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After reports surfaced this week that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been killed in a recent air strike, the stanley cup Taliban confirmed that Omar had actually been dead for roughly two years.The news that they d kept his death secret for as long as they did, CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate said Friday, was remarkable...in part because Mullah Omar has been seen not only as the leader of the Taliban, but perhaps as the leader of this broader global movement of jihadis. Taliban leader Mullah Omar reported dead 01:50 To have a leader of that capacity...dead for two years is quite an achieve stanley website ment, he said. That said, he was quite secretive. He was protected by folks in Pakistan. And so keeping that quiet was doable, given the fact that he was largely secretive about his movements as communications for years. The Taliban named as its new head Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, but it wasn t seen as a great decision by some in the jihadi movement, Zarate explained. Some of the leadership wanted to see Mullah Omar s son take over. So part of this is personality, he said. Part of this has to do with lack of faith in the leadership of Mullah Mansour -- perhaps [he s] n stanley cup ot as capable or charismatic or as influential, obviously, as Mullah Omar. Part of t Fcgq Wisconsin gov.: Unions an entitlement, not a right
Complete Inaugural Coverage4697423White House Press Secretary Dana Perino announced last night that the Vice President Dick Cheney will be in a wheelchair at today s inauguration, reports the Associated Press.Perino said Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes into his new home in the Washington suburbs and that his doctor recommended he use a wheelchair for a few days. ponent--type-recirculatio stanley cup n .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-d16369ea-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-d16369ea-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: starbucks stanley cup none; inline-recirc-item--id- stanley thermos mug d16369ea-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Kevin Hechtkopf Kevin Hechtkopf is CBSNews s politics editor. Twitter Facebook

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The deadly San Bernardino shooting last week sparked renewed interest in the U.S. government s surveillance capabilities, just months after a long, contentious fight in Congress resulted in st stanley website ripping the National Security Agency NSA of its controversial bulk data collection powers. Now, several Republican presidential candidates are proposing to restore the NSA surveillance program, citing domestic terror threats and the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS .Florida Sen. Ma stanley cup rco Rubio called the NSA s metadata collection program a critical tool in the nation s counter-terrorism arsenal -- one that the intelligence agency was forced to give up with the passage of the USA Freedom Act earlier this year. They have lost an intelligence tool that was very valuable, because they re trying to go back to phone companies, Rubio told CNN in an interview Sunday. Most of -- stanley cup many of these phone companies are saying, we re not even going to retain records. The USA Freedom Act, officially signed into law in June, stymied the government s ability to collect and retain phone records. Instead, it required private telecommunications companies to hold on to that data. Federal officials would then be able to tap their information trove by making specific data requests. Senate passes USA Freedom Act 06:36 Tuce Clinton Backer Pleads Guilty
Given all that stanley cups uk s at stake in the 2008 presidential race, it s a bit terrifying to realize that by one measure, a major role is being played by an aspiring model/actress/fashion designer/former beauty pageant contestant named Amber.That s Amber Lee E garrafinhas stanley ttinger, aka Obama Girl, whose racy Web video I Got A Crush On Obama has gotten more than 2 million hits in the three weeks it s been online, making it one of the most-watched political videos this season.Some of us have gotten so used to our daily fix of Web videos that it s hard to remember that back in 2004, when President Bush spoke of the Internets, there was no YouTube. Three years later, people are calling this the YouTube Election mdash; in which anyone with a minicam or even a mere cell phone can conceivably impact the outcome. Some of the best, the most innovative stuff is gonna come from some voter out there, who changes the entire complexion of the race, says Joe Trippi, former campaign manager for Howard Dean in 2004, now adviser to the John stanley termosar Edwards campaign.That s a scary thing for campaigns, which are used to controlling their own message, enforcing it from the top down. On the new playing field, you lose the ability to manage what you want to say, says Democratic strategist Chris Lehane, a former Clinton White House staffer. So what s a campaign manager to do Fight back, with all the technology available: MySpace and Facebook profiles, candidates own online

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Saup Thompson Campaign Slowly Taking Shape
President Biden will be going to the United Kingdom and Belgium in June for the G7 Summit and for the NATO summit, marking his first trip abroad as president. Mr. Biden s key message to allies has been that America is back, after former President Trump at times mocked leadersof the nation s closest allies and championed an America first platform.Typically, presidents travel abroad sooner than this in their presidencies, but COVID-19 caused many of the events that would be typical for a U.S. president in his first months to be modified into virtual gatherings. Mr. Biden will attend the G7 summit in Cornwall, U.K, which will take place June 11-13, as well as the the NATO summit on June 14 in Brussels, Belgium. This trip will highlight his commitment to restoring our all stanley cups iances, revitalizing the Transatlantic relationship, and working in close cooperation with our allies and multilateral partners to address global challenges and better secure America s interests, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.Biden vows to rebuild alliances, says America is back in foreign policyThe trip comes after Mr. stanley deutschland Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, which the president had promised to convene in his first 100 days. stanley romania The G7 Summit and NATO will mark the first significant gathering of allies since before the pandemic.In the U.K., Mr. Biden will hold bilateral meetings with other G7 leaders, including British Prime Minister B Vsls Cheney Hails His Pal Al
That s what Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies calls Iraq and Afghanistan in an opinion article in Sunday s Washington Post. Cordesman has long been a skeptic about the possibilities for success in Iraq and has been quoted on occasion by those who argue we should withdraw posthaste. In this article, he recommends the opposite--and in the strongest terms. Key passages:What the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan have in common is that it will take a major and consistent U.S. effort throughout the next administration at least to win either war. Any American political debate that ignores or denies the fact that these are long wars is dishonest and will ensure defeat....If the next president, Congress and the American people cannot face this reality, we will lose. Years of false promises about the speed with which we can create effective army, police and criminal justice capabilities in Iraq and Afghanistan cannot disguise the fact that mature, effective local forces and stanley vaso structures will not be available until 2012 stanley drink bottle and probably well beyond. This does not mean that U.S. and allied force levels cannot be cut over time, but a serious military and advisory presence will probably stanley cup be needed for at least that long, and rushed reductions in forces or providing inadequate forces will lead to a collapse at the military level. It is true that many Democratic primary voters and caucusgoers are slavering at the prospect

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Just days after a resounding midterm election v stanley uk ictory that handed Republicans control of both houses of Congress, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, pledged to break the logjam on Capitol Hill. Republicans are humbled by the trust the American people have placed in us, he said in the weekly Republican address Saturday. We ll honor that trust by listening to you, by making your priorities our priorities. Boehner explains what he wants to do with Republican majority 04:12 stanley cup Will Congress a stanley france nd the White House work together 09:06 Boehner recited a number of agenda items that have already come from top Republicans in the days since the election, including a bill to fast track approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would carry crude oil harvested from Canadian tar sands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. That project has been in limbo for several years, delayed by the federal government s review process. Boehner said the pipeline will mean lower energy costs for families and more jobs for American workers. He also pledged to take on Obamacare s definition of a 30-hour wo Tyol Will Geithner Survive The AIG Scandal
This news stanley isolierkanne analysis was written by U.S. News World Report columnist Gloria Borger.Karl Rove knew exactly what he was doing. In a round of interviews as he exited the White House, the man President Bush called the architect of his re-election was designing something else: a push for Hillary Clinton s nomination. I think she s likely to be the nominee, he told Rush Limbaugh. And I think she s fatally flawed. All observations that, coming from anyone else, might be considered routine punditry. But when Rove speaks, the political class pays attention - usually with good reason. And this time, Rove s eagerness to engage garrafinhas stanley on the question of Clinton was no spontaneous event. Ever a helpful fellow, he s happy to drive Democrats into the arms of Hillary by taking her on.All of which creates the oddest Rove and Clinton coupling. After all, her interests and his are perfectly aligned right now: He wants her to be the Democratic nominee because he thinks she will lose . And she does, too because she thinks she will win . So Rove happily promotes the idea that Clinton s nomination is inevitable, a virtual done deal. And when Rove opines on Clinton in any way, she s just as thrilled to take him on. What better way to win over those liberal Democratic primary voters - skeptical about you termo stanley because you voted for the Iraq war - than to remind them that the evil Rove is attacking you I don t think Karl Rove s going to endorse me, Clinton said at a recent Iowa debate, clearly rel

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As Congress gears up for another fight over the debt ceiling, the so-called X date, when the United States is no longer able to meet its debt obligations on time, stanley cup will most likely fall between December 21, 2021 and January 28, 2022, the Bipartisan Policy Center projects. This new projection is a narrower window than the group s previous assessment of when the risk will dramatically escalate, which was mid-December to early February.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Senate Banking Committee earlier this week she s confident the U.S. will be able to meet its obligations through December 15, but there are scenarios in which the government might not be able to pay its bills after that date if lawmakers do not raise the debt ceiling. She warned that a failure to raise the debt limit would eviscerate the economic recovery.The Bipartisan Policy Center s timeline factors in the $118 billion transfer to the Highway Trust Fu stanley cup nd that the Treasury Department confirmed will be completed by December 15. Quarterly corporate tax receipts are due that day. If they come in weak, it could leave the Treasury Department with a dangerously low stanley cup cash balance, the organization warned. Those who believe the debt limit can safely be pushed to the back of the December legislative pileup are misinformed, said Shai Akabas, director of economic policy for the center. Congress would be flirting with financial disaster if it leaves for the holiday recess wi Poot The Locker Room Talk
U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a dozen anti-abortion activists outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s office after a massive protest against the Democrats health care bill.The charges ranged from unlawful conduct to disorderly conduct and unlawful entry in the incident, which happened around 2:15 p.m. EST Thursday outside a second-floor suite in the Cannon House Office Building, Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said.Pelosi s aides said the suite is hers. The speaker also has offices in the Capitol, which stanley cup is harder to enter to stage a protest. It was unclear whether the group attended the Tea Party protest that end stanley canada ed around that time. But the speaker s staff said those arrested were objecting to language in the health care overhaul that they said would allow federally subsidized abortions. ponent--type-reci stanley quencher rculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a307bc86-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-a307bc86-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a307bc86-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;

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Late Monday night, President Trump tweeted plans to sign an executive order that will temporarily halt immigration,CBS News campaign reporter Nicole Sgangareports. In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States! Mr. Trump tweeted. Yet before any stanley cup presidential proclamation or order was signed by the president, his reelection campaign sent an email to supporters touting the new measure. In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, the president announced he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States while we are battling the coronavirus, the campaign message read, in part. The digital engagement campaign asked supporters to take a survey expressing their approval or disapproval of the President s forthcoming suspension.A spokesperson for the Trump campaign called the move common sense amid recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. At a time when our economy has been artificially interrupted by the virus, introducing more competition for jobs would worsen unemployment and depress wages, especially in Black and Latino communities, said Trump campaign commu stanley cups nications director Tim Murtaugh in a statement. Preventing further entrance of people poten stanley cup tially infected with the virus is an addi Rqua Rubio fires up S.C. Republicans by attacking Obama
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that top tier Republican presidential candidates are making a mistake by skipping a forum focused on issues of stanley kaffeebecher importance to black voters.Gingrich, in an interview with ABC s Good Morning America, urged the leading candidates to reconsider their decision not to participate in a forum on Thursday at Baltimore s Morgan State University to be moderated by talk show host Tavis Smiley and aired by PBS. I m puzzled by their decision. I can t speak for them. I think it s a mistake. I wish they would change their minds - they still have a few days - and I wish they would in fact go to the debate Thursday night, said Gingrich, who is considering entering the race for the GOP nomination. The top four candidates in the GOP race - former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney - all declined to participate in the forum citing scheduling conflicts and fundraising pressures.Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and other longshot GOP candidates who have agreed to participate deserve some praise for showing up and for carrying the message, Gingrich said. I think Republicans could have, if they had the nerve to do it, a tremendous message, Gingrich said. Ther stanley vattenflaska e are a lot of good cases to be made that the African-American community has been stanley borraccia hurt more by the failures of government than any other community

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As Georgia Governor Bri stanley cup an Kemp renews his efforts to keep localities from issuing mask mandates, a White House report that has not been made public strongly recommends a statewide mask mandate. Current mitigation efforts are not having a sufficient impact and would strongly recommend a statewide mask mandate, reads a White House report dated August 9, informing Georgia that it is in the red zone for both cases and rate of positive tests. Red indicates there are more than 100 new COVID cases per 100,000 people, and 10% of cases come back positive. The White House has been creating such assessment reports on individual states, but not releasing them to the public. CBS News obtained a copy of t stanley cups uk he internal report. The Atlanta Journal Constitution first reported the findings. stanley tumblers Meanwhile, Kemp sued the Atlanta mayor and city council for issuing a citywide mask order. The Republican governor eventually dropped the suit, but said he would be addressing the matter with a new executive order this weekend.The White House did not provide CBS News with an on-the-record response to the report. The governor s office insisted Kemp is relying on science to fight the virus. Governor Kemp continues to rely on data, science, and the public health advice of Dr. Toomey and her team in our state s ongoing battle against COVID-19. As the Governor has said many times before, this fight is about protecting the lives ndash; and livelihoods ndash; o Fglt The Atlantic endorses Hillary Clinton for president
As President Bush prepares for a nationwide address on the financial crisis, a new CBS News/New York Times Poll shows his rating on handling the economy falling to its lowest level ever. Now only 16 percent of Americans approve of the job he is doing on this issue while 76 percent disapprove of his performance. That s down from a 32 percent approval rating the president registered on the economy in September of 2007. President Bush s previous low on this question came in July when just 20 percent approved of his handling of the economy. Bush received his highest marks on the economy short stanley termosar ly after the attacks of September 11th, 2001. This low economic approval rating is not an all-time low for a president, however. Bush s father fell to 14 percent approval on this issue in August 1992 and just 15 percent approved of Jimmy Carter s handling of the economy in July 1979. President Bush s overall job approval rating remains low as well. Twenty seven percent now approve of the job Bush is doing as president ndash; the same as last month. Republicans approv stanley water bottle e of the overall job Bush is doing as President while Democrats and Independents disapprove. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9c0f39c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c9c0f39c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; in stanley cup line-recirc-item--id-c9c0f39c-8c88-11e2-b06b

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The real-time dissolution of a tentativ stanley flasche e plea deal between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutors in a Delaware courtroom Wednesday focused attention on Maryellen Noreika, the federal district court judge overseeing the case.Although plea deals must be approved by a judge, it s rare that they fall apart in live court, particularly in such a high-profile case. Hunter Biden s tentative agreement would have entailed plead stanley mugs ing guilty to two counts of evading taxes and a diversion agreement requiring him to remain drug-free and crime-free to see a felony gun charge dismissed.But Noreika questioned whether it meant the president s son would be immune from prosecution for any other potential crimes, and expressed her discomfort with terms of the deal when an investigation was ongoing. I have concerns about the agreement, Noreika said. I can t let him plea to something if he thinks he has protection from something and he doesn t. After the two sides tried and failed to renegotiate, Hunter Biden entered a not guilty plea.So who is U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika Noreika was nominated by then President Donald Trump mdash; a point the Biden White House has been quick to raise mdash; in December 2017. Both of Delaware s Democratic senators supported Noreika s nomination to the court. Sen. Tom Carper described her as a highly-respected, sought-after attorney with a vast knowledge of the law and a thorou stanley termoska gh understanding of th Smpt Trump says he will reveal plans for his business on Jan. 11
This story was written by Editorial Board, Daily BruinThere is much potential for both the government and the Internet to bring about positive changes in society that are only possible because of technological innovation stanley cup .That said, there is a point when it is in the countrys best interests in accordance with our civil liberties for the government and the Internet to stay separate. This Tuesday, Google announced a new program, Google Flu Trends, which uses search engine inputs to figure out where the influenza virus is active. Google records the location from which the search was made and reports these areas to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. stanley cup While we approve of Googles original intent to help the government deal with this illness the idea that a persons private Internet searches on something as personal as their health could be reported to the government without the persons permission is concerning. Furthermore, Google has made this information public at google.org/flutrends. We worry that this could be the start of a slippery slope in which areas with high Google searches of terms such as AIDS or STD symptoms could be made public as well. While this editorial board supports innovation in technology, inno stanley spain vation must not come at the expense of basic liberties we enjoy as Americans. We urge Internet companies and the government to exercise restraint in their use of the Internet.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan has called Russia a global menace led by a man who is menacing. Thatrsquo a very different tone than President-elect Donald Trump, who has taken towards Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.In an interview with CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose Wednesday, Ryan said he isnrsquo;t sure what the presidentrsquo long-term plan is for dealing with Russia.Yoursquo;re having conversations with him. Wou stanley cup ldnrsquo;t you want to say, lsquo;Tell me what your long term strategy is about Russia rsquo; Rose asked. I think he believes in carrot-stick diplomacy, Ryan said. Transactional carrot-stick diplomacy. Ryan said he thinks itrsquo served Mr. Trump ndash; whose presidency he said will be unconventional ndash; extremely well.rdquo vaso stanley ; I think itrsquo worked very well and hersquo made a difference already before hersquo gotten in office on this. So I think that thatrsquo nontraditional, Ryan added. The speaker of the House said Russia is a malevolent actor.Does [Mr. Trump] think theyrsquo;re a malevolent actor Rose asked.I believe he does, Ryan said. You believe he does Rose repeated.No, no, no. Absolutely. Yeah, he does. Irsquo;ll say h stanley france e does believe that theyrsquo;re a malevolent actor. Absolutely,rdquo Wgbt Most Undergrads Pay Less Tuition Despite Increases, MIT Says
Working at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may not sound that glamorous mdash; unless, of course, you were one of the six people who received an average bonus of $11,783 under a controversial Bush administration policy.The Washington stanley taza Post reports 470 political appointees received $1.44 million in bonuses last year, according to an Office of Personnel Management report obtained by Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland. The trading commission posted the highest average bonus. The State Department handed out the most in bonus money, $257,500, to 23 appointees. In March 2002 the White House lifted a ban or stanley cups uk dered by President Clinton in 1994 on paying bonuses to political appointees. Mr. Clinton imposed the ban because of questionable payments in the last days of the first Bush administration.But President Bush s chief of staff, Andrew Card, lifted the ban, allowing bonuses for substantial work achievements that go well beyond the performance of routine duties. Only 19 percent of the roughly 2,500 political appointees got the bonus stanley mugg es. High-level appointees mdash; those confirmed by the Senate mdash; cannot receive any bonuses. Under law, no bonuses can be paid in presidential election years.With the government facing the largest deficit ever, some Democrats say the bonuses are unwise. They also feel they are unfair, since the Bush administration tried to block a 4.1 percent raise for civilian federal employees this year

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It was just starting to look like Mitt Romney was settling in for a quiet life as a onetime GOP nominee, spending time with his large, photogenic family and steering clear of politics, except for the occasional turn on the Sunday talk shows or appearance on behalf of a promising Republican politician during the 2014 midterm elections. Chris Christie, Mitt Romney back in 2016 spotlight 01:18 To those who inquired, he said he wasn t running for a third time. When the New York Times asked, he responded, Oh, no, no, no. stanley quencher No, no, no, no, no. No, no, stanley mugs no. But in another interview, he hedged, saying that circumstances could change. And apparently they did, when former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced he would actively explore a presidential bid, setting off a competition for the same donors Romney would need if he embarks on another White House run .So a few weeks ago, Romney ensured his name would remain on the list of 2016 contenders, telling potential donors he is considering a third presidential bid. What he s know stanley cups n forPolitics has always been in Romney s blood, even if he began his career in the private sector. His father, George Romney, served as governor of Michigan and ran unsuccessfully for president in 1968.After completing his education, Romney went to w Nkhn Man who shot at White House sentenced to 25 years
Republicans rebounded from the defection of Vermont Sen. James Jeffords with the election of Randy Forbes to an open House seat formerly held by a Democrat.In the special election Tuesday night, the former Virginia GOP chairman defeated Democrat Louise Lucas, who had hoped to become the state s first black female member of Congress.The campaign was marked by negative advertising, racial tension and heav stanley mugg y spending by national parties eager to send a message about the direction of the Bush administration and gain momentum for the 2002 midterm congressional elections. Hopefully this is a good win for the Republican Party, and it will help make sure that the president s agenda gets a fair shake, Forbes told The Associated Press after receiving a congratulatory telephone call from the president Tuesday night.Forbes told President Bush, We couldn t have done it without you. Bush and his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, both recorded telephone campaign messages for Forbes. Vice President Dick Cheney was one of several high-profile Republicans who came to the distric stanley borraccia t to campaign for Forbes.With all precincts reporting, Forbes had 70,926 votes, or 52 percent, to Lucas 65,194 votes, or 48 percent. Voter turnout was abo stanley cups uk ut 38 percent.The 4th District seat was held for 18 years by Rep. Norman Sisisky, a conservative Democrat who died in March. The 39 percent black district was drawn to benefit Democrats but had evolved over the pa