Apr 19 Poll Numbers, Credit Rating Complicate President Obama's Mission on Deficit President Obama poses with the Air Force Academy football team during the Commander in Chief's Trophy presentation Monday at the White House. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. It's days like Tuesday when President Obama might be thinking, "Can't… Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch Can U.S., NATO Avoid a Humanitarian Crisis in Libya? Libya Stalemate Leaves Many Civilians in Need of Aid… Continue watching
Apr 18 President Obama Hits the Road to Sell Deficit Reduction Plan President Obama has called for reducing the deficit by cutting spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama put forward a plan last week to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch U.S. Faces Difficult Balancing Act Amid Uprisings in Arab World Why Does U.S. Having Varying Responses to Mid-East Unrest?… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch News Wrap: Obama Says Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Not a 'Token Gesture' News Wrap: Obama Outlines Afghan War Drawdown Plan… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Shields, Brooks on 'Flexible' U.S. Policy in Middle East, Deficit Plans Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's political news. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch The Doublehader: Gamesmanship, Sportsmanship Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the recent budget battles and the NBA playoffs. Continue watching
Apr 15 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Gamesmanship, Sportsmanship By Hari Sreenivasan After a spring hiatus, Mark Shields and David Brooks are back under the same roof and swung by before Friday's program for a new Doubleheader. When talking about the sport of politics this week, we discussed the gamesmanship that both… Continue reading
Apr 15 The Bully Pulpit Advantage: Budgets, Deficits and 2012 A few weeks ago, I mused in this space about why anyone would want to be president. This week, I had an epiphany. And so did Rep. Paul Ryan. To understand this, it helps to be a student of… Continue reading
Apr 15 House Passes Ryan 2012 Budget Proposal A united House Republican conference voted overwhelmingly to pass budget Chairman Paul Ryan's sweeping budget plan that would cut $5.8 trillion in spending over the next ten years, lowering corporate tax rates and transforming Medicare into a voucher system for… Continue reading