AP sources: Intel report drove Obama missile plan change, Iran development slower than thought
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:13 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a Bush-era missile intercept system in Europe was based largely on a new U.S. intelligence assessment that Iran's effort to build a nuclear-capable long-range missile would take three years to five years longer than originally thought, U.S. officials said Thursday. |
Day Around the Bay
SFist Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:11 PM PDT
Patrick Heig goes to the city's best named watering hole/place to grab grub, Eddie Rickenbacker's. [ Eater ] Rowdy game day fans on caltrain need to cool it. [ Appeal ] Obama may be in SF soon. [ BAR ] While the new, cleaner, more modern BART maps are better, some disagree. [ Burrito Justice , Curbed ] San Francisco, home to some of the world's most attractively-challenged socialites. [ Bigelow ... |
NZ supporting US-led response to pandemic
Scoop.co.nz Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:11 PM PDT
New Zealand is fully supportive of a United States-led initiative to ensure developing countries can fight an influenza pandemic, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today. President Barack Obama has announced that the US will give 10 per cent of the H1N1 ... |
President's school speech optional in most classrooms
Mountain View Voice Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10 PM PDT
As controversy over President Barack Obama's address to students last Tuesday flared up across the country, administrators in local districts left the decision to air or not to air the speech largely up to individual teachers. |
Obama official unveils 'cloud computing' initiative at NASA Ames
Mountain View Voice Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10 PM PDT
Aiming to save billions on infrastructure costs, the federal government is following in the footsteps of Silicon Valley by building its own Google-like server farms and Internet applications with the help of NASA Ames researches. |
Chris Hughes: WHERE IS THE MOVEMENT NOW?
The Huffington Post Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:08 PM PDT
If you paid any attention to the Obama campaign in the 2008 election, you heard a lot about building a movement. To the ears... |
Obama Abandons Missile Defense Plan In Europe
FOX40 Sacramento Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:08 PM PDT
Obama says the U.S. instead will deploy a 'smarter and swifter' system to counter the threat of Iran's missiles. The move could help rebuild ties between the U.S. and Russia. The Obama administration will significantly alter plans to create a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, abandoning blueprints for a large ground-based radar and interceptors based in the Czech Republic and Poland. |
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