanley cups uk es reported it was Buttigieg s name that was left off.Lis Smith, a senior adviser to Pete Buttigieg s campaign, confirmed Saturday night on Twitter that the campaign had received a report from a recipient of the poll that not every candidate was named. The campaign shared this information with t stanley cup he organizers of the poll, who she said conducted an internal investigation and determined not to release it. We applaud CNN and the Des Moines Register for their integrity, Smith Skxc Census A Test For Dubya
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Sunday suggested that President Bush use an FDR-style presentation to update people on progress in the war in Iraq.Sen. John Warner, R-Va., recalled that during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt often went on the radio in fireside chats to explain to the nation in detail the conduct of the war in Europe and Asia. I think stanley flask it would be to Bush s advantage, said Warner, who served in the Navy during the war. It would bring him closer to the people, dispel some of this concern that understandably our people have, about the loss of life and limb, the enormous cost of this war to the American public, he said.Bush plans a speech Wednesday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on the fight against terrorism. The Senate v stanley cup oted 79-19 on Nov. 15 to urge the Bush administration to explain publicly its strategy for success in Iraq and to provide quarterly reports on policy and military operations. A call for a plan to set a phased withdrawal of troops, which Bush opposes, was dropped from the nonbinding resolution when Republicans and some Democrats objected.In an appearance Sunday on NBC s Meet the Press, Warner reiterated his opposition to a t stanley cup becher imetable for troop withdrawal. He sharply disagreed with Delaware Sen. Joe Biden s assertion that the military cannot maintain its baseline troop levels past next year, citing assurances from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs
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LONDON -- Schoolgirls in east London greeted U.S. first lady Michelle Obama with song, interpretive dance and squeals of joy Tuesday as s stanley quencher he traveled to the British capital to promote education for girls.Girls in maroon uniforms waved American flags to warmly welcome Obama at the Mulberry School for Girls to promote the Let Girls Learn initiative, launched in March. Visibly moved, she told the girls - many of whom come from working-class backgrounds - that she understood the struggles they faced and that she wanted them to succeed.Michelle Obama tells Oberlin grads to seek out contentious issues The world needs more girls like you growing up to lead our parliaments and our board rooms and our courtrooms and our universities, she said. We need you. Mrs. Obama s visit highlights that education for girls is but a distant dream in much of the world. She cited unaffordable school fees, early and forced marriages and pregnancies, and also societal beliefs that girls are simply less worthy as just some of the factors holding girls back.Mrs. Obama has urged world leaders to throw the school gates open to girls everywhere, arguing that it is a heartbreaking injustice to have 62 million girls out of school. She appealed for action, declaring that it is a stanley quencher securit stanley tumbler y, economic and health issue.Michelle Obama: First lady and magazine editor Every time I meet these girls on my travels abroad, I am blown away by their passion, intelligence and hung Kdxr Timeline: American attempts to deter North Korea s nuclear program
Rep. Mark Kirk R-Ill. raised $ stanley mug 616,612 in the second quarter, continuing to tally impressive fundraising numbers in preparation for a tough race in 2008.He now has over $1.1 million cash-on-hand. Kirk was the top Republican fundraiser for the first quarter, and Republican sources expect him to remain on top -- or very close to it -- this quarter as well. I am humbled by the overwhelming support that the residents of the 10th Congressional District have shown for the work we are doing, Kirk said in a statement. From every community in the district, people have responded to our successful legislative agenda in Congress. The race in the Chicago suburbs is shaping up to be stanley mug a costly one. Democrats are fielding two candidates -- 2006 nominee Dan Seals and former Clinton aide Jay Footlik -- in what is shaping up to be a closely contested primary. Immediately after kicking off his campaign, Footlik released a fundraising letter from prominent Jewish philanthropists and fundraisers touting his candidacy. Seals, meanwhile, has a solid b stanley water bottle ase of support from his near-miss last year against Kirk. Raising millions of dollars is a necessity in a district that spans the Chicago media market ndash; one of the most expensive in the country. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c847e0f2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c847e0f2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inl
LONDON -- Schoolgirls in east London greeted U.S. first lady Michelle Obama with song, interpretive dance and squeals of joy Tuesday as s stanley quencher he traveled to the British capital to promote education for girls.Girls in maroon uniforms waved American flags to warmly welcome Obama at the Mulberry School for Girls to promote the Let Girls Learn initiative, launched in March. Visibly moved, she told the girls - many of whom come from working-class backgrounds - that she understood the struggles they faced and that she wanted them to succeed.Michelle Obama tells Oberlin grads to seek out contentious issues The world needs more girls like you growing up to lead our parliaments and our board rooms and our courtrooms and our universities, she said. We need you. Mrs. Obama s visit highlights that education for girls is but a distant dream in much of the world. She cited unaffordable school fees, early and forced marriages and pregnancies, and also societal beliefs that girls are simply less worthy as just some of the factors holding girls back.Mrs. Obama has urged world leaders to throw the school gates open to girls everywhere, arguing that it is a heartbreaking injustice to have 62 million girls out of school. She appealed for action, declaring that it is a stanley quencher securit stanley tumbler y, economic and health issue.Michelle Obama: First lady and magazine editor Every time I meet these girls on my travels abroad, I am blown away by their passion, intelligence and hung Kdxr Timeline: American attempts to deter North Korea s nuclear program
Rep. Mark Kirk R-Ill. raised $ stanley mug 616,612 in the second quarter, continuing to tally impressive fundraising numbers in preparation for a tough race in 2008.He now has over $1.1 million cash-on-hand. Kirk was the top Republican fundraiser for the first quarter, and Republican sources expect him to remain on top -- or very close to it -- this quarter as well. I am humbled by the overwhelming support that the residents of the 10th Congressional District have shown for the work we are doing, Kirk said in a statement. From every community in the district, people have responded to our successful legislative agenda in Congress. The race in the Chicago suburbs is shaping up to be stanley mug a costly one. Democrats are fielding two candidates -- 2006 nominee Dan Seals and former Clinton aide Jay Footlik -- in what is shaping up to be a closely contested primary. Immediately after kicking off his campaign, Footlik released a fundraising letter from prominent Jewish philanthropists and fundraisers touting his candidacy. Seals, meanwhile, has a solid b stanley water bottle ase of support from his near-miss last year against Kirk. Raising millions of dollars is a necessity in a district that spans the Chicago media market ndash; one of the most expensive in the country. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c847e0f2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c847e0f2-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inl