Congressional experts pegged the 2010 U.S. budget deficit at $1.35 trillion, a slight improvement from the $1.38 trillion estimate in August, but the overall picture of the government’s finances remains bleak, according to the annual report released Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office said the government will run an aggregate deficit of almost $6 trillion during [...]
As standoff with Iran continues, U.S. prepares targeted sanctions – washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Obama administration is readying sanctions against discrete elements of the Iranian government, including those involved in the deadly crackdown on Iranian protesters, marking a shift to a more aggressive U.S. posture toward the Islamic republic, U.S. officials said. Ten months after President Obama set a year-end deadline for Iran to engage with world powers [...]
Blockade Iran Now! No More Deadline Extensions
December 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has rejected a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration to a nuclear deal brokered through the United Nations:
They say we have given Iran until the end of the Christian year. Who are they anyway? It is we who have given them an opportunity.
If they don’t change their attitude and language [...]
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Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuclear deal – AP
December 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s president on Tuesday dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for Tehran to accept a U.N.-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. The United States warned Iran to take the deadline seriously. via Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuclear deal – Yahoo! News.
Fiddling While Treasury Burns – by Vasko Kohlmayer
December 21, 2009 By 9 Comments
The Democrats’ latest spending outrage.
