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Israel to engage in ‘trust-building’ moves in wake of East Jerusalem row

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:58 PM PDT

Israel is willing to carry out trust-building moves in the West Bank in order to facilitate peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on [...]


Taliban launch fear campaign in Afghan town – Insurgents use death threats to frighten people from helping U.S., allies – AP

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:33 PM PDT


ADL: Petraeus wrong to link anti-U.S. attitude to Mideast peace

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PDT

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) criticized as "dangerous and counterproductive" the Senate testimony of General David Petraeus in which he blamed "insufficient progress" in resolving the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict as a significant impediment to achieving U.S. goals in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Iran, and for encouraging "anti-American [...]


ADL: Petraeus wrong to link anti-U.S. attitude to Mideast peace

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PDT

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) criticized as "dangerous and counterproductive" the Senate testimony of General David Petraeus in which he blamed "insufficient progress" in resolving the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict as a significant impediment to achieving U.S. goals in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Iran, and for encouraging "anti-American [...]


Report: Israel to offer ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ on East Jerusalem builds

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Israel will not cancel the newly approved East Jerusalem construction project, but will postpone its execution to facilitate peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, a Washington Post report citing Israel's U.S. envoy said on [...]


ADL: Petraeus wrong to link anti-U.S. attitude to Mideast peace halt

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:58 PM PDT

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) criticized as "dangerous and counterproductive" the Senate testimony of General David Petraeus in which he blamed "insufficient progress" in resolving the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict as a significant impediment to achieving U.S. goals in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Iran, and for encouraging "anti-American [...]


ADL: Petraeus wrong to link anti-U.S. attitude to Mideast peace halt

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:58 PM PDT

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) criticized as "dangerous and counterproductive" the Senate testimony of General David Petraeus in which he blamed "insufficient progress" in resolving the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict as a significant impediment to achieving U.S. goals in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Iran, and for encouraging "anti-American [...]


Second Wave of Attacks Near Jos, Nigeria Leaves 13 Christians Dead

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Muslims attack Christians Less than two weeks after a massive attack in Nigeria that killed 500 Christians, Muslim Fulani herdsmen today unleashed more horrific violence on two Christian villages in Plateau state, killing 13 persons, including a pregnant woman and children.

In the March 7 attack, the ethnic Berom victims also included many women and children killed with machetes by rampaging Fulani herdsmen. About 75 houses were burned. State Information Commissioner Gregory Yenlong confirmed that about 500 persons were killed in the attacks.

Evangelical Left Dismisses Abortion Concerns, Urges Obamacare Passage

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:42 PM PDT

"Evangelical Left activists like Jim Wallis desperately want Obamacare despite possible abortion funding." -- Mark Tooley, IRD President Contact: Jeff Walton, 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell, Institute on Religion and Democracy, jwalton@TheIRD.org WASHINGTON, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Believing firm restrictions on government funded abortions are no longer possible, evangelical left officials are jettisoning traditional evangelical pro-life convictions to back the U.S. Senate ve Source: Institute on Religion & [...]


Evangelical Left Dismisses Abortion Concerns, Urges Obamacare Passage

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:42 PM PDT

"Evangelical Left activists like Jim Wallis desperately want Obamacare despite possible abortion funding." -- Mark Tooley, IRD President Contact: Jeff Walton, 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell, Institute on Religion and Democracy, jwalton@TheIRD.org WASHINGTON, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Believing firm restrictions on government funded abortions are no longer possible, evangelical left officials are jettisoning traditional evangelical pro-life convictions to back the U.S. Senate ve Source: Institute on Religion & [...]


National Organization of Women Religious Join Bishops in Rejecting Senate Health Care Bill

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Contact: Margaret Sciarrino, Priests for Life, 888-735-3448 ext 251 WASHINGTON, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR), a canonically approved organization of U.S. major superiors representing over 100 communities of women religious (www.cmswr.org/member_communities/membercommunities.html)responded today to the Catholic Health Association, Network, and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious who have directly opposed the US bis Source: Priests for [...]


National Organization of Women Religious Join Bishops in Rejecting Senate Health Care Bill

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Contact: Margaret Sciarrino, Priests for Life, 888-735-3448 ext 251 WASHINGTON, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR), a canonically approved organization of U.S. major superiors representing over 100 communities of women religious (www.cmswr.org/member_communities/membercommunities.html)responded today to the Catholic Health Association, Network, and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious who have directly opposed the US bis Source: Priests for [...]


What the Senate Bill Would Do To America – Heritage – March 18

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Another day, another no-show for the Obamacare reconciliation bill. House Democrats were quick to shift blame to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) with Rep. Robert Andrews telling The Hill that the delay "has been much more technical than substantive. … It's not like what tax has to go or what spending has to go." Which [...]


What the Senate Bill Would Do To America – Heritage – March 18

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Another day, another no-show for the Obamacare reconciliation bill. House Democrats were quick to shift blame to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) with Rep. Robert Andrews telling The Hill that the delay "has been much more technical than substantive. … It's not like what tax has to go or what spending has to go." Which [...]


GOP Pushes for Up-or-Down House Vote on Obamacare – NewsMax

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:39 PM PDT


North Korea Executes Former Finance Chief – Fox

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT


North Korea Executes Former Finance Chief – Fox

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT


EU should ‘look and learn’ in Middle East – Deutsche Welle

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT


EU should ‘look and learn’ in Middle East – Deutsche Welle

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT


Angela Merkel defies IMF and France as anger rises over German export surplus – Telegraph

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PDT


Angela Merkel defies IMF and France as anger rises over German export surplus – Telegraph

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PDT


Ankara seeks influence through Turks living abroad – Der Spiegel

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:36 PM PDT


Ankara seeks influence through Turks living abroad – Der Spiegel

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:36 PM PDT


Small Church Response to Haiti House Challenge Unprecedented

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:26 PM PDT

Contact: Kirk Lyman-Barner, The Fuller Center for Housing, 229-924-2900 MEDIA ADVISORY, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- When Cornerstone Evangelical Church in Arkansas, a congregation of about 30, decided to respond to the Fuller Center Haiti Home Church Challenge, the overwhelming results surprised even them. After discussing the challenge to sponsor a home at a congregational meeting, minister Walt Barfield counted the promised gifts at $3,800. But by the end of last Sunday's worship Source: The Fuller Center for [...]


Small Church Response to Haiti House Challenge Unprecedented

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:26 PM PDT

Contact: Kirk Lyman-Barner, The Fuller Center for Housing, 229-924-2900 MEDIA ADVISORY, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- When Cornerstone Evangelical Church in Arkansas, a congregation of about 30, decided to respond to the Fuller Center Haiti Home Church Challenge, the overwhelming results surprised even them. After discussing the challenge to sponsor a home at a congregational meeting, minister Walt Barfield counted the promised gifts at $3,800. But by the end of last Sunday's worship Source: The Fuller Center for [...]


Poll: Nearly half of U.S. voters support total settlement freeze

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Almost half of all U.S. voters believe that Israel should be made to cease all settlement construction as part of a future peace deal with the Palestinians, a Rasmussen Reports poll said on [...]


Call for Personhood for Canadian Pre-Born as New Website is Launched

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Contact: Mrs. Jakki Jeffs, Alliance for Life Ontario, 519-824-7797, aflo@mgl.ca, jakki@personhood.ca; www.personhood.ca  ONTARIO, Canada, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Canadian celebration of International Women's Week, March 7th to 13th was a significant event for our country. Even Canadian history includes an era when our nation failed to recognize women as "persons" under the law. It is important to celebrate our progress, review remaining challenges and discern future Source: Alliance for Life [...]


Call for Personhood for Canadian Pre-Born as New Website is Launched

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Contact: Mrs. Jakki Jeffs, Alliance for Life Ontario, 519-824-7797, aflo@mgl.ca, jakki@personhood.ca; www.personhood.ca  ONTARIO, Canada, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Canadian celebration of International Women's Week, March 7th to 13th was a significant event for our country. Even Canadian history includes an era when our nation failed to recognize women as "persons" under the law. It is important to celebrate our progress, review remaining challenges and discern future Source: Alliance for Life [...]


The House vote on the Slaughter Solution: Update: Constitution-butchers prevail, 222-203 – Malkin – March 18

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Update 2:13pm Eastern. Ok, the vote is happening right now. House GOP source: "House voting NOW. A 'yes' vote on the previous question is a vote to authorize Speaker Pelosi to use the Slaughter Solution to ram ObamaCare through the House without an up-or-down vote. A 'no' vote on the PQ is a vote against [...]


Russia, U.S.: New Nuclear Arms Deal Ready – Fox

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 01:30 PM PDT


Expert: Iraq is in Turmoil, but Things are Developing

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 01:28 PM PDT

Arutz Sheva TV spoke with Middle East expert Reuven Merhav, at the International conference on 'Iraq Today: Between Unity and Disintegration'


Former Amb. to Iran: “Attack on Iran – Last Resort for Israel”

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 01:26 PM PDT

Uri Lubrani, fmr. ambassador to Iran: 'Change will come if the world encourages internal change in Iran. I don't believe in any military action.'


Auschwitz sign thieves get jail sentences from Polish court

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:37 PM PDT

A Polish court has convicted on Thursday three men charged with stealing the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the entrance to the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz at the end of last year. [...]


U.S. imposes sanctions on Gaza institutions over Hamas links

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:26 PM PDT

The U.S. Treasury said on Thursday it imposed sanctions against two firms in Gaza -- Islamic National Bank and Al-Aqsa Television -- for their ties to the ruling Hamas [...]


U.S. imposes sanctions on Gaza institutions over Hamas links

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:26 PM PDT

The U.S. Treasury said on Thursday it imposed sanctions against two firms in Gaza -- Islamic National Bank and Al-Aqsa Television -- for their ties to the ruling Hamas [...]


Assad: Mideast peace ‘impossible’ with Netanyahu

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that peace with Israel was "impossible" as the government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not a real partner for talks, French news agency AFP [...]


Clinton urges Russia to delay launch of Iran nuclear plant

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:22 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Russia Thursday to delay launching Iran's nuclear plant until Tehran proves that it's not pursuing atomic weapons. [...]


US Freezes Assets of Gaza Hamas Bank, TV Station

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:12 PM PDT

US citizens may not do business with Hamas-controlled National Islamic Bank and Al Aqsa TV, US Treasury announces.


Idaho to Sue Feds Over Health Care Mandate – Fox

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 11:41 AM PDT


CBO Gets Minority Quota Mandate

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 11:24 AM PDT

The overwhelmed federal agency that provides Congress with crucial economic data on pending legislation appealed for much-needed new staff this week and instead got a crazed minority quota mandate from the Democrat who controls its funding. 

Overworked evaluating health care reform plans, the Congressional Budge Office (CBO), which has the task of writing official cost estimates for bills, desperately needs more manpower. Its stressed-out staff is working inhumane 100-hour workweeks and demands are only increasing with President Obama's packed agenda, according to a Washington D.C. newspaper report. After all, the nonpartisan agency provides figures and estimates required in the Congressional budget process. 

During a pitch to a House Appropriations subcommittee this week to add new staff, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf was ordered to hire more women and minorities by the congresswoman who allocates its funding. Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz instructed Elmendorf, who is appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate, to essentially create a quota system at the CBO.  

The CBO director said he's tried hiring more minorities by recruiting at historically black colleges and universities but claims there aren't many women and minorities who qualify to work at the agency, which requires candidates to be U.S. citizens due to the delicate nature of the work. Not many U.S.-citizen women or minorities are earning doctoral degrees in economics, which makes the hiring pool small, Elmendorf told Wasserman Schultz.

The notoriously liberal lawmaker from south Florida insisted, telling the CBO director that he's "got to reach down much further" by taking a "leadership role" in raising awareness of math and economics as careers for women and minorities. She also told Elmendorf that he needs to start a program to get children well before college because by that age women and minorities have already decided against math and [...]


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