Happy Thanksgiving, all!
It’s probably my favorite holiday of the year, and I’m going to be taking a few days away with friends and family.
Will be back here on Tuesday.
It’s a crazy world, but I have much to be thankful for! If you are celebrating over the next few [...]
A brief world news roundup for 25 November 2009.
United States & the Americas White House – Fact Sheets: U.S. – Indian Cooperation; Attached are a series of factsheets highlighting some of the key outcomes of this visit. In total 6 Memoranda-of-understandings were signed, 2 [...]
A brief world news roundup for 23 November 2009.
United States & the Americas Times of India – US and India will sign a pact on intelligence sharing and counter-terrorism during the Prime Minister’s visit, one of nearly a dozen agreements to be inked during [...]I don’t think I’ve ever asked this before. But, I’m curious who you all are. I don’t really do much in the way of advertising, though maybe I should. (I’ve said before, putting together the blog is a way for me to keep up with what’s going on.) I get [...]
A brief world news roundup for 20 November 2009.
United States & the Americas Washington Post – A Senate committee on Thursday morning launched the first public hearing into the Fort Hood shooting attack with a focus on the perils of homegrown extremism and “political [...]
A brief world news roundup for 19 November 2009.
United States & the Americas NY Times – President Obama acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that his administration would miss a self-imposed deadline to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by mid-January, [...]
A brief world news roundup for 17 November 2009.
United States & the Americas Times of India – The India-US nuclear deal is expected to crop up during Tuesday’s dialogue in Beijing as US president Barack Obama seeks the support of Chinese leaders on his [...]
A brief world news roundup for 16 November 2009.
United States & the Americas White House – Statements By President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia After Bilateral Meeting LA Times – The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan’s intelligence service [...]
A brief world news roundup for 13 November 2009.
United States & the Americas Elisabeth Bumiller – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is normally a mild-mannered man, at least in public, but he unleashed a torrent on his plane on Thursday morning about leaks during [...]
…the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month…
morning colors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (US Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Wahl)
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Going to be taken a couple of days off. Taking a short trip with the family for a little rest and relaxation. I have a bunch of vacation days to use up before the end of the year anyway.
I should be back here on Wednesday.
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A brief world news roundup for 6 November 2009.
United States & the Americas Army Times – An Army psychiatrist was identified Thursday as one of the gunmen in a shooting rampage on Fort Hood, Texas, that left at least 12 people dead and up [...]
A brief world news roundup for 4 November 2009.
United States & the Americas Treasury Dept – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today removed Patricia Rosa Vinck, Barakaat International, and Barakaat International Foundation from its Specially Designated Nationals [...]
