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Obama’s TSA pick plans to ‘join’ security with unions

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Dec 312009
 

But has refused to tell Senate whether he will take move critics charge will threaten U.S.

By Aaron Klein, December 31, 2009
WorldNetDaily

President Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration previously boasted to a major union that he looked forward to “joining” with them to add value to TSA security, WND has learned.

In Senate hearings, nominee Erroll Southers has avoided giving a “yes” or “no” answer over whether he would unionize airport security workers. Unions across the U.S., however, have been lobbying hard for Southers’ confirmation.
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Posted by DagnyTaggart at 2:47 pm  

Republicans Prepare To Dig In Heels On Clean Water Restoration Act

 CZAR WATCH, NEW AMERICA  No Responses »
Dec 312009
 

by Personal Liberty News Desk
December 21, 2009

Democratic Representative James Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has decided to defer introducing the Clean Water Restoration Act until next year due to heavy criticism from the GOP.

Oberstar’s proposed legislation would allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with the Army Corp of Engineers, to protect and control all of the nation’s waterways, according to The Washington Times.
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Posted by DagnyTaggart at 2:38 pm  

French Constitutional Court Rejects Carbon Tax

 CLIMATE WATCH  No Responses »
Dec 312009
 

By Gregory Viscusi, December 30, 2009
Bloomberg.com

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — France’s constitutional court rejected a proposed tax on carbon emissions, saying a web of exemptions violated the principal of equality and rendered efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions ineffective.

The government said it will make new proposals on Jan. 20.
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Posted by DagnyTaggart at 2:31 pm  

Putin Urges US To Share Missile Defense Data

 RUSSIA*, SECURITY  No Responses »
Dec 312009
 

Associated Press, December 29, 2009
CBSNews

Putin Says Russia Needs To Build New Weapons, Urges US To Disclose Its Missile Defense Plans

(AP) MOSCOW (AP) – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia wants the U.S. to share detailed data about its planned missile shield under a new arms control treaty, signaling potential new difficulties in the ongoing negotiations between Moscow and Washington.

Putin’s televised remarks set a defiant tone as negotiators try to hammer out a successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that expired on Dec. 5. The two countries had hoped to reach a deal before the end of the year, but problems persist.

Putin also said that Russia will build new weapons to offset the U.S. missile defense system. Continue reading »

Posted by DagnyTaggart at 1:13 pm  

8 Americans die in suicide blast in Afghanistan

 AFGHANISTAN WAR, ENEMIES OF AMERICA, OUR MILITARY, TERRORISM  No Responses »
Dec 302009
 

There is a report that the Americans killed were CIA.

By DEB RIECHMANN, AP, December 30, 2009
Breitbart.com

KABUL (AP) – At least eight Americans died Wednesday in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. Conflicting reports were reaching the Pentagon on whether the victims were civilian or military in the bombing at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province near the border with Pakistan.

The deaths were confirmed late Wednesday by a U.S. official in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Continue reading »

Posted by DagnyTaggart at 9:18 pm  

Iran Police Vow to Show ‘No Mercy’ in Crackdown on Demonstrations

 IRAN TENSIONS  No Responses »
Dec 302009
 

December 30, 2009
Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s police chief threatened Wednesday to show “no mercy” in crushing any new opposition protests and said more than 500 demonstrators have been arrested in the wake of this week’s deadly clashes.

At least eight people were killed in street violence Sunday, the country’s worst unrest since the aftermath of the disputed presidential election on June 12. One of those killed was the nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who was buried Wednesday in a hastily organized ceremony.
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Posted by DagnyTaggart at 5:01 pm  

U.S. taking majority ownership of GMAC

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Dec 302009
 

By Binyamin Appelbaum, December 30, 2009
The Washington Post

The federal government said Wednesday it will take a majority ownership stake in the troubled auto lender GMAC, providing another $3.8 billion in aid to the company, which has been unable to raise from private investors the money it needs to staunch its losses.

The new aid package for GMAC, coming as most large banks are repaying the government, underscores both the problems afflicting the company and its importance to the Obama administration’s efforts to revive the auto industry. Continue reading »

Posted by DagnyTaggart at 4:50 pm  

Why Did the Bush Administration Send Hardcore Terrorists Back to Al-Qaida?

 SECURITY, TERRORISM  No Responses »
Dec 302009
 

By Evan Kohlmann, December 29, 2009
Counterterrorism Blog

One of the most troubling aspects of the recent explosion of activity by Al-Qaida in Yemen (otherwise known as “Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula”) is the role being played by Saudi nationals who are former detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At least eleven former Saudi Gitmo prisoners who were sent back home by the Bush administration between 2003-2007 have promptly rejoined Al-Qaida in Yemen — including individuals who made no secret of their intentions upon being released. The biographies of these men are all included in my NEFA Foundation report from earlier this year, “The Eleven: Saudi Guantanamo Veterans Returning to the Fight.” I reprint the conclusions of my report here: Continue reading »

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