Why Obama Was Forced To Give Today's Deficit Speech -- L.A. TimesIf President Obama is in political trouble, just wait a minute. He'll give a speech. He thinks speech-making is his best skill and clearly prefers campaigning over presidenting at a desk.
Oh, look! Obama's giving another speech this afternoon.
It's at George Washington University, the administration's new favorite homefield speech-giving place where Obama had Hillary Clinton talk about foreign policy a few weeks ago.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
SPIEGEL Interview With NATO Head Rasmussen: 'There Is No Military Solution To The Libya Conflict' -- Spiegel Online
Middle East: Pray. Hope. Prepare. -- Thomas Friedman, The New York Times
How Bahrain's Government Is Dividing the People -- Karen Leigh, Time Magazine
Who's Really In the Yemeni Opposition, Anyway?: And, more importantly, will they stay together once Ali Abdullah Saleh steps down? -- Charles Schmitz, Foreign Policy
How will Mr. Obama respond to Iran’s nuclear progress? -- Washington Post editorial
Mideast Arms Sales Not So Bad -- Leslie H. Gelb, Daily Beast
When Pakistan Says No to the C.I.A. -- New York Times
Apocalypse now in Japan's nuke zone -- Andy Soltis, New York Post
The War on Soft Power -- Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Policy
We’re firing blanks in the war against piracy -- Praveen Swami, The Telegraph