http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Centredaily.com en-us Copyright 2009 Centredaily.com Politics 60 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:51 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive Workbench support@centredaily.com http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1616218.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1616218.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:47 EST The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1616128.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1616128.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:13 EST A look at key issues in the health care debate: http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615900.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615900.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:18 EST Frank McBryde says there are plenty of parallels between serving in the U.S. military and teaching. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615649.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615649.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:31 EST President Barack Obama plans to make the federal government the model employer of America's veterans. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615621.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615621.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:06 EST The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615431.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615431.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:37 EST Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615570.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615570.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:36 EST Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile, according to counterterrorism officials and analysts. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615292.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615292.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:56 EST The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615238.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615238.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:51 EST Any momentum from Saturday's historic House approval of a sweeping health care overhaul is likely to be short-lived as the focus moves to the Senate, where progress has been stalled for weeks. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615146.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615146.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:06 EST President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615098.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615098.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:06 EST Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615043.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615043.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:26 EST The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615038.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615038.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:06 EST The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615024.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615024.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:01 EST The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615018.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1615018.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:15 EST The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614930.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614930.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:11 EST As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many conservatives had questions about climate change based on things they'd heard on talk radio. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614933.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614933.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:11 EST President Barack Obama will leave the country for a four-nation tour of Asia starting Wednesday despite a host of domestic concerns, including the massacre at Fort Hood, a sharply rising jobless rate, his health care legislation stalled in the Senate and his Afghanistan troop decision still pending. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614925.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614925.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:11 EST Off the coast of Washington state, mysterious algae mixed with sea foam have killed more than 8,000 seabirds, puzzling scientists. A thousand miles off California, researchers have discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex roughly twice the size of Texas filled with tiny bits of plastic and other debris. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614888.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614888.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:56 EST The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614838.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614838.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:31 EST The 220-215 roll call Saturday by which the House passed a Democratic-written health care bill. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614798.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614798.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:06 EST The House health care bill passed Saturday would: http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614776.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614776.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:46 EST The House of Representatives Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health-care overhaul legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run health insurance plan to help them do so. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614775.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614775.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:41 EST The House has passed a resolution honoring the victims of the attack at Fort Hood, Texas. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614741.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614741.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:56 EST With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614731.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614731.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:51 EST The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614657.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614657.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:21 EST With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614647.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614647.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:16 EST President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614476.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614476.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:16 EST When it comes to combating global warming, Sen. Lindsey Graham is right where he loves to be - ahead of the curve, in the mix on a major issue, at the table for high-level, bipartisan talks behind closed doors. http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614456.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614456.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:51 EST If the House bill were to become law, some changes in the way health insurance would work in the United States would result. Here's a look at what the bill does: http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614446.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/politics/story/1614446.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:46 EST With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care.