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  • Time is on my side
    If you have reached three-score and ten, as I have just done, you’re permitted, perhaps expected, to mourn the passing of a better time, when tomatoes were tastier, the air sweeter. As Burt Lancaster in “Atlantic City” says to a young man struck by his first sight of the ocean, “You should have seen it in the old days.”
  • White House says U.S. to resume talks with Taliban
    Perhaps channeling Winston Churchill's famous warning about "the end of the beginning," the White House on Tuesday announced plans for direct talks with Afghanistan's Taliban militia, but it cautioned against expecting any quick breakthrough that might speed the end of America's longest war. Among the likely items on the agenda: the return of U.S. Army [...]
  • House GOP to host meetups with Hispanic voters in D.C. as part of outreach effort
    In the midst of negotiations in Congress over an immigration overhaul, House Republicans are planning a series of meetings with Hispanic-Americans in the nation's capital as part of a partywide effort to woo minority voters. The House Republican Conference, chaired by Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, is planning four meetup sessions between Hispanic-Americans and Republican [...]
  • Cory Booker talks urban policy, Senate run
    Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a top contender for New Jersey's vacant Senate seat, joined a panel of urban policy experts on Monday night to discuss national politics and local problem-solving. George Stephanopoulos, the ABC news analyst and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, moderated the discussion at New York's 92nd Street Y. It was one [...]
  • Obama loses German hearts and minds ahead of Berlin visit
    Editor's Note: Marc Young, an American journalist based in Berlin, is covering President Barack Obama's visit for Yahoo News. BERLIN—When Barack Obama last visited Berlin back in 2008, Constanze Fröhlich felt like she was part of history. “He was about to become the first black president—I wanted to support that,” the 35-year-old university researcher told [...]
  • U.S. To Begin Peace Negotiations With Taliban
      The Taliban said today that they are prepared to sit down for direct peace talks with Afghan and U.S. officials over the future of Afghanistan. The news comes as Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced today that Afghan security forces have taken over the country’s...
  • Syria Crisis to Top G-8 Summit Agenda
    The civil war in Syria is expected to dominate much of the discussion as President Obama sits down tomorrow with the Group of Eight leaders in Northern Ireland, just days after the White House confirmed the use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s...
  • Sarah Palin on U.S. Decision on Syria: 'Let Allah Sort It Out'
    WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration’s decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria today, arguing that the U.S. should “Let Allah sort it out” until there is a stronger leader in the White House....
  • Rick Perry Mistakes Lebanon for Libya
    WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry had a bit of an “oops” moment today when he mistakenly referred to the administration’s response to the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi as occurring in Lebanon instead of Libya. “I fear where we’ve come to in...
  • Jeb Bush Adds 'Immigrants Are More Fertile' to Reform Debate
    ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told a gathering of Christian conservatives that morning that he was “sick to my stomach” about the slow pace of the U.S. economic recovery and outlined a four-point plan for speeding it up. Among the...

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