4.23pm: Philip Hammond has been making his first appearance at the despatch box as defence secretary. He has been making a routine statement about Afghanistan and he has had a polite reception, with many MPs offering him their best wishes. He said that Britain's commitment to the country would continue "for many years to come".Let us not understate the tangible improvements that have take place, but let us also not underestimate the scale of the challenge. The commitment of the international community will have to continue for many years to come, long after international troops have been removed.4.28pm: The report into Liam Fox is due out any minute now. If Fox is going to make a personal statement in the Commons, there's a chance it could happen as soon as the report comes out.
"The problem is," says Diego Arria,a former Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations,speaking of the field of contenders,"none of these guys is Chávez." After 14 erratic years of Chávismo,which blended checkbook populism with personal fiat and intimidation of critics and rivals,this oil-rich South American nation has hit a wall. Just how Chávez parlayed charisma into clout and kept Venezuela’s splintered political interests from flying apart is a subject for the next generation of pundits. One prominent Venezuelan media executive,who understandably asked not to be identified,chalked it up to the innate charm of the man Venezuelans knew emblematically as El Comandante,a talent oiled by an elaborate spoils system to keep insiders fat and happy.
What is notable is the ways in which the current resolution (at least the draft that is circulating this afternoon) differs from the resolution passed by the Senate in the context of the last Gaza war. That resolution,?S. Res. 10,was adopted January 8,2009,by unanimous consent. Two major differences between the current resolution and S. Res. 10 bear mentioning.First,the Gillibrand-Kirk resolution contains no mention of any aspiration to see hostilities end and includes no exhortation for the President to in any way to engage to try to calm the violence or bring about a ceasefire.?This is in contrast to S. Res. 10,which included a resolved clause encouraging the President "to work actively to support a durable,enforceable,and sustainable cease-fire in Gaza,as soon as possible,
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"Looking back,even the people who opposed him most harshly remember him as one of the most hard-working legislators,
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It would have made the decisive steps he could have announced immediately look like considered measures,not a rushed attempt to channel the news cycle.Then,on that very first day,he could have and should have fired the acting commissioner of the IRS. (He did that later.) While it's impossible under the law to dismiss civil servants out of hand,?he could?have and should have said that anyone at the IRS involved in the targeting of right-leaning organizations would be put on leave. (Lerner the leaker has been. But what about the others? If they had contested any such decision,it would have strengthened the president's credibility. The White House shouldn't have let the lawyers stand in the way.
This is what he tweeted: British Irish council underway in Dublin Castle - Alex Salmond told RTE Westminster had tried to bully and intimidate ScotlandMr Salmond said people in Ireland would remember the leaders of big countries find it difficult not to bully small countriesCameron would normally attend the British Irish Council, Nick writes. But he is in Saudi Arabia today, which explains why Clegg is there. Cameron met Kenny in Downing Street yesterday.11.22am: The BBC have just reported that Alex Salmond and Nick Clegg have been talking about the referendum issue this morning over coffee, in a 10 or 15 minute chat. The conversation was "adult and mature", the BBC reports. Salmond's people have briefed the media that he has invited Clegg and Cameron to come to Scotland to discuss the issue.
In Arizona,for instance,the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project at first did not respond to and then declined repeated requests,over several weeks,for interviews for this story. Spokeswoman Tally Kingsworth said in an email that "our office generally only provides statements to the press when we initiate the contact."Although hundreds of kids are housed by the Office of Refugee Resettlement in Phoenix,program directors there are skittish about granting press interviews. One responded to an interview request by email,then passed it on to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The office declined to allow The Daily Beast to interview the director or visit a shelter where the children live,although assurances were made that the undocumented immigrants would not be identified in a story.
Fired down." "Through the top part of the door,not the bottom?" Nel pressed. "Definitely," said Botha.Testosterone supplements may have been found in Pistorius’s home.During Wednesday’s bail hearing,Botha said investigators found two boxes of testosterone in the bedroom,along with syringes and needles. Testosterone is a banned substance for most athletes and is known to make its users more aggressive. During cross-examination,however,detective Botha admitted he "didn’t read the whole name on the container." Defense lawyer Barry Roux explained that what police mistook for testosterone actually was an herbal supplement called testo-compositum enzyme,which is not banned. Tests on the substance have not yet been completed.
He is as he is, while recognising that people do actually need to get to know him better. A lot of people don't know who the leader of the opposition is, especially only two years into his role.12.30pm: There are at least two polls in the papers today.Opinium in the ObserverLabour: 39% (down 3 points from Opinium last week)Conservatives: 29% (down 1)Lib Dems: 10% (up 2)Ukip: 10%Labour lead: 10 points (down 2)But the Observer says some of the figures in the poll are gloomy for Labour.Depressingly for Labour, 29% say the current coalition government is responsible for the present state of the economy against 46% who blame the last Labour government.Even among Labour voters there are real doubts about Miliband's ability to be prime minister – 29% of Labour supporters say they "definitely" or "probably" can't imagine him as prime minister.
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