Recent News Feed November 27, 2009
by The Fox News Watchdog on Nov.27, 2009, under Watchdog Related News Feed
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Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war
(AP)AP – The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. -
Secret Service Probes Breach of White House Security
(Bloomberg)Bloomberg – Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) — The Secret Service is reviewing
whether criminal charges may be warranted for a Washington-
area couple who got past security to crash a state dinner at the
White House, a spokesman for the agency said. -
CQPolitics.com – Reid Faces Challenges Crafting Abortion Curbs in Health Care Bill
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Obama set to meet with Australian prime minister
(AP)AP – President Barack Obama will meet with the Australian prime minister at the White House on Monday. -
White House endorses IAEA censure of Iran
(AP)AP – The White House says a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board to censure Iran over its disputed nuclear program shows the “growing international deficit of confidence” in Iran’s intentions. -
NATO allies may commit 6,000 troops for Afghan war
(AP)AP – NATO governments may increase their fighting forces in Afghanistan by up to 6,000 soldiers in response to President Barack Obama’s expected call for tens of thousands of additional U.S. service members, diplomats said Friday. -
Insuring young key to health care overhaul plans
(AP)AP – The young invincibles. That’s what the insurance industry calls them. -
No decisions in high court’s horn of plenty
(AP)AP – For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months. -
Obama must sell base on unpopular war
(Politico)Politico – He must persuade his anti-war supporters to back a plan for Afghanistan that would double troop levels. -
Party crashers recorded by Bravo crew
(Politico)Politico – Network confirms: Michaele and Tareq Salahi were being followed by cameras from ‘Real Housewives.’ -
Pakistan military moving to undercut Zardari over his close U.S. ties
(McClatchy Newspapers)McClatchy Newspapers – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suspicions by Pakistan’s powerful army that the country’s civilian leadership is growing too close to the United States are fueling a political crisis that analysts here believe threatens the survival of the government and could divert attention from the battle against Islamic extremists.




