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Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit Adjusts To The “New Normal”

By Smriti Rao

Ben Bernanke says the recession is over, the DOW swaggers to the top of 10,000 and Obama assures us the worst is behind us. Job numbers released this Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics back them up showing a net job loss for November of just 11,000. The nation's unemployment rate also dipped... »

Afghanistan – Staying The Course

By Smriti Rao

So, it has been signed, sealed, delivered - America will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Watching President Obama address cadets at West Point, as he delivered the news of troop increase, I couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow - for all the fresh faced kids (yes, kids) in the audience- faces... »

Afghanistan – A Foggy Future

By Janos Marton

Quickly reviewing all major post World War II wars, the New Yorker's Henrik Hertzberg asks a series of tough questions he would like the president to answer on Tuesday: Does it make sense, for example, to spend lives and treasure trying to eradicate “safe havens” in Afghanistan when Al Qaeda has so many other—well,... »

Afghanistan: The Post-Thanksgiving Edition

By Janos Marton

White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs has given all Americans something to be thankful for: An American military withdrawal from Afghanistan before 2017: "We are in year nine of our efforts in Afghanistan. We are not going to be there another eight or nine years," Gibbs told reporters. »

Obama To Announce Troop Surge Tuesday

By Janos Marton

President Obama will announce his latest greatest war plan at West Point on Tuesday night. The man who spoke of having the courage to tell auto makers to reform their ways in Detroit will make his troop escalation speech in front of a crowd professionally obligated to support the decision's of their Commander in... »

Afghanistan Troop Increase – Not Enough U.S. Soldiers To Deploy

By Janos Marton

Data from the U.S Army reveals that the U.S military is desperately short on available troops as it weighs whether or not to escalate in Afghanistan. The report shows that the U.S currently has 50,600 active military soldiers and 24,000 reservists who are not currently deployed abroad or at home on mandatory rest from... »

Funemployed? The Korean American Experience

By Smriti Rao

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke says the recession is “very likely over,” the Dow swaggers to the top of the 10,000 mark, and Obama is confident the worst is behind us. So why does it still hurt so bad? If you are one of the millions in America looking for a job in this economy,... »

Afghanistan: Should I Stay or Should I go?

By Janos Marton

While we hear a lot about Obama needing to heed to General McChrystal's wishes, since he is Obama's "hand-picked general", it turns out another important general has a different perspective. Retired four-star general Karl Eikenberry, currently serving as U.S Ambassador to Afghanistan, recently sent two private cables to the White House imploring them not... »

An Argumentative Indian, Speaks!

By Smriti Rao

'Tis the Nobel season anyways, and while we are yakking up Obama and his Nobel Peace Prize, here is another winner. Albeit for economics, and from another year. Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998 for his work in welfare economics. While I have never had the stomach to digest... »

No Way Out

By Janos Marton

America may be tasked with providing more troops for Afghanistan. But what does that mean for the women in that country and their shocking plight? »

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