Obama Against Tax Break for High-Income Workers

Responding to an opinion piece by former director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag, President Obama plans to say during a speech in Cleveland that he opposes keeping the Bush tax cuts for individuals making more than $200,000 a year or households making more than $250,000 — More…

Report: Obama to Send 34,000 More Troops to Afghanistan

McClatchy reports that, after weeks of deliberation, President Obama has settled on the number of additional troops he plans to send to Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the

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