Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
LiveBlog for Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
• Howard Kurtz, media columnist for “The Washington Post,” calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about his latest column, “Armchair Quarterbacks.”
• Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Humorist Charlie Pierce , author of “Idiot America” calls in at 7:30am Pacific to riff on the news of the day.
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Health care legislation heading to the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced yesterday. Reid said individual states would have the choice of opting out of the program.
• The government will release figures this week expected to show that the economy has emerged from its recession and is in the early stages of recovery. But the following week, the government will issue another set of figures expected to show unemployment continuing to rise toward and possibly above a clearly recessionary 10 percent.
• An al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people ahead of January’s elections.
Tags: Al Qaida, Charlie Pierce, Chris Murphy, Earl Blumenauer, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Howard Kurtz, Iraq, Recession, Unemployment
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
• Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) calls in at 6:35am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to help us with Right Wing World.
• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays with Hal.”
• The Senate Finance Committee yesterday rejected two amendments to include a government-run public health insurance option in the only compromise health care bill so far. The amendments were opposed by all 10 GOP-ers on the committee and a few Dems, including committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana.
• A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific hurled a massive tsunami at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea, leaving at least 99 dead and dozens missing.
• The U.S. is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month. The reduced number of troops in Iraq marks the latest U.S. step in winding down the six-year war.
Tags: American Samoa, Hal Sparks, Health Care Reform, Iraq, James Clyburn, Karl Frisch, Max Baucus, Media Matters for America, Public Option, Ron Kind, Samoa
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LiveBlog for Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
• Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about his reaction to the court’s upholding of 5 of the 7 charges against him.
• President Obama signed an executive order yesterday repealing a Bush-era policy that limited federal tax dollars for embryonic stem cell research. Obama also signed a presidential memorandum establishing greater independence for federal science policies and programs.
• President Obama yesterday ordered a review of George W. Bush’s guidelines for implementing legislation passed by Congress, at the same time saying that he would implement his own vision of how he wants the government to follow the law. Obama said government officials must check with Attorney General Eric Holder before relying on any of Bush’s signing statements for guidance.
• President Obama today will call on Americans to educate themselves as well as their children during his first major speech devoted solely to education since taking office. He will promote tighter standards for teachers and a reduced dropout rate for students as part of an education plan.
• About 12,000 U.S. soldiers will leave Iraq by September, officials said Sunday. The withdrawals, which will most likely come from Baghdad and Anbar province, once main battlefields of the war, are the first step in keeping with President Obama’s pledge to end America’s role in the war.
Tags: Barack Obama, Don Siegelman, George W. Bush, Iraq
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