At an Oct. 14 Monitor breakfast, Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine discussed the outlook for Democrats in the midterm elections, the coming fight in state legislatures over redistricting congressional seats using the 2010 census, and how President Obama might change in the second half of his term.
Attorney General Eric Holder said the Feds would vigorously enforce federal law against anyone carrying, growing or selling marijuana if voters pass Calif. Prop 19 to legalize the drug.
Inexperienced employees and a lack of organization led to chaos in the foreclosure process at many lenders, a mess that came as little surprise to industry insiders.
Two months, nine days, and eight hours after their ordeal began, all of the miners trapped in a hole a half mile under Chile and the last of the rescue workers were delivered to the earth’s surface.
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated her support Friday for ending Mexico's drug violence, saying it was in the United States' interest to crack down on drug cartels that have begun behaving more like terrorists and insurgent groups.
AP - Young Californians who overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 must follow through this year by turning up at the polls for Democrats, former President Bill Clinton told thousands of supporters Friday night, casting the November election as a "conflict of ideas."
AP - News Corp.'s Fox pulled its channels off Cablevision early Saturday after the companies' programming deal expired and negotiations for a new one stalled, threatening broadcasts of baseball playoffs for some 3 million Cablevision subscribers in New York and Philadelphia.
Offering an upbeat assessment of the war in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus today said progress -- some of it substantial -- has been made over the last 18 months.
Speaking at London's Royal United Services Institute, General Petraeus painted a picture of Afghanistan in which the Taliban's ability to mount attacks is being reduced, where Afghan led security and governance is growing and where civil society is beginning to take root.
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