Afghanistan

Last night, President Obama laid out his plan to defend our national interest by refocusing our efforts on three clear goals: defeating al Qaeda, stabilizing Pakistan, and breaking the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan. To achieve these goals, the President has authorized the rapid deployment of 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan, with a firm commitment to begin bringing our troops home in 2011. It's a clean break from the failed Afghanistan policy of the Bush administration, and a new, focused strategy that can succeed. Please take a moment to watch the President's address to the nation and read more about his plan. Our new strategy ends the era of blank checks for Afghanistan's leaders, facilitates a responsible transition to Afghan security forces, and begins bringing our troops home in 2011. Please take a moment to listen to President Obama outline his plan -- and pass this along to anyone you know who wants to learn more: http://my.barackobama.com/AfghanistanAddress Thank you, Vice President Joe Biden Paid for by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee -- 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today placed a hold on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, saying that what “the American people did not bargain for was another four years for one of the key architects of the Bush economy.”

Harvard University

Harvard University announced last weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution." If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with a student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free... no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard's financial aid website at:  http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/, or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581   Tuition is 55,000 a year Each student is expected to contribute 1,200 – Can be broken into 2 payments Books and fees are also covered Room & board is covered Harvard has its on financial aid   The campus is comprised of 40% Minority In preparation to attend Harvard, take the ACT + Writing test and the SAT II test.   Harvard is also willing to work with the interested person who would like to visit the campus or see what campus life is like by staying over night.   I have verified this information and it is true.   The following links have been provided.   http://www.harvard.edu/admissions/#undergrad   http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do

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The Buzz Log - Tiger Watch: Who's Who? - Yahoo! Buzz

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Woods says he let family down - Golf - Yahoo! Sports

Woods says he let family down - Golf - Yahoo! Sports

Woods says he let family down

CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News

CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News

President Obama's timetable for winding down the Afghanistan war may be too short to achieve its goals and too long to hold public support, observers say

WH gate-crashers went without confirmed invitation - Yahoo! News

WH gate-crashers went without confirmed invitation - Yahoo! News

Copies of e-mails between the White House party crashers and a Pentagon official undermine their claims that they were invited to President Barack Obama's first state dinner.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi pressed the friendly Pentagon aide for four days to score tickets to the big event. By their own admission in the e-mails, they showed up at the White House gates at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 24 without an invitation — "to just check in, in case it got approved since we didn't know, and our name was indeed on the list!"