Obama says the problem is that the U.S. doesn’t have a civilian effort as large as the military.
He wants to change that by building up a “civilian expeditionary force” that can go into an area once the U.S. military deems it safe to do the work of building roads, bridges and schools and setting up civil societies.
Obama said that’s one reason he’s increased military pay while holding the line on domestic spending.
Obama commented Wednesday during a town hall meeting.
By Phyllis Chesler
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan might be shocked if she knew a bit more about Aharon Barak, the former president of the Israeli Supreme Court, and the man whom she strongly and warmly praised during her confirmation hearings this week.
Kagan described Barak as the “John Marshall of the state of Israel because he was central in creating an independent judiciary for Israel, a young nation threatened from its very beginning in existential ways and a nation without a written constitution.” She admired Barak for ensuring that Israel would become a “very strong rule of law nation.”
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By CALVIN WOODWARD (AP)
WASHINGTON — Elena Kagan declined to discuss her passions, demurred when asked anything that might tip her hand on the Supreme Court and invoked her right to remain inscrutable even on cases buried in the past.
In short, Kagan did her best to ensure her high court nomination hearing was just the kind of benign event she criticized years ago for lacking “seriousness and substance.”
Her dodges over two days of questioning prompted chuckles in the Senate Judiciary Committee as members, keenly aware of what she wrote in 1995, watched her rhetorical dances.
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Beat out by Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and (Waaa) Glenn Beck.
According to the conservative magazine Town Hall, Glenn Beck leads the list of the 100 Americans the Left Hates Most. His popularity—or rather, unpopularity—with the left is apparently because of his shift from CNN to the Fox Network where his ratings exploded.
Sarah Palin beat out Rush Limbaugh and George “Dubua” as the #2 most hated personality the Republicans have to offer.
The Tea Party Patriot, or terrorist according to Bloomberg, “…has presented a significant roadblock for the president’s progressive agenda,” according to the report.
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