Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Obama Meets Today With Service Chiefs
January 28, 2009 Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to hear the opinions of the four U.S. military service chiefs today, which the White House called one more step toward fulfilling his promise of withdrawing all combat troops from Iraq. The service chiefs are among those in the Pentagon hierarchy who have expressed […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Global warming ‘irreversible’ for next 1000 years: study
The Department of Water and Power (DWP) San Fernando Valley Generating Station is seen in Sun Valley, California, 2008. Climate change is “largely irreversible” for the next 1,000 years even if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abruptly halted, according to a new study led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (AFP/Getty […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Aides Say Obama’s Afghan Aims Elevate War
By HELENE COOPER and THOM SHANKER WASHINGTON — President Obama intends to adopt a tougher line toward Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, as part of a new American approach to Afghanistan that will put more emphasis on waging war than on development, senior administration officials said Tuesday. Mr. Karzai is now seen as a potential […]