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White House Backs Kenyan Constitution Allowing Abortion

Vice President Biden and Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Wetangula look on after laying a wreath at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. While in Kenya, Biden expressed support for the proposed new constitution, which Kenya approved on…

Petraeus Must Change War Strategy or Risk Failure

It is unfortunate that President Obama had to accept Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s resignation for his serious lack of judgment with the Rolling Stone article. McChrystal has been a superb warfighter, but this was way out of bounds. I have had…

What’s Happening Now?

Yesterday Solicitor GeneralElena Kagan was announced as President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Will she be able to satisfy those confirming her despite her stance on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?” Our guest Bob Beckel saysKagan may not be liberal enough. What…

The Details Matter And Obama’s Got Them All Wrong

In his speech before Wall Street executives in New York on Thursday, President Obama pledged several times that the Democrats’ bill for financial reform will “put an end to taxpayer bailouts.” The bill won’t accomplish this important goal until Congress…

Bill to Grant Native Hawaiians Sovereignty Passes House

Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, center, accompanied by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. , left, and Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP) A bill that would give native Hawaiians…

Protesters Urge Action on Climate Change at Summit

Police in Demark say more than 25,000 marched in protest of the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, demanding more aid from the United States and a stronger commitment from President Obama to combat global warming. “Pay the climate debt, America,”…

Obama Reduces Pay Increase for Federal Employees

Civilian federal employees won’t get as big a pay raise as expected next year, President Obama announced Monday. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Obama said he has decided — in light of the economic crisis — that…

Man Serving Three Life Terms for Drug Deal Pins Hopes on Clemency From Obama

This is a follow-up to a three-part series that took a look at the case of Clarence Aaron, a one-time college student whose involvement in a 1993 cocaine deal got him three life sentences in federal prison. Click here to…