The House passed new laws that will give the consumer more protection. The bill will allow shareholders to have a say about executive compensation. The bill may end up changed when in passes through the Senate.
A report came out from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated that the new health reform bill would raise healthcare cost by $234 billion dollars.
Gov. Mark Stanford’s wife divorced him this week. This along with ethics charges doesn’t look too good for Stanford.
A senior Al-Qaeda officer was killed in a drone attack along the Pakistani border. This follows an increase in Drone attacks in the region.
UN meeting in Copenhagen: UN countries purposed that larger countries fund poor ones attempts at CO2 reduction along with cutting their own emissions.
Obama delivers speech at the Nobel Prize acceptance ceremony. He defended the principles of Just War, while at the same time acknowledging the need for peace. The speech was well received.
Just after the announcement of Obama’s new strategy, the long term outlook in Afghanistan isn’t looking very good. Difficulty getting recruits for the Afghan National Security Force and the issue of Infrastructure for things like education are complicating the long term strategy for the war.
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