WASHINGTON D.C.-The deficit super committee created during the debt ceiling crisis, held its first meeting today. Theirs is the responsibility to pare the deficit by $1.5 trillion by Thanksgiving. This first meeting is essentially one of organization, and seems bi-partisan today, as the sessions progress, this will probably pass.
SIMI VALLEY-Meeting on the debate stage for the first time, Republicans Mitt Romney and Governor Rick Perry squared off. The rest of the Republican debaters at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley seemed relegated to the background.
WASHINGTON D.C.-Despite the urging from the Pentagon, President Obama is considering lowering troop levels to only 3,000 troops in Iraq after the troop withdrawal date agreed upon by the Bush administration and the Iraqi government. The deadline for withdrawing all troops is the end of December. Pentagon officials have pushed for a minimum level of […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-According to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, as he spoke at a Senate hearing Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of financial collapse and "Failure to act could be catastrophic." He asked lawmakers to allow him to make radical changes in order to stave off defaulting on the institution's obligations.