In the News: Sep-29

Obama considers new Afghanistan strategy - 29 Sep 2009 at 2:25pm - U.S. President Barack Obama met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday to talk about a possible new strategy in Afghanistan amid calls for more allied troops in the warn-torn country.

Hoyer cool to repealing wiretap immunity - 29 Sep 2009 at 1:31pm - WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made clear Tuesday that he would be cool to a Senate proposal to take away the retroactive immunity now given to telecommunications companies that participated in warrantless wiretapping during the George W. Bush administration.

Appeals court upholds dismissal of vaccine suit - 29 Sep 2009 at 11:30am - WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court has ruled that members of the military can be required to be vaccinated against anthrax.

US gov't told it can have access to 3 Americans who have been detained in Ira... - 29 Sep 2009 at 11:00am - WASHINGTON -- U.S. gov't told it can have access to three Americans who have been detained in Iran since July.

Thought for the day:
Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence. -Francis Jeffrey (1773 - 1850)