Pelosi: "Bring some justice back to the American people"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), discussed the issue of the AIG bonuses at a Press Conference today.
Pelosi told reporters: “We see the outrage of the American people in terms of bonuses paid by AIG and perhaps others who have received TARP funds and on the floor of the House today we will present legislation to address the concerns of the American people. To bring some justice to the situation and to get the taxpayers money back.”
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Secretary Gate's personal view that a "modest" amount of troops will remain in Iraq after 2011

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, backed up President Obama's statement today, in a conference cal,l that all U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by August 31, 2010 and that all U.S. troops would leave Iraq by 2011. Gates said that if Iraqi forces asked for U.S. troops to remain, he believed people "should be prepared to have a very modest size presence" remaining in Iraq.
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Secretary Gates: Non-combat troops left in Iraq after 2010 will have combat capability

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates hosted a conference call where he discussed Obama's strategy to end the war in Iraq. Following the President's lead, Gates said, that all combat troops will be out of Iraq by August 31, 2010, but the non-combat troops left in Iraq "will have combat capability."
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Who Will Take The Guantanamo Detainees?

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

This was a point raised today by the former United Kingdom Secretary of Defense, Rt. Hon Des Browne Mp, in a discussion on "Transatlantic Security Post-Bush," at the Center for American Progress. Mr Browne talked about the need for other European countries to take Guantanamo prisoners.


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Pelosi Pays Tribute To Lincoln

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), paid tribute to former President Abraham Lincoln at a Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration held at the Capitol today. In her speech Pelosi said: "Let us take our lead from Lincoln."
February 12, 2009.
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