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...this thing worked out among the Democrats," Stupak said Obama told him, according to the New York Times. Others wish Obama had played the role of negotiator himself. "I wish the White House had stepped in," said one Catholic Democrat involved in negotiations. "The President is very good at getting people to talk to each other - we really could have used his leadership on this...
...China's human-rights record under control. But that doesn't mean they went away. When U.S. President Barack Obama meets Tuesday with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, there are several trouble spots between him and his host, and the good relationship could erode if they aren't managed carefully. Here are five key areas that the U.S. has to worry about...
...speaking Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, on Nov. 12 summed up the Administration's Afghan dilemma in a single question: "How do we signal resolve and at the same time signal to the Afghans and the American people that this is not open-ended?" The fact that there's no good answer explains the Administration's hesitation in committing more troops to the fight. Indeed, the objectives cited by Gates may function at cross-purposes...
...Humphreys' was one of 7,000 British orphans shipped to Australia from 1930 to 1970 under the Child's Migrant Programme - a scheme designed to bring "good white stock" to populate Australia. Today, the people affected by the catastrophic policy are sometimes referred to in Australia as the "lost innocents." Though Humphrey's mother had died when he was 4, many child migrants who came to Australia during those years were children with single mothers who were forcibly removed from their homes. Some of their relatives had no knowledge that they had even left the country...
...possible removal of energy subsidies by the government in the coming year. As in the rest of the world, Iran's economy has slowed down from its oil-fueled overheated state just two years ago. The government, however, has yet to explain to most people if any economic good will come via a nuclear agreement...