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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Returning to jobs: The Afghanistan issue has dominated American politics this week. And before that was health care. But there is no subject out there more politically potent than jobs and the economy. How do we know? As we wrote earlier this week, one of us attended a focus group in Philadelphia, which was conducted...
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From NBC's Mark Murray In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended the Obama administration's decision to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, as well as to set July 2011 as the date to begin transferring authority to Afghan forces. On the difficulties in Afghanistan, like that the government is weak and corrupt: "I think...
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From NBC's Mark Murray Besides being about 25 years younger and having a fuller head of hair, Rory Reid is a splitting image of his father, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid . They both have the same narrow faces; they have thin, wiry builds; and they wear eyeglasses. As Rory, the current chairman of the Clark County (Las Vegas) Commission, runs for governor of Nevada next year, perhaps...
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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** When no one is happy: The hardest thing to do this morning is to find someone who is 100% pleased with both President Obama’s speech last night and his new Afghanistan policy. Many Democrats seemed hesitant to endorse the president's plan in whole, but found ways to compliment him -- either on the speech, or with...
First Read (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Obama’s challenges: Ever since his national introduction in 2004 and then his presidential win last year, Barack Obama has delivered PLENTY of big speeches. They're now almost too numerous to list -- the keynote at the Democratic convention in Boston, the campaign launch in Springfield, IL, the J-J dinner in Iowa,...
First Read (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
From NBC's Mark Murray While Karl Rove and Dan Senor are applauding the White House's decision on Afghanistan, liberal MoveOn is criticizing it. In an email, MoveOn is asking its members to call the White House and urge the president to bring U.S. troops home. "After talking to MoveOn members about this possibility for months, it's become clear what most of us think: This is wrong,"...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: TKM), a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics and proprietary delivery technology, announced today that the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Mark Murray, will present at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday December 1, 2009 at 9:30 am ET...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Another big week: As the country returns from its long Thanksgiving weekend, as everyone obsesses over those White House party crashers, and as the strange Tiger Woods story dominates the water-cooler talk, President Obama embarks on yet another important week in his young presidency. In fact, it very well could rank...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
From NBC's Mark Murray As we await President Obama's Af-Pak speech tomorrow, it's worth remembering that he already gave one back on March 27 -- in which he talked about sending more troops there (a combined 21,000, including ones to help train Afghan forces), about the benchmarks that Afghanistan's government must meet, and about U.S. goals for Afghanistan. This does raise the question:...
MSNBC.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Poll: GOP voters both united and dividedThree-quarters say Obama does not stand for ‘traditional American values’Video Nov. 19: As former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continues her book tour, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell talks to her about her reaction to Newsweek’s cover photo, her plans for 2012 and reactions from John McCain’s camp on her book.Today showVideo Nov. 19: NBC News deputy political director Mark...
