Thursday, December 3, 2009

Thursday's Top News: Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War?

Today's Top Stories

Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War?

By JOE KLEIN

The President offered a reasoned case for expansion in Afghanistan. But Americans need inspiration as well

As Obama Hosts a Jobs Summit, Congress Eyes a Jobs Stimulus

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL / WASHINGTON

Less than a year after the $787 billion stimulus package was passed, Democrats are spooked by double-digit unemployment rate to push for a new jobs bill

China Vs. Disney: The Battle for Mulan

By LING WOO LIU / HONG KONG

The Chinese have not been happy that the Magic Kingdom appropriated their folkloric heroine for global gain. Now they've come up with their own movie

How Tiger Woods Can Survive the Scandal

By BELINDA LUSCOMBE

The golf great has bogeyed his handling of his crisis. How to fix it.

Executive Privilege for Obama's Social Secretary?

By MICHAEL SCHERER / WASHINGTON

The White House's justification for why its social secretary will not be testifying to Congress about the state dinner gate-crashing controversy has raised some eyebrows among legal scholars

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By Jay Newton-Small

Tomorrow morning at 10am on the third floor of the Cannon House Office building, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson will convene a hearing examining "the security breach at the White House State Dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 24. The committee will look at deficiencies in security planning, actions taken to correct vulnerabilities and any management [...]

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Quotes of the Day

"If the Salahis are absent from tomorrow's hearing, the committee is prepared to move forward with subpoenas to compel their appearance."
BENNIE THOMPSON,
Democratic Rep., on the likelihood that Tareq and Michaele Salahi won't appear before the House Homeland Security Committee Thursday
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Paris

Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?

By Bill Saporito

Air France's transatlantic A380 service features comfy seats, six bars and an art gallery. But is the Airbus jumbo now a white elephant? Bringing the party back to the skies

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