Taliban Announce Start of Annual Afghan Offensive
KAAL Austin Wed, 02 May 2012 05:14 AM PDT
The Taliban have warned they will officially start their annual "spring offensive" in Afghanistan on Thursday. Wednesday's announcement comes hours after a brazen attack on a foreigners' housing compound in Kabul that killed seven people shortly after a surprise visit by President Barack Obama. |
Taliban kill 7 in Afghan capital after Obama visit
The News Journal Wed, 02 May 2012 05:14 AM PDT
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban struck back less than two hours after President Barack Obama left Afghanistan today, targeting a foreigners' housing compound with a suicide car bomb and militants disguised as women in an assault that killed at least seven people. |
Highlights of US-Afghanistan agreement
Seattle Times Wed, 02 May 2012 05:12 AM PDT
Highlights of the strategic partnership agreement signed by President Barack Obama and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai outlining the relationship between their countries after the U.S.-led war ends in 2014: |
How the media almost blew Obama's secret trip to Afghanistan
Q13 FOX Seattle Wed, 02 May 2012 05:11 AM PDT
VIDEO: Watch Brandi Hitt's Report Washington -- Hours before the official announcement that President Barack Obama had landed in Kabul, Afghanistan for a surprise visit, the media -- both social and electronic -- were already buzzing with reports about the trip. |
Obama meets with troops in war zone
Reading Eagle Wed, 02 May 2012 05:07 AM PDT
KABUL, Afghanistan  On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that after years of sacrifice the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan is winding down just as it has already ended in Iraq. "We can see the light of a new day," he said on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death and in the midst of his own re-election campaign. |
Former car czar: Too soon for U.S. to sell GM
CNN Money Wed, 02 May 2012 05:03 AM PDT
Obama's former "car czar" and Willett Advisors chairman Steven Rattner said now is not the time for the U.S. government to sell its stake in General Motors. |
Gingrich in Virginia to quit, Romney in Virginia to campaign, plus more to watch for Wednesday in politics
ABC News Wed, 02 May 2012 05:03 AM PDT
Newt Gingrich is scheduled to officially end his campaign Wednesday afternoon in Arlington, Va. â€" a development that was anticipated for some time and announced last week. "All of us have an obligation I think to do whatever we can to defeat Barack Obama," Gingrich said in a video released Tuesday that did not mention Mitt Romney. "I want you to know that we're going to continue out there on the ... |
Michael Steele: Wall Street’s ‘Fanciful Dalliance’ With President Obama Is Over
Mediaite Wed, 02 May 2012 05:02 AM PDT
The New York Times ' Nicholas Confessore visited the set of Morning Joe on Wednesday to talk about his upcoming NYT Magazine piece, wherein the writes that President Barack Obama "had already traveled to this city [New York City] around 20 times during his first term, but he wasn't collecting money from Wall Street the way he used to." This, in turn, caused some bankers to believe that the ... |
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