Charlie Rose with David Martin; Martin Amis; Thomas Hoving (February 5, 1998)
Pirate's Cove (Free subscription) | yesterday
We are fast approaching Obama being Coronated as President, and, he has finally made a decision on Afghanistan Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a [...]
Osborne Ink (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to CBS , Obama had decided to go with McChrystal's plan, giving him almost all the troops he asked for. Administration officials had acknowledged problems with Afghanistan's nominal president, Hamid Kharzai, last week: "He's got to take concrete steps to eliminate corruption," Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last week. "That means you have to...
Big Lizards (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday, rumor swept the dextrosphere that President Barack H. Obama was prepared to accept the recommendation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal; the president, quoth the Great Mentioner, would send 40,000 troops to Afghanistan. And who could doubt the gossip? After all, it came from CBS , bastion of unbiased and utterly credible journalism at the highest standards of integrity. Blogs cheered; Democrats...
Freedom's Lighthouse (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Here is video of a CBS News Report tonight where David Martin says President Obama is going to give Gen. Stanley McChrystal "most, if not all, of the 40,000 additional troops he is asking for." However, the report says the "Surge" in Afghanistan would be a slow-motion surge - with the troops arriving there over the course of the entire 2010 year. That differs from the Surge Strategy...
News America Now (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
“Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force there, long term.” Link
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Better late than never (I hope). According to CBS sources when the President comes back from his trip to China, he will announce his new plan for Afghanistan. Thankfully it looks as if President Obama will give his hand picked General close to what he asked for CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force there, long term....
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force there, long term. More on Afghanistan
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
TRANMERE have taken the "sensible" course of action to ensure the future options of Liverpool goalkeeper David Martin remain open, says caretaker boss Les Parry.
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
As President Obama has been considering his next move in Afghanistan lately, much has been made -- both in the media and by the president's opponents -- of reported tensions between him and his commander there, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, over the question of how many additional troops should be sent. Now, though, it seems that, whether because of the political pressure or strategic reasons, Obama's...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
All three morning shows on Friday identified the man who killed 12 at an Army base in Texas as a Muslim. However, Good Morning America’s Diane Sawyer repeated a concern from Thursday’s World News: " Yes, we heard Martha Raddatz say last night that the wife of a soldier said ‘I wish his name had been Smith,’ so no one would have a reflexive question about [a religious motive]....
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
DALLAS, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas-based hotel management firm Prism Hotels & Resorts has named David Martin senior vice president of operations. Martin, a 26-year industry veteran, most recently headed the hotel and franchised operations for Wyndham Hotel and Resorts. He has also served as vice president of operations at Kimpton.
Between the Covers (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
R.I.P. IV Challenge #4 David Martín’s great ambition is to be a writer. When he gets the chance to write a noir serial titled The Mysteries of Barcelona he grabs the attention not just of the reading public, but also the mysterious Andreas Corelli, a Parisian publisher who uses an angel emblem and seemingly has the ability to make the impossible become real. Years later, David has taken...
Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"With Me As Your Law...Talkin' Guy, Your Railroad to the Death Chamber is Ready!" It's bad enough that various state officials conspired to murder Cameron Todd Willingham based on worthless junk science and the implausible testimony of a mentally ill jailhouse snitch. But apparently one reason that they were able to get away with it is that Willingham's attorney seems inept and slaveringly...
Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Weighing in on the side of his client's former wife and in-laws, a criminal defense lawyer who represented a man executed in a controversial Texas death-penalty case now says that defendant Cameron Todd Willingham set a 1991 fire that killed his children. "There was no question whatsoever that he was guilty," attorney David Martin tells CNN in a videotape of a recent interview that is linked...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
A few weeks ago, I posted a "Nightline" segment featuring an interview with John Jackson, the prosecutor in the death penalty case of Cameron Todd Willingham. Willingham, who was almost certainly innocent, was nonetheless found guilty and executed by the state of Texas in 2004. The basis for the conviction was evidence given by arson investigators that was subsequently shown to be entirely...
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patrickguillard | 03/26/2009
The European Parliament approved a reform on the trade agreement with ACP countries (CARIFORUM) for more commercial aid. The draft resolution tabled in plenary, drafted by David MARTIN (PES, UK) and adopted on Wednesday, states that the economic partnership agreement (EPA) can only be described as "satisfactory" if it offers the Cariforum countries support for their economic development, promotes their...
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