Obama says Iraq elections good news for troops
President Obama in an NBC interview said the Iraqi elections were peaceful and that many troops could be home within a year. He noted no significant violence and promised a formal rollout of U.S. plans for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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NBC
Matt Lauer
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Israel
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Hamas
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Wall Street Braces for Week of Poor Earnings
New York stocks face a tough week as Cisco Systems Time Warner and other firms prepare to report quarterly results. Investors also await a slew of economic readings signaling a weak economy.
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Banks seek foreign workers as banks receive bailout funds
Banks sought more than 21 800 H-1B visas over six years for high paying roles as Rescue packages exceed 150 billion dollars. AP notes layoffs rose in 2008 while banks employed foreigners to cut costs, drawing criticism from Senator Grassley who backs recruitment of American workers first.
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Waste and corruption in wartime contracting scrutinized
Washington AP reports poor planning weak oversight and greed spurred over 100 billion dollars in wartime contracts across Iraq Afghanistan since 2003. The bipartisan wartime contracting commission hears from Thomas Gimble and Stuart Bowen amid 154 open criminal investigations into bribery bid rigging and theft.
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