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No ‘big ticket’ agreements on table during PM’s state visit to US

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh leaves for United States on invitation of President Barack Obama on Saturday, but chances are very slim that any big-ticket agreements will be signed.
Ironically, the landmark 123 Agreement that ended India’s nuclear isolation, which was signed last year by Dr. Singh and then President George W Bush amid much fanfare, [...]

Manmohan Singh to visit US, Trinidad from tomorrow

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will leaves for a landmark visit to United States on Saturday.
On Sunday, his entourage will reach Washington from Geneva. He will be received at the Andrews Air Force base.
US President Barack Obama will welcome Dr. Singh to the White House on Tuesday morning as the first State Guest [...]

Obama to discuss Pak in situation room meeting, dismantling terrorism is focus

Considering, now the time to overpower the militant groups like Al-Qaeda and Taliban, in view of recent UN embassy blast in Pak, Obama is set to design a “right strategy” for Af-Pak region with his top aids on Thursday in the “situation room meeting” on Pakistan.
The meeting would be focused primarily on Pakistan for [...]

Congressman Joe Wilson Apologizes For Heckling Obama Healthcare Speech

Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina is apologizing for heckling President Obama during his passionate address on healthcare reform in front of a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
Vice-President Joe Biden is at least one politican calling for disciplinary action against the congressman, calling Wilson’s outburst “an embarrassment to the institution.”

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Late Night Comics Tiptoe around Gates Arrest…Until Beer Is Involved

NEW YORK — Late-night comics found a few things to laugh about in the racially charged arrest of a Harvard professor – once beer was added to the equation.

President Barack Obama’s invitation to the two men involved to hoist a few…

Andy Borowitz: Biden on Obama: “Finally, Mr. Perfect Makes a Gaffe”

The Vice-President said he has been silently seething as the President has slapped him on the wrist for a variety of gaffes in his first six months in office, “but now that shoe’s on the other foot and I for one am laughing my ass off.”

Biden: “Withering” Russia Will Bend To U.S.

Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that Russia’s economy is “withering,” and suggested the trend will force the country to make accommodations to the West on a wide range of national-security issues, including loosening its grip on …

Biden Georgia Visit Causes Russia-Georgia Verbal Spat

In apparent response to Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to former Soviet nations this week, reports emerged of a tit-for-tat diplomat expulsion between Russia and Georgia, which Russia’s foreign minister claims is nothing but a PR stunt by th…

Senate sides with Obama, removes F-22 money

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to halt production of the Air Force’s missile-eluding F-22 Raptor fighter jets in a high-stakes, veto-laden showdown over President Barack Obama’s efforts to shift defense spending to a next generati…

Rumors of rift between Obama, Clinton silly: White House

The White House is tired of seeing stories that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are not getting along.
“The notion that there’s some rift or disagreement is nothing more than silly Washington games,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday when asked about the relationship between the president and his secretary of state.
Clinton, who [...]

Biden: “We’re Going to Go Bankrupt As a Nation”

Vice President Joe Biden told the AARP today:We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation. Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’ The…

George W. Bush Bashing Still Politically Potent

Vice-President Joe Biden was standing by Jon Corzine’s side when the New Jersey governor kicked off his re-election campaign last month, but it was hard to tell from Corzine’s remarks that there was a new administration in Washington.