The Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Bill Safire has died at the age of 79, reportedly from pancreatic cancer. He worked at the Times for over 30 years, he was a conservative, who once was a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon. In the past Mr. Safire spent a lot of time accusing the Clinton's of various "scandals", which were never borne out by the facts, according to reports. That did not seem to stop him, he just left what he said hanging out there and moved on, as one reporter stated. He also said that Saddam Hussein was linked to the 9/11 attackers, the 9/11 Commission Report discredited this reporting. Mr. Safire will be missed greatly in his community of friends.
Iran test fired short range and long range missiles in a matter of a few days. Sending a message that they are ready for any potential attack on their country. All of this comes after a secret underground nuclear weapon development facility was reportedly discovered and revealed by U.S. Intelligence. British, French and U.S. leaders, with Germany being in accord, held a joint press conference on Friday of last week to announce the discovery, which had been under surveillance, according to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for well over a year. Iran has according to the press conference, until December to allow inspection of the facility and to cease their building of nuclear weapons. A summit will be held this week with Iran in the mix, but Iran officials state they are not prepared to discuss nuclear weapons at the meeting. They did however say, according to reports, that they would allow inspectors into the facility at some future date.
President Obama is headed to Copenhagen, Denmark, to lobby for the city of Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics. A delegation from Chicago will also be there to lobby the IOC as well.
President Obama is suggesting that summer vacations for American school children be curtailed. Well, he will now lose the love of the kids.
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A vaccine has been discovered, which will reportedly stop infection from the HIV virus.
The U. S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to stop Medicare premium increases.
The Senate Finance Committee continues its deliberation over 564 amendments to Senator Baucus' health care reform bill proposal.
Senators Schumer and Rockefeller will present two proposals for a public option to the proposed bill today. Reports are that the public option may not be a part of the Senate bill, but may survive the House version.
German Chancellor Merkel has won a second term in office.
Stranger than fiction, an Arkansas woman, who is expecting a child, found out that she is also pregnant with a second child and the children are not twins, one is scheduled for delivery in 2009, the other in 2010. Doctors report that they will deliver both babies at the same time. Has this ever happened before?
An Afghanistan born man was arrested on terrorism charges, after discovery by police officers, of large purchases of bomb making materials
by the man. He also had information on his computer related to bomb construction. Digital fingerprints and phone taps lead to the man's arrest. To other men were also arrested in other states on similar charges, reportedly unrelated to the Afghan born individual.
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