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White House waffles on Guantanamo Bay closingdeadline
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 1:21:10 PM
President Barack Obama isfinding out what his predecessorexperienced — closingGuantanamo Bay is easier saidthan done.As early as May 2006, formerPresident George W. Bush said hewanted to close the prison forterrorism suspects in Cuba thatwas constructed during hisadministration after the Sept. 11,2001 attacks on the United States.But the Bush administrationfound it was not easy getting othercountries to accept some of theprisoners and faced a dilemma of what to do with other prisonerswho could not be released.When Obama came into officein January, one of his first edictswas to close Guantanamo Bay byJanuary next year. Now that thedeadline is four months away, hisadministration is acknowledgingthat it will be difficult to meet thatgoal.Defense Secretary Robert Gates,who also served under Bush, saidon Sunday that it would be toughto meet the January deadline.White House spokesman RobertGibbs was peppered withquestions about Guantanamo Bayclosing at his media briefingtoday, but refused to get corneredinto saying the deadline would bemissed.Question: Robert, back in June,when you were asked aboutwhether or not the deadline toclose down Gitmo could bereached, you said, “absolutely.”Over the weekend, I’m sure youheard the secretary of defensesaying that it’s going to be tough.What happened?Gibbs: Well, I would believe thesecretary. He always trumps me.Question: I’m sure he does.What happened between the“absolutely” and “it’s going to betough”?Gibbs: I think we’re continuingto make progress. I think we’vehad more and more peopletransferred out of GuantanamoBay…Question: So is the White Houseresigned now, resigned to the factnow that the deadline cannot bemet?Gibbs: Well, we’re not focusedon whether or not the deadlinewill or won’t be met on aparticular day. We’re focused onensuring that the facility is closedand doing all that has to be donebetween now and the 22nd of January to make the mostprogress that we can that’spossible.Doesn’t sound like anyoneshould bet on the deadline beingmet…. How important is it thatObama meet his own Jan. 22deadline for closing GuantanamoBay? Does it matter if thedeadline is not met? How muchmore time is reasonable forclosing the prison?Click here for more Reuterspolitical coveragePhoto credit: Reuters/pool(Guantanamo detainee insideopen-air yard), Reuters/JimYoung (Gibbs at Monday’s mediabriefing)
Facebook pullsObama death poll- Bizjournals.com
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Submitted at 9/29/2009 6:22:17 AM
Facebook Inc. reportedly took down a poll Monday that waslaunched by a member whichasked if President Barack Obamashould be killed.The Associated Press reportedthat the U.S. Secret Servicelaunched an investigation into theonline survey that appeared on thePalo Alto, Calif.-based socialnetworking site that askedwhether people thought Obamashould be assassinated.The choices on the poll were no,maybe, yes, and yes if he cuts myhealth care.AP said Facebook took downthe poll and disabled theapplication that was used to createit."We're working with the U.S.Secret Service, but they'll need toprovide any details of theirinvestigation," AP quoted BarrySchnitt, Facebook's spokesmanfor policy, as saying.
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The First Draft: Obama’s nextdiplomatic challenge: Olympicsvictory
By David Alexander (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:46:36 AM
If you think President Barack Obama has it tough negotiatingwith the G20 over the globaleconomy and Iran over its nuclearprogram, take a look at his nextinternational diplomaticchallenge:Going head-to-head with theInternational Olympic Committeeover the venue for the 2016Summer Games.Obama thinks it ought to beheld in his hometown of Chicago.He’s so sold on the idea thathe’s flying to Copenhagen Fridayto put in a personal appearance ata meeting of the IOC — the firsttime a sitting U.S. president hasdone so.Chicago is up against Madrid,Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo as thesite for the Olympics.The Windy City has neverhosted a Summer Olympics, norhas Madrid nor Rio.Tokyo hosted the SummerOlympics in 1964. It also won thebid for the 1940 games but wasstripped of the right after theoutbreak of its war with China.The 1940 games were ultimatelycanceled due to World War II.The Obamas were alreadyinvolved in the Olympics bidbefore the White Houseannounced the president wouldtravel to Copenhagen this Friday.First lady Michelle Obama ispart of the Chicago delegationattending the IOC meeting topresent the case for the city tohost the games.Obama won’t be the onlynational leader in attendance.Brazilian President Luis InacioLula da Silva, King Juan Carlosof Spain and Japanese PrimeMinister Yukio Hatoyama are alsoplanning to go.Obama’s week gets off to aslow start after his sessions at theUnited Nations and the Group of 20 Summit in Pittsburgh lastweek.He has no public appearanceson his schedule for Monday.The Senate and the House of Representatives were not insession Monday.For more Reuters political news,click here.Photo credit: Reuters/LarryDowning (Obama watches a girlon a balance beam at a WhiteHouse event Sept. 16 promotingChicago’s bid to host the 2016Summer Olympics)
Liberal Democrats afterBaucus over publicinsurance option
By David Alexander (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:57:34 AM
Senator Max Baucus is taking abashing from liberal Democratsfor leaving public insurance out of the Senate Finance Committee’shealthcare reform bill.With the committee chaired byBaucus headed for a showdownon the issue Tuesday, a new adtaken out by the liberal wing of his own Democratic party noteshe took millions in contributionsfrom the health and insuranceindustries and asks: “Whose sideare you on?”Baucus is a target because hekept a public option out of hishealthcare bill in order to try tofashion a measure that could winboth Republican and Democraticsupport.President Barack Obama favorsa public option. Under the systemhe proposes, people who do notget health insurance through theiremployer could go to agovernment-sponsoredmarketplace to buy insurance.The marketplace would becomprised mainly of privateinsurers, but Obama also favors apublic option to make sure there isenough competition to push downprices.Republicans firmly oppose apublic insurance option, arguing itwill ultimately drive private firmsout of business and lead to agovernment takeover of the $2.5trillion health system.The Senate Finance CommitteeTuesday will debate amendmentsthat would put a public insuranceoption into the Baucus bill.Baucus’ efforts to winbipartisan support have gainedlittle ground so far. Even theRepublicans that negotiated formonths with him have not yetcommitted to endorsing the finalbill.Republicans are using thehealthcare issue to try out newattack lines.The Republican NationalCommittee circulated a new Webad Monday charging Obama andthe Democrats will impose sevendifferent kinds of taxes to pay forhealthcare reform.A survey by Rasmussen ReportsMonday found support forObama’s plan still slipping. Just41 percent of voters nationwidefavored it, while 56 percentopposed.For more Reuters political news,click here.
At Tokyo Game Show, Cosplay Is Serious and Secretive
By Chris Kohler (Wired Top Stories)
Dressing up is not just forHalloween anymore. Check outWired.com's gallery from theTokyo Game Show.
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Missiles before talks — what’s themessage from Iran?
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:28:38 AM
Everyone has their own way of broaching subjects they don’t like.Iran has decided the bestprelude to upcoming talks withWestern powers that areinevitably going to end up in afinger-pointing session overTehran’s nuclear program, is totest fire a bunch of missiles.The United States has madeclear it will focus on Iran’snuclear program at the meetingThursday in Geneva. Let’s see if the traditional neutrality of theSwiss venue makes a difference inkeeping tempers in check (chocolates anyone?).So what’s Iran trying to saywith the missile launches whichcome inbetween last week’sdisclosure that Tehran is buildinga second uranium enrichmentplant and this week’s rare meetingbetween Iran and six majorpowers including the UnitedStates, China and Russia.“It’s entirely unsurprising thatthe Iranians would pop off someshort- and medium-range missilesin the run-up to talks,” a U.S.counterproliferation official tellsReuters.“They could be doing this fordomestic reasons as a show of strength to their own peoplebefore sitting down with themajor powers,” the official says.“Of course, it’s also possible thatthey conducted these tests todeflect attention away fromgetting caught with their hands inthe nuclear cookie jar,” the officalsays.What do you think the missiletest message is all about? How doyou think these talks will go? Willthe threat of more sanctions onTehran have any impact?Photo Credit: Reuters/ArndWiegmann (swiss chocolates),Reuters/stringer (Iranian longrange missile test-fired)
UK teenager "unlikely"to have died fromvaccine - Reuters
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Submitted at 9/29/2009 6:23:08 AM
* Post-mortem under way todetermine cause of death* Batch of vaccine involvedquarantinedBy Matthew JonesLONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) -GlaxoSmithKline's ( GSK.L)cervical cancer vaccine Cervarixprobably did not cause the deathof a British teenager shortly aftershe was given the drug, a healthofficial said on Tuesday."I think it is unlikely that will bethe case," said Dr Caron Grainger, joint director of public health inthe area where the 14-year-oldgirl died, when asked about thepossibility of any connectionbetween the death and Cervarix.News of the death came shortlybefore a possible decision by U.S.health regulators on whether toapprove Cervarix for sale in theUnited States."I think once we get into theinvestigation ... we may discoverthere is another cause of herdeath," Grainger told the BBC."The message for parents at thismoment in time and for younggirls receiving this vaccine is thatyou should go ahead with thevaccination," said Grainger, whoworks for the National HealthService in the central English cityof Coventry.Police are treating the girl'sdeath as "unexplained" and said apost-mortem was taking place onTuesday.The teenager, named by a policesource as Natalie Morton, fell illon Monday after being vaccinatedat her school under a nationalimmunisation programme againstthe sexually-transmitted humanpapilloma virus (HPV).NO PLANS TO HALTPROGRAMBritain's Department of Healthsaid there were no plans to haltthe programme under which morethan 1.4 million doses of Cervarixhave been administered. "Thevaccine has a strong safety recordso precautionary measures arefocused on the batch," it said in astatement.Grainger said only about 2,000people had suffered any adversereactions to the immunisationprogramme and that these weremostly minor. GlaxoSmithKlinesaid on Monday it was workingwith regulators to understand thecase better.Sudden teenage deaths, ingeneral, are not unknown."Unfortunately, some youngpeople do die suddenly for avariety of reasons, includingcardiac causes. Sometimes theyhave been entirely well beforetheir death," said Dr DavidElliman of London's GreatOrmond Street Hospital forChildren. Continued...
Newmont is still mining the right commodities
By Joseph Lazzaro (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 9/29/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Newmont Mining(NEM), Stocks to Buy NewmontMining's(NYSE: NEM) stock continues to meander, despite anaverage, higher price for gold sofar in 2009. The primary culprit?An average, lower price forcopper.Still, with a likely FY2009revenue gain of 6-7%, I'mReiterating my Buy rating for thecompany, first recommended onJune 3, 2009 at a price of $46.42.Continue reading Newmont isstill mining the right commoditiesNewmont is still mining theright commodities originallyappeared on BloggingStocks onTue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this|Comments
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