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Sometimes Continuity Trumps Change

As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to fill top positions for his incoming government, he faces a stubborn reality: Some of the key individuals he will rely upon to tackle the country's most serious challenges are holdovers from the current administration -- a trio of Bush appointees who will...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-09-2008
U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media

The Defense Department will pay private U.S. contractors in Iraq up to $300 million over the next three years to produce news stories, entertainment programs and public service advertisements for the Iraqi media in an effort to "engage and inspire" the local population to support U.S. objectives...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-02-2008
President Puts His Powers of Persuasion to the Test

With his $700 billion financial recovery plan teetering on Capitol Hill, President Bush finally decided that it was time to start selling the proposal directly to the American people.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-24-2008
Public's View of Economy Takes Fast Turn Downward

The public's ratings of the national economy continue to sour, with assessments deteriorating faster than at any point in Washington Post-ABC News polling. Views on the Iraq war have also turned more negative, with six in 10 now rejecting the notion that the United States needs to win there to ef...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-17-2008
Economists Debate Link Between War, Credit Crisis

For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the connection between the Iraq conflict and the U.S. economic downturn is simple: "The president has taken us into a failed war," the California Democrat said recently. "He's taken us deeply into debt, and that debt is taking us into recession."

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-14-2008
Clinton Says She Is Only Candidate Who Will End the War in Iraq

ALIQUIPPA, Pa., April 9 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she is the only presidential candidate who will end the Iraq war, as she sought to assert her foreign policy credentials a day after hearing congressional testimony from top U.S. leaders in Iraq.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-09-2008
Bush to Cut Army Tours to 12 Months

President Bush plans to announce today that he will cut Army combat tours in Iraq from 15 months to 12 months, returning rotations to where they were before last year's troop buildup in an effort to alleviate the tremendous stress on the military, administration officials said.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-09-2008
Congress To Hear Of Gains In Iraq

In a reprise of their testimony last September, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker plan to tell Congress today and tomorrow that security has improved in Iraq and that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has taken steps toward political reconciliation and...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-07-2008
Tricky Votes Loom For 3 Candidates

With Congress returning today after a two-week break, leaders from both parties are preparing legislative agendas -- on issues including the economy, Iraq and immigration -- designed to present the three remaining White House candidates with dangerous political choices.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 03-31-2008

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