At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Indianapolis Monday, Vice President Joe Biden emphasized that although the U.S. is bringing troops back from Iraq, it does not mean the U.S. will no longer be engaging with the country. Instead, Biden says, the mission has changed. (0:38) Listen
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Iran “Utterly Failed” To Influence Iraqi Elections, Says Biden
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Indianapolis Monday, Vice President Joe Biden said that Iran “utterly failed” to influence the Iraqi elections. (0:20) Listen
Biden: Politics, Not War Has Broken Out In Iraq
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Indianapolis Monday, Vice President Joe Biden said that poltiics has replaced war in Iraq. (0:32) Listen
Biden Confident Formation Of Iraqi Government On-Track
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Indianapolis Monday, Vice President Joe Biden said that he was confident the formation of the Iraqi government is on-track. (0:14) Listen
Biden: Drawdown Critics Were Wrong
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Indianapolis Monday, Vice President Joe Biden said that those who warned that removing troops from Iraq would lead to violence were wrong. (0:25) Listen
FDA Commissioner Hints At More Egg Recalls
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told several news shows Monday that there may be additional egg recalls on the horizon. To date, over 500 million eggs have been recalled due to a salmonella outbreak. According to Hamburg, approximately 1,000 have been affected to date. CNN has more on the recalls…
Coalition Forces Working To Outpace Afghan Military’s High Attrition Rate
High attrition rates in Afghanistan’s military will require Coalition forces to train more than twice as many Afghan soldiers than needed, according to Lt. General William Caldwell, the official overseeing NATO’s training program. “To grow the Afghan National Security force the additional 56,000 that is currently needed to meet the October 31, 2011 goal of [...]
Opening Day For Gulf Coast’s $20 Billion Man
The $20 billion compensation fund BP set up to alleviate the burden of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf Coast opens for business today. Despite expected increases in prospective payouts to people and businesses affected by the disaster, Kenneth Feinberg, who will be running the fund, has taken heavy fire from critics who [...]
Biden: Iraqis Ready To Take Charge
Vice President Joe Biden applauded the success of the United States military in Iraq and said the people of Iraq are ready to step up to the plate and “take charge” of their country. At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Indianapolis Monday, the Vice-President expressed his confidence in the Iraqi people and said [...]
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SeaWorld Fined $75K, Plans To Challenge Citations
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently fined SeaWorld Orlando $75,000 for three safety violations, one of which has been classified as “willful” negligence of trainers’ safety. The fine comes in response to a February 2010 tragedy, when a 12,000 pound killer whale pulled trainer, Dawn Brancheau, 40, by her [...]