A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.
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Related Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy re... DEE DEE MYERS We have a promise not to let our debt grow faster than our economy, ... I'm concerned. I'm taking ac... CAROLE TAYLOR There are some days when history is made. Yesterday was one - and I was honoured to be in Washington... DES BROWNE Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exh... NANCY GIBBS In prior years, saddled with heavy incentives and a sagging economy, industry executives pushed prof... BRIAN AMBROSE A person choosing to spend large portions of time in an unsatisfying job in order to make ends meet ... BENJAMIN P. HARDY A good friend of mine, Tom, had $15,000 in credit- card debt. I recommended to him that he go and bu... DAVID BACH Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i... CARMEN NUZZO It's one thing to run faster in place when the rest of the economy is stagnating as well. But it cut... JARED BERNSTEIN asking, begging military commanders precisely not to do that. CARINA PERELLI The September 11 attacks pushed the U.S. economy into a recession that will be mild both in depth an... HARVEY ROSENBLUM Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit... REINCE PRIEBUS Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress. ELAYNE BOOSLER When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people ... HOWARD COBLE An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they canno... WENDELL BERRY Facts are facts: No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a wo... MARTIN O'MALLEY Your Guardians of Freedom is a new program that enables unit commanders and Airmen to quickly commun... MICHAEL BURGESS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The corporate PC market is increasingly mature, and Microsoft has a dominant share of that market, s... DREW BROSSEAU It is urgent that ... we establish a force that has both the troop strength, the equipment and an un... JUAN MENDEZ This project is hanging by a thread. Chad remains unprepared for the complexities of an economy incr... IAN GARY President Obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing. And yet... DONALD TRUMP President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two... WILLIAM J. CLINTON Mugabe has pushed his luck too far in terms of fighting the world. There's no way a country can live... MORGAN TSVANGIRAI How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful priva... WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply th... JON MEACHAM Simply as an exercise in efficient politics, Obama '08 rewrote the textbook. His accomplishment ... GWEN IFILL President Obama has ignored or dismissed proposals that would address our anti-competitive tax code ... GLENN HUBBARD Here we are in some of the best economic times many of us have ever seen and they're deeper in debt ... LARRY BURKETT When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire. JOHN WEBSTER Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in orde... JOE MANCHIN III Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between Americ... JOHN M. MCHUGH I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romn... MARC FABER This is becoming a more urgent matter. As we deplete domestic stocks and inshore fisheries worldwide... BRUCE COX The U.S. economy appears to be slowing faster than we thought, people are eyeing a recession and, in... CARLOS LEVORIN The U.S. economy appears to be slowing faster than we thought, people are eyeing a recession and, in... CARLOS AUGUSTO LEVORIN Peru needs reconciliation, but it can't be done like this. Peru cannot be kidnapped by the military ... ALEJANDRO TOLEDO Earmarks are almost always inserted by a member of Congress without any notice to other members, and... MARSHA BLACKBURN In our globalized world, our domestic prosperity depends heavily on the world economy, which, of cou... TOM COTTON On a national level, I hope that it has an economic impact so that it's clear to both public officia... LIZ JACKSON Diplomacy is important, extremely important, and I don't think these reductions at the State Dep... MITCH MCCONNELL Ron Paul's crazy talk about the Federal Reserve makes more sense these days. Right now, every - ... MARK STEYN You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to... WILLIAM J. CLINTON The president doesn't order the military to seize political opponents. He doesn't order his ... KATHLEEN TROIA MCFARLAND Going into debt is never easy and, in your case, going deeper into debt is a necessary evil. GREG ZANDLO Unless there is a recommendation that comes forward from our military commanders that they require m... TONY BLAIR All the documents possessed by the different (Iranian) organs show the intervention and cooperation ... MANUCHEHR MOTTAKI Ron is one of the bright young coaches in the United States. He's done an excellent job as a head co... DAVE OGREAN When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire. JOHN WEBSTER Mr. Obama denounced the $2.3 trillion added to the national debt on Mr. Bush's watch as 'def... KARL ROVE Automakers need a consistent national policy for fuel economy, and national fuel economy standards c... GLORIA BERGQUIST Automakers need a consistent national policy for fuel economy, and national fuel economy standards c... GLORIA BERGQUIST As the immigration debate continues, we encourage member of Congress to pass comprehensive reform th... RANDEL JOHNSON We regularly hold terrorists and spies accountable in court while safeguarding both national securit... BARBARA COMSTOCK When you are called for a great duty because you have been given a great ability, do your very best ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which say... NOAM CHOMSKY Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wron... BILL SHUSTER The time has come for President Obama to formally rescind his order to close the detention facility ... JASON CHAFFETZ Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand ... HALEY BARBOUR A significant U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan has been continuous since October 2001, and Preside... MICHAEL HAYDEN The truth is we need to build an economy going forward with all of us, when we all move forward and ... PAUL SADLER Both the United States and the world economy have already reached - and surpassed - their sustainabl... DONELLA MEADOWS President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and... MARK ZANDI Obama, like Carter, is reacting to warning signs by seeking to split the difference between dispirit... ERIC ALTERMAN The United States are ruled by a financial, media-centered, military-industrial apparatus. Behind Ob... NICOLAS MADURO Sadly the Democrats are misleading people and attacking President Bush. As a matter of principle, we... JIM GILMORE President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a f... MITT ROMNEY The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS Since you have to involve more than one national authority, it is recommended to start the procedure... KATHARINA VON SCHNURBEIN Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10... KARL ROVE And we did look at it, ... We studied it, characterized it and in February of 2002 the (DOE) secreta... ALLEN BENSON More and more lawmakers of both parties are increasingly disillusioned by the military's policy of e... C. DIXON OSBURN And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. BIBLE When they go to work, and they are wearing military uniforms, they will take orders from their milit... HASSAN QASSAS Both teams are a rank lower than us. But they are still threats because they are in our conference a... JAN BROGAN The American people need a Congress and an administration that will get tough on trade policy to rei... BENJAMIN CARDIN The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is li... CAMPBELL BROWN We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house ... MITCH MCCONNELL I show them my order, while they're looking at that I tell them our troop is a self supporting troop... ERIN RODGERS Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If... FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT We are mindful that higher education can play an increasingly prominent role in national priorities ... GRAHAM SPANIER The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Co... MICHAEL HASTINGS Oddly, the military world is one of great sameness. There is an orderly quality to life on an army b... LOIS LOWRY Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work... ZACH WAMP Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in ... ALAN COREN The Department of Defense is being eaten out of house and home by health care costs. More retirees a... DAN GOURE I learned that the problems that we have are not solved by blaming somebody else, and that our hope ... KIRK CAMERON One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global econom... ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure fr... CARL POPE Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Co... RICK PERRY You cannot spend your way out of a recession or borrow your way out of debt... You know and we know ... DANIEL HANNAN
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