That was as pretty a picture as the President could paint of Afghanistan, where the situation remains very tenuous and there is no real long-term political solution in sight.
The 8 most damning conclusions of the British Parliament report on the News Corp. hacking scandal.
After a day of rumors and a White House furiously trying to quash reports, it has now been confirmed that President Obama is in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit on the anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Obama will address the nation live this evening at 7:30 p.m. ET.
How the right-wing noise machine led to the resignation of EPA regional administrator Al Armendariz.
As David Taintor reports, those following the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal closely don’t think today’s report from Parliament gets us even to the halfway point of the still-unfolding saga.
The full News Corp. statement on today’s report from Parliament.
The Fox News morning show Fox and Friends is a bottomless well of cable news ridiculousness. But on the morning a committee of the British Parliament released a report finding that Rupert Murdoch is not fit to lead a major international corporation, the disconnect from reality was particularly amusing. Watch.
Mitt Romney just did a brief press availability with Rudy Giuliani in downtown New York to commemorate the death of Osama bin Laden and by reference the 9/11 attacks. It gave Romney an opportunity to answer questions on the topic of the day — would he have whacked bin Laden just like Obama did.
Watch the video.