♻️ Christopher Zullo sur Twitter : "American exceptionalism? Rebuild infrastructure. Put millions to work. Grow GDP. Agree? Retweet #uniteblue #cnn #p2. CNNsotu : .@DarrellIssa #IRSscandal live ... Michellekraus - Disgusted that there is yet another school shooting. #CNN. 25 in Aleppo killed in airstrike, opposition group says. Rescues climb on the rubble of a destroyed building following an airstrike in Aleppo on December 24.
President al-Assad says foreign support of terrorists in civil war must end"The crisis will be solved through national dialogue among the Syrians," he addsVatican tells envoy the Pope "is constantly following the situation in Syria"A U.N. mission will miss a deadline on removing chemical weapon materials (CNN) -- In a message to Pope Francis, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to participate in next month's peace talks but noted outside countries must stop supporting what he called terrorist groups in the country's civil war, Syria's state-run news agency said Saturday. Al-Assad sent the message through intermediaries and expressed appreciation for how the Pope on Christmas urged an end to the violence and suffering in Syria, state-run SANA reported.
US Ambassador on latest in Syria Syrian opposition group in disarray Most influential man of 2013? BART train kills 2 workers near San Francisco. The train that struck the workers was being run in automatic mode under computer control, BART says.
NEW: Train was returning to yard after being cleaned of graffiti, BART official saysNEW: The workers were supposed to stay clear of the track, official saysNEW: One of the victims was a union worker who "chose to come to work," BART saysThey were inspecting a possible slight dip in the rail (CNN) -- An out-of-service Bay Area Rapid Transit train struck and killed two workers on a section of track northeast of San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, the transit authority said. The employees were making track inspections near the Walnut Creek station, BART said in a statement. Caroline Kennedy appointed ambassador to Japan. Hillary Clinton hospitalized after doctors discover blood clot. Michellekraus: RT @PaulBegala. Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Herman Cain warns that another accuser will come forward.
U.S. problems are not economic, but political. By Fareed Zakaria, CNN This time of year, Americans are meant to be thankful.
However, no one is feeling particularly grateful because we're in a deep funk. The United States seems to have stopped working. Discussion of dysfunction and decline now dominate the national conversation. So, I thought I would try to bring a note of optimism to the Thanksgiving table. Countries like Greece and even Italy have a deep economic problem. Greece also has a long history of borrowing too much and being unable to pay its debts. Italy, which is in much better fundamental shape than Greece, would face no short-term crisis if it had kept the lira.
The U.S. by contrast, has control over its currency, which is the reserve currency of the world. Ok, but what about Japan? At a recent debate, former U.S. Chinese agency warns of U.S. debt downgrade. When you have too much to say... Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Ben Wedeman. Transcript of John Brennan on CNN. Candy Crowley interviews John Brennan, top White House counterterrorism adviser, on CNN's 'State of the Union,' on Sunday.
A transcript of the interview follows: CROWLEY: Joining me now is John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - TREN. Washington (CNN) – Reflecting on the recent failed terrorism attack on Times Square, a Republican senator said Sunday that the United States may not be able to prevent every scheme designed to do harm.
“We can do everything we can to protect – but there will be some things that will slip up on us, no matter what,” Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, said on CNN’s State of the Union. Shelby noted that the recent Times Square plot and last year’s failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day had something in common - they were both carried out in the main by a single person. Those types of one-person operations make intelligence gathering and detection that much harder, he said. “So if they keep doing this and they fan out all over the country, we’re going to have deep, deep challenges ahead in terms terrorism work,” Shelby told CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley. John O. Brennan. John Owen Brennan (born September 22, 1955) is Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama ; officially his title was Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] His responsibilities included overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters, and he met with the President daily. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Previously, he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 presidential campaign and transition. [ 8 ] Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for Director of the CIA in the first Obama administration over concerns about his support for the use of torture by the CIA under President George W.