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Obama Gets Corporate Pledges Ahead of Paris Climate Talks

President Obama met Monday with five corporate executives and received commitments about emissions reductions from 68 companies ahead of a UN conference in Paris. The White House is hoping to use the pledges to rebut Republican accusations that efforts to combat climate change are part of an anti-business agenda, The Hill noted. The President was scheduled to meet with leaders from Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Hershey Co., Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Johnson & Johnson and Intel Corp. All five companies have already made commitments similar to the ones… Keep Reading

U.S. Special Forces Watched M.S.F. Hospital Before Army Bombing

US special operations analysts were collecting intelligence on the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan in the days before the facility was shelled by the US Army. American operatives thought the MSF facility was being used by a Pakistani agent allied with the Taliban, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. “The special operations analysts had assembled a dossier that included maps with the hospital circled, along with indications that intelligence agencies were tracking the location of the Pakistani operative and activity reports based… Keep Reading

Afghan War Prolongation Not Good Enough for McCain

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) responded to the White House’s decision to abandon its Afghanistan withdrawal plan by calling on President Obama to keep even more troops there to fight what is already the United States’ longest-running foreign war. The Senate Armed Services Committee chair said that the administration’s plans to keep only 5,500 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2017 puts “our mission in Afghanistan, as well as our men and women serving there, at greater risk.” “All of us want the war in Afghanistan to be… Keep Reading

3D Printer? I Barely Even Know ‘Er — Pentagon Failing to Track “Additive Manufacturing”

Defense officials have described it as important if the US military wants to maintain “technological superiority.” The Senate Armed Services Committee has requested briefings on it. But the Pentagon is unable to keep tabs on how it uses 3D printers. While military officials aren’t totally in the dark, they’re unable to “systematically track” the Defense Department’s use of so-called “additive manufacturing,” according to a Government Accountability Office report published Wednesday. “DOD officials could not readily tell us the activities underway or the amount of funding… Keep Reading

As Dems Call for Student Debt Relief, Admin Presses Unemployed 65-year-old on Repayment

If Democratic presidential candidates want to earn the support of people calling on the government to do more to help Americans awash in student debt, they might want to run from the Obama administration’s record. On Tuesday, the same day of the first Democratic presidential primary, the Department of Education told a federal judge in Boston that a 65-year-old former blue collar worker should not be discharged of his student loan obligations. The department said that the unemployed man shouldn’t be entitled to relief because… Keep Reading

Two of His Ex-Pentagon Chiefs, Others, Ask Obama To Maintain Afghanistan Troop Levels

Twenty former top ranking officials and two key lawmakers from both parties are calling on the US and its NATO partners to maintain troop levels in Afghanistan “at or close to present levels.” The recommendations come through endorsements of an Atlantic Council paper released Wednesday, according to The New York Times. “The main argument of the paper, which was written by James B. Cunningham, a former ambassador to Afghanistan, centers on the need to continue helping Afghan forces, and to give the next American administration as… Keep Reading

Mother of Saudi Dissident Teen Condemned to Crucifixion Makes Obama Plea

The mother of a Saudi dissident teen sentenced to be decapitated and crucified pleaded for the White House to intervene in his case. Nusra al-Ahmed, the mother of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, made the appeal to President Obama in an interview published Wednesday by The Guardian. “He is the head of this world and he can, he can interfere and rescue my son” she said. Al-Nimr, who was 17 when he was arrested, was charged with attending a protest, using his phone to foment more protest,… Keep Reading

According to The Internet, Bernie Can Claim First Debate Victory

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) can claim to have won the first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night—at least according to various internet metrics. The democratic socialist topped unscientific online opinion polls and led the contenders in a crucial search engine intrigue measure. “Sanders repeatedly saw spikes in Google interest after he spoke. After his intro. After he talked about guns. After basically everything else he said,” The Washington Post noted. In three of the polls Sanders had won, as of Wednesday morning, he took clear… Keep Reading

S.E.C. Gets UBS to Pay $19 Million for Lying to Investors — Surprise! No Admission of Wrongdoing

Swiss bank UBS has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $19.5 million to settle charges it lied to investors about an index linked to its products. The regulator called the case “the agency’s first involving misstatements and missions by an issuer of structured notes,” remarking that roughly $45 billion worth of the financial instrument are registered annually with its offices. Structured notes are typically made up of debt securities and derivatives linked to the value of other financial products and indicators, the commission… Keep Reading

U.S. missiles, Russian Bombs Reduce Syria Peace Hope

A fresh injection of arms into the Syrian Civil War is fueling a proxy conflict that will make any possible imminent peace negotiations less likely, according to a Monday report in The New York Times. The US has responded to recent Russian military operations in support of the routinely brutal Syrian government by ratcheting up the provision of anti-tank weapons to a rebel coalition that includes an al-Qaida affiliate. The effort has largely taken place in the Idlib and Hama provinces, where the Nusra Front… Keep Reading

S.E.C. Chair Asked To Remove Self From Oversight Appointment Process; Groups Cite Spousal Interest Again

Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White has been asked by progressive public interest groups to recuse herself from an accounting industry watchdog staffing appointment process. The fourteen non-profits told White in a letter sent Thursday that she should give up her say on who the next chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) will be because of her spouse’s alleged stake in the matter. John White–a non-equity partner with financial services law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP–is on a PCAOB advisory… Keep Reading

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