Sep 09 The Morning Line: President Obama Condemns Pastor's Plans to Burn Quran By Quinn Bowman President Obama, file photo, Getty Images President Obama denounced a Florida pastor's plan to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this Saturday. Mr. Obama called the proposed burning "a recruitment bonanza for al-Qaeda" in an interview… Continue reading
Sep 09 Thursday: Quran Threat Lingers; North Korea Leadership Shake-Up? President Obama called a Florida church's plan to burn a Quran a "destructive act" and said it could endanger troops in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" Thursday morning. The threat from Pastor Terry Jones may cast a… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Would Cancellation of Quran-Burning Event Prevent Further Fallout? The Florida pastor who caused a global uproar over plans to burn Qurans on the 9/11 anniversary suspended those plans and is seeking a deal to move a planned Islamic center in New York. Ray Suarez gets two takes on… Continue watching
Sep 08 On Wednesday's NewsHour... $300 BILLION TAX CUT PROPOSAL | President Obama proposed a $300 billion tax cut plan as an effort to jump start the economy. Kwame Holman reports on the tax incentives and the president's path to create new jobs. NEWSMAKER:… Continue reading
Sep 08 Blair Memoir Stands by Iraq Invasion When American politicians write their memoirs, the strongest emotion they normally evoke is a measure of sympathy for all the trees shredded to convey reams of turgid or evasive prose. Not so for their British counterparts, who settle scores,… Continue reading
Sep 07 Chile Dispatch: Trapped Miners Sent Small Luxuries, but Pine for More COPIAPO, Chile | On Tuesday afternoon, a city of Copiapo truck dumped a fresh load of firewood next to a small cluster of tents where several trapped miners' families have spent the last month camping on the rocky ground. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Church's Quran-Burning Pledge Rankles U.S. Diplomatic, Military Officials Pastor Terry Jones and his 50-member congregation in Florida plan to burn copies of the Quran to mark the ninth anniversary of 9/11. Gen. David Petraeus warned that could put American military lives in danger and empower extremists. Others said… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch News Wrap: Gunman Dressed as Iraqi Soldier Kills U.S. Troops In other news Tuesday, a gunman dressed as an Iraqi soldier killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded nine others in the first American military deaths since combat operations ended there last week. In Pakistan, a suicide car bomb killed at… Continue watching
Sep 07 On Tuesday's NewsHour... TROUBLING NEW POLLS FOR DEMOCRATS | Two new polls show that President Obama's approval ratings continue to slip as midterm elections approach. Amid the grim poll numbers, Obama announced a new plan for business tax cuts. Political editor David Chalian… Continue reading
Sep 07 For Iraqi Refugees, Survival Can Come at a High Price By Haider Hamza I am among the estimated 2 million Iraqi refugees still living far from home more than seven years after the U.S.-led coalition took over Baghdad. This is one story among hundreds of thousands. _pap_embed_custom('news01s431dqf59',482,304,""); In August, I visited my… Continue reading