| Senate Approves Nearly $60 Billion for Wars Meanwhile, House Democrats struggled to round up votes for a major package of business tax breaks and safety-net programs for the long-term unemployed. nytimes.com |
Examining the Complaints About American Rifle Reliability Whatever the merits of the concerns about the M-4 and the M-16, on the matter of latter-day reliability, the complaints that have boomed the Web feel out of proportion to what can be documented in the field. feeds.nytimes.com |
In Iraq, Western Clocks, but Middle Eastern Time Patience is a strategy in a region that knows the American attention span is limited. feeds.nytimes.com |
Iranian And Syrian Presidents Meet In Damascus DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday, two days after Assad held talks with a U.S. envoy about the prospects of renewing peace negotiations with Israel. feeds.nytimes.com |
Iraq’s Stalemate Iraqis still don’t have a government. Resentments and mistrust are growing. That’s dangerous. nytimes.com |