President Obama's decision on Afghanistan was tardy, messy - and courageous. ...more

December 6, 2009

President Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Christmas. ...more

December 1, 2009

JACKSONVILLE (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged today not to "rush the solemn decision" to send more troops to battle in Afghanistan as he weighs military options on what to do next in the troubled war. ...more

October 26, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is having elective back surgery at George Washington University Hospital. ...more

September 17, 2009

Leave it to former Vice President Dick Cheney to throw custom and protocol to the winds to engage in partisan sniping with the new administration so soon after the inauguration. ...more

March 22, 2009

President Barack Obama says treasury secretary is one job that's not up for grabs. ...more

March 21, 2009

Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that he won't criticize Barack Obama because the new U.S. president "deserves my silence," and said he plans to write a book about the 12 toughest decisions he made in office. ...more

March 17, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that by jettisoning key elements of the Bush administration's approach to terrorism, President Barack Obama had increased the risk of more attacks on the United States. ...more

March 16, 2009

Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs still expects to return from his medical leave at the end of June, according to an Apple director who responded to an investor at the company's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday. ...more

February 26, 2009

There's this grossly obese guy with a fat mouth to match, not elected to any office, yet every lie, every accusation he dreams up, is repeated almost verbatim by our Republican representatives and senators. ...more

February 12, 2009