NObama - Not Now, Not Ever (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
James Kirkup, Thomas Harding and Toby Harnden: [...] A “period of hiatus” in Washington – and a lack of clear direction – had made it harder for ministers to persuade the British public to go on backing the Afghan mission in the face of a rising death toll, he said. Full story: Telegraph. Posted in NObama Tagged: Foreign Policy [...]
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
In London's Daily Telegraph, Toby Harnden reports that President Obumbler is going to host his first 'state dinner' in a giant tent pitched on the White House lawn (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). The event, in honour of the visiting Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, is a chance for Mr Obama and his wife Michelle to welcome the Washington elite - and a smattering of Hollywood celebrities...
Start Thinking Right (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... the decline in British public support for the war in Afghanistan. James Kirkup, Thomas Harding and Toby Harnden Published: 9:00PM GMT 24 Nov 2009 Mr Ainsworth took the unprecedented step of publicly criticising the US President and his delays in sending more troops to bolster the mission against the Taliban . A “period of hiatus” in Washington – and a lack of clear direction – had...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
By Toby Harnden in Washington Published: 7:27PM GMT 24 Nov 2009 US soldiers in Afghanistan will be joined by 34,000 more troops Photo: GETTY White House officials said the US president would address Americans in a live prime-time broadcast and outline a new strategy for ending the Afghan war, which began when US forces ousted the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Senior...
The Whig (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Telegraph (UK): Barack Obama: the politics of hypocrisy and cynicism It was supposed to be all about the end of politics as usual. But while President Barack Obama has been happy to bring about change while abroad by doing all he can to diminish the superpower status of the United States, at home it's been the same old, writes Toby Harnden. One of this White House's flaws is that it is...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
It was supposed to be all about the end of politics as usual. But while President Barack Obama has been happy to bring about change while abroad by doing all he can to diminish the superpower status of the United States at home it's been the same old writes Toby Harnden.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
By Toby Harnden in Washington and Geoffrey Lean Published: 6:45PM GMT 22 Nov 2009Todd Stern, the US State Department's climate change envoy, said that President Barack Obama recognised the US had to produce a target for cutting its emissions, though he said any figure would have to be "provisional". The Prime Minister said he detected a move by nations in both the developed and developing...
South Dakota War College (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... to become spies for Cuba while living in South Dakota. According to a long piece reported by Toby Harnden and published earlier this fall by Washingtonian magazine, the couple met in Washington, D.C., while she worked on the staff of then-U.S. Sen. Jim Abourezk, a Democrat from South Dakota. The Harnden story notes, “Among her colleagues were Tom Daschle, later Senate majority...
