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Report: Iraq Is No. 3 in Corruption
Tweet Share on Facebook September 26, 2007 CommentIn the perpetual evaluation of how much (or how little) progress Iraq is making these days, the government in Baghdad faces another unwanted superlative—third most corrupt country in the world.
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Gates Seeks $50 Billion More for War
Tweet Share on Facebook September 25, 2007 CommentSecretary of Defense Robert Gates will go before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, when he is expected to deliver budget amendments to Congress that will substantially increase the president's 2008 war spending to $200 billion from the approximately $150 billion that the administration initially estimated it would need in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A Plan for Better Troop Mental Care
Tweet Share on Facebook September 25, 2007 Comment (1)The Department of Defense has released a plan to improve mental-health care for American troops who are facing multiple tours in war zones.
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Watch Live Heart Surgery Online
Tweet Share on Facebook September 25, 2007 CommentNext Tuesday, October 2, usnews.com viewers are invited to step into two operating rooms at the Cleveland Clinic and watch heart specialists in action as they perform mitral-valve repairs using two cutting-edge techniques: robotically assisted surgery and a procedure that involves snaking surgical tools into the heart through a vein.
U.S. News Health Editor Dr. Bernadine Healy and the Cleveland Clinic's Dr. A. Marc Gillinov, an expert in minimally invasive heart-valve repair, will be on hand to question the surgeons while they work and help viewers understand what they see. You can go to www.usnews.com/livesurgery at 7:30 a.m. on October 2 to watch the 90-minute procedures live.
In the meantime, you can follow Dr. Healy and the Cleveland Clinic's chairman of cardiothoracic surgery, Dr. Bruce Lytle, as they navigate the hospital from the perspective of a typical heart surgery patient.
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Morning Buzz: Sept. 25, 2007
Tweet Share on Facebook September 25, 2007 CommentSgt. Evan Vela is accused of planting evidence on an Iraqi he killed. He says he was following orders. Vela contends that Army snipers who are hunting insurgents in Iraq are ordered to "bait" their targets by leaving out suspicious materials and then killing whoever picks them up. The military wouldn't confirm whether such a program exists.
Computing giant Microsoft is considering pouring billions of dollars into the popular social-networking site Facebook in a move that might also bring online titan Google to the negotiation table. Facebook's creator, 23-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, has said repeatedly that he plans to keep Facebook independent. Microsoft would invest $10 billion in the company and receive up to a 5 percent stake.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is slated to speak to the U.N. General Assembly today in New York City after raising eyebrows at an appearance at Columbia University. He stood up for his country's nuclear program, said that the root causes of 9/11 needed to be more thoroughly researched, and, in response to a query about his belief in the Holocaust, asked: "Why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price for an event they had nothing to do with?"
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50 Years Ago: the Little Rock 9
Tweet Share on Facebook September 24, 2007 Comment"Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts," President Dwight D. Eisenhower told the American people in an address given 50 years ago today. Eisenhower was in the midst of a racially charged crisis, having sent federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., to forcibly desegregate an all-white high school three years after the Supreme Court had ruled in the landmark Brown decision that "separate but equal" was no longer law.
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Morning Buzz: Sept. 24, 2007
Tweet Share on Facebook September 24, 2007 CommentIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York City this morning to crowds of protesters and New York City tabloid headlines scorning the leader. He is slated to speak at Columbia University today and the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Columbia President Lee Bollinger said he would ask Iran's leader tough questions about human rights, the Holocaust, and Iran's nuclear program.
Iran also closed northern parts of its border with Iraq to protest the detention of an Iranian citizen by the United States on weapons-smuggling charges, Kurdish officials report. However, officials in Tehran say there was no decision to close the border. U.S. News reported on how Washington think tanks are abuzz over whether the United States should go to war with Iran.
As many as 100,000 protesters took to the streets in the capital of Myanmar today to protest the military dictatorship. Protesters were angry that the government sharply raised fuel prices. It was the latest in a series of protests that began on August 19.
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MoveOn Launches New 'Betrayal' Ad
Tweet Share on Facebook September 21, 2007 CommentMoveOn.org has launched the latest edition in its "Betrayal" campaign, this time targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
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Senate Earmarks $5 Billion in Defense Bill
Tweet Share on Facebook September 21, 2007 CommentThe Senate version of the fiscal 2008 defense appropriations bill includes $5.2 billion in earmarks, according to a new analysis by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington fiscal watchdog group.
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Morning Buzz: Sept. 21, 2007
Tweet Share on Facebook September 21, 2007 CommentThis morning two students were shot and wounded, one seriously, at Delaware State University. University officials quickly canceled classes for the day and instructed students to stay inside because the gunman has yet to be found.
Blackwater USA is back on the streets of Iraq, protecting U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials, even though the Iraq government wanted the private security firm that was allegedly involved in the killing of 11 civilians to be tossed from the country. American officials said convoys using Blackwater guards would be limited to essential missions.
In Afghanistan, 82 were killed, including one French soldier who died in a bomb attack. In southern Afghanistan, 75 Taliban militants were killed by the U.S.-led coalition, along with six civilians whose houses were being used for shelter by Taliban fighters.
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