Saturday, February 21, 2009

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Socks Passes

The White House cat during the Clinton administration dies around age 18 after battling cancer. Socks lived with former Clinton secretary Betty Currie since Clinton left office in early 2001. Says she's "heartbroken" by the death.

Obama: Tax Cuts Will Be Felt By April 1

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWSi9ds9Zs&w=360] The president announces the Treasury has begun directing employers to reduce the amount of taxes withheld in every paycheck. Says in Saturday radio address that in six weeks a typical family will start taking home at least $65 more every month. "Never before in our history has a tax cut taken effect faster or gone to so [...]

Clinton Assures China on U.S. Investments

Tells Chinese officials Saturday that its holdings of U.S. Treasury notes, other government debt is still a good investment. The two nations also agreed to cooperate in stabilizing the global economy and combating climate change.

Pelosi in Afghanistan

The Speaker of the House meets with President Karzai in Kabul Saturday to talk about the U.S. reviewing it's mission in the country. Also meets with U.S. troops during her two-day visit.

Obama's Go To Man

WashPost profiles Jim Messina, known in the administration as "the fixer," whose usual assignment is to solve Obama's problems.

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Is Islam Growing More Militant?

Mark Steyn argues yes, sort of. Mostly he's concerned with Britain's wussy, censorious refusal to allow the Dutch parliamentarian/documentarian Geert Wilders to show his film about Islamic radicalism, "Fitna," in the U.K. Well, we can agree on this: the west should, under no circumstances, allow its freedom of speech to compromised by threats from the [...]

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