Call for authorization puzzles as war against ISIS rages
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, discusses the U.S. military attacks on ISIS, President Obamas call for authorization from Congress, and whether the U.S. is really making effective progress against the terror group. Duration: 3:28.
Netanyahu calls Washington trip a historic mission
A trip to Washington this week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been described as ���destructive,��� ���inappropriate,��� and at the very least unnecessary by officials and policy experts from both parties. But on Sunday, as he departed Tel.
Obama says there is still time to find diplomatic solution to.
Picking up on comments Obama made before the trip ���- expressing the desire to put on a disguise and go to a Tel Aviv bar -- Netanyahu joked that he had lined up a few locations and ���even picked out a fake mustache for you.���.. This calls for moving on. Is it difficult? Yes. But because it is so crucial, it is possible for it to happen. There are many moderates in both camps. The bloodshed and horror has got to stop. The warlike excesses of infantile religious intolerance��.
Inside Bibis apology to Turkey | Foreign Policy
Obama and Netanyahu had spoken about the need to repair Israel-Turkey relations in their bilateral meetings and Netanyahu made the first step in the Friday phone call. Netanyahu told Erdogan that he regretted the��.
Isla Vista Tragedy Prompts Haunting Questions - NBC News.
Many are now wondering how all of the red flags were missed about an individual as dangerously troubled as Elliot Rodger.
Biden will skip Netanyahus speech - Mondoweiss
Politico is reporting that Vice President Joe Biden will be out of town when Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is scheduled to come to Washington to address a joint session of Congress, March 3.. ���We are not ready to announce details of his trip yet, and normally our office wouldnt announce this early, but the planning process has been underway for a while,��� a spokesperson for the office said. Amazing.. Chris Matthews revisited the issue on MSNBC last night.
Terrorism suspect: Call me Mr. Ubaydah
Authorities said Cornell plotted to plant pipe bombs at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., and kill government employees. Cornells father, John, raised his voice when his son entered the courtroom, telling him he loved him. The father was.
Ann Coulters blog - Latest Posts | NewsBusters
Appearing on the Fox Business Networks (FBN) Varney and Company on Thursday, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell reacted to the lack of media coverage following two Washington Post articles that revealed the Clinton Foundation received. In response to an offer by MRC president Brent Bozell, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough wrote a piece for NewsBusters that offers a critique of the failure to call out radical Islam and how that compares in extremism to Christianity.
Sen. Joni Ernst Delivers Republican Response To Obamas 2015 State Of The.
Id like to have a conversation about the new Republican Congress you just elected, and how we plan to make Washington focus on your concerns again. We heard the. This is where Ill join committee colleagues ��� Republicans and Democrats ��� to.
Calling In the Formers
Given the seniority of the North Korean officials participating in the talks and the unparalleled reclusiveness of Kims regime in recent months, the intelligence value could be significant ��� especially as Washington tries to see a way past the.
GOP accused of omitting Univision from 2016 debates to avoid uncomfortable.
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Friday, January 16, 2015. Critics complained that such networks as Univision and MSNBC had been frozen out of the line-up, which is a lot skinnier than it was in 2012, when 20 debates crowded the schedule.
How Come India Isnt Speaking Out Against the Islamic State?
By Isaac Stone FishIsaac Stone Fish is Asia Editor. A Mandarin speaker, he lived in China for seven years before moving to Washington DC. His articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the Economist, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles .
The mess Jonathan Gruber created
And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical to getting the thing to pass.���. Conservatives believe the law was passed non-transparently, but nobody who supported it.
SOTU transcript: State of the Union transcript
Netanyahu takes another swipe at the White House.. In fact, at every moment of economic change throughout our history, this country has taken bold action to adapt to new circumstances, and to make sure everyone gets a fair shot. We set up. And.
Balloons Fly as Berlin Celebrates 25 Years Since Wall Fell.
Nine-mile wall of illuminated balloons released into the night sky as Berlin celebrates historic quarter-century.. Ryan Calls Netanyahu Invite Wholly Appropriate. Meet the Press. Paste HTML to embed video:.
Controversy mounts over Netanyahu speech to Congress.
Erin Burnett of CNN seems to agree; she was all over the story last night, calling it a ���historic��� rebuff to a presidents effort to establish his legacy.. ���We havent heard from the Israelis directly about the trip.���. Martin Indyk welcomes this report: ���Mossad has broken with Netanyahu on Iran, adding fuel to the fire in Washington,��� but his former boss Kerry was diplomatic about the visit:.. Bet MSNBC has it stacked up for either Saturday or Sunday on this issue. Betting��.
CHARLES ORTEL: Will Egypt show America how to win the war on radical.
Refusing to be candid with any but a small clique of partisan cronies, our commander-in-chief has set the table for a full course global conflict ��� though he may believe he can run away from the reality spread out before us, history will prove him wrong.
White House was out of step as Paris march grew
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially announced that he wouldnt attend, then changed course when several of his rivals in the upcoming Israeli elections said theyd go ��� and ended up getting rebuffed by French Jews for urging them to move to.
10 things to know about Cornells alleged terror plot
14, Cornell purchased and possessed a firearm. and approximately 600 rounds of ammunition, with the plan to travel to Washington, D.C., and kill employees and officers working in and around the U.S. Capitol. Cornell was arrested soon after making.
The Biggest Check On US Investment In Afghanistan Just Got Classified
WASHINGTON -- The new NATO mission in Afghanistan has classified its assessments of how more than $60 billion in U.S. aid is being used to bolster the Afghan army, leaving hidden one of the best assessments of U.S. taxpayer-funded investment in Kabul.
Charismatic ex-commando pressures Netanyahu from the.
The problem is that Netanyahu is being outflanked on the even harder right, which means that after the elections, he will feel pressure to become more hardline on issues such as Palestinian statehood.. (the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) which focuses on the US Government (especially the Congress), is just one of those 51 members, although arguably the most potent because of its focus on Washington.. Call it what you like, but its basic racism.
Europe Cracks Down
France, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack, is considering new laws that would double down on broad new authorities adopted in September that include restrictions on travel, a ban on publishing material ���glorifying��� terrorism, online censorship.
Jindal Says Rebellion Brewing Against Washington - NBC.
WASHINGTON ��� Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday night accused President Barack Obama and other Democrats of waging wars against religious liberty and ed.
A new ISIS video and a new threat
The ransom demand is pure theater. I strongly suspect that they dont want the ransom, they just want a justification for killing the hostages, which they plan to do all along. Imagine what the reaction from ISIS is when Bibi Netanyahu pretty much.
First Thoughts: Over the top - First Read
More tensions between Obama and Netanyahu: In another sign that foreign affairs and national security have jumped to the top of the issues in the past day, theres renewed tension between Israel PM Netanyahu and the Obama White. that Obama and Netanyahu had talked by phone for an hour and adding: ���Contrary to reports in the press, there was never a request for Prime Minister Netanyahu to meet with President Obama in Washington, nor was a request for a��.
Bernie Sanders announces he will not attend Netanyahus.
Previously recorded: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discusses his economic policy and other political news as part of an event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
Tom Brokaw receives breaking grocery alert | MSNBC
In the midst of discussing the 2014 midterm election returns with an msnbc panel, NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw is interrupted by a phone call.
What story is American Sniper trying to tell?
What story is American Sniper trying to tell? Alyssa Rosenberg, ���Washington Post��� pop culture writer, discusses how American Sniper was presented to the public and responds to those calling it propaganda. Duration: 1:50. Up next in: .
What is the point of Obamas trip? - Mondoweiss
Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC enthused about the fact that Obama repeatedly referred to Netanyahu as ���Bibi,��� and Netanyahu even called Obama Barack. Why is it so important that these men. Some of her tweets; she calls him Bibi too: Bibi: Im absolutely convinced. ���And after centuries of exile and persecution, unparalleled in the history of man, the founding of the Jewish state of Israel was a rebirth, a redemption unlike any in history. Today, the sons of Abraham and��.
Byron Allen Unloads on Sharpton, Obama, Comcast | The.
Its a daunting mission. But for some reason he doesnt sound scared. Allen told The Daily Caller that top media interests are actively freezing out and in some cases destroying black-owned media companies ��� and theyre paying. Sharptons curious takeover of the 6 pm timeslot on Comcast-owned MSNBC in late 2010 was predicated on the Reverend signing off on Comcasts last merger: its historic acquisition of NBCUniversal, which the FCC and Department of��.
Meet General Nagata, the Man Leading the Mission to.
One of the most senior Asian-American military leaders, Major General Michael Nagata has taken on the unenviable task of figuring out what makes the Islamic.
Timeline: Political fallout from the attack on diplomats in Libya
The political fallout associated with the attacks Tuesday on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi that left four dead, including an American ambassador, was the product of a fluid and quickly evolving situation on the. President Barack Obama delivers a statement alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, following the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and others, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, September 12, 2012.