Robert gates lead the pentagon during two administrations and two separate wars, now he is taking aim at his old boss, president barack obama. Rosiland jordan takes a look. Reporter at the engineer of 2009, u. S. President barack obama told the nation it was time to renew the fight against the taliban in afghanistan. I have determined that it is in our Vital National interest to send an additional 30,000 troops to afghanistan. After 18 months our troops will begin to come home. Reporter but behind closed doors, the former defense secretary says the president waffled about fighting a just war. Robert gates accuses white house staffers of undermining president s obamas resolve, by criticizing karzai, and the idea of a troop surge. Reporter u. S. News reports about gates memoir suggests the book is as much about settling scores as talking about his 45 years in government. He also has harsh words about joe biden. Gates accuses white house staffers of micro managing and being clueless about
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The icy temperatures encasing the country are having a deadly impact. The brutal weather is blamed on 21 deaths nationwide. Tuesday was one of the coldest january days for much of the u. S. While some spots are getting a break, warming up a little, for other places the cold is coming. The muchtyped polar vortex blanketed much of the nation with freezing temperatures. Some areas were colder than antarctica, and it pinched the deep south, where you dont often need winter coats, hats and gloves. The Atlanta Metro area set a low of 6 degrees. The cold killed a 70yearold homeless man, frozen to death. The temperatures dipped to 6 degrees in charlotte, north carolina. It broke a low of 12 degrees in 1884. The mercury plummeted to 30 degrees. Erica, it is slightly less cold today. Yes, tuesday broke a centuryold record of 6 degrees back in 1896. Yes, 1896. Its not so bad today. Its still really cold. We are in the Single Digits
The National Football League generates about $9.5 billion in revenue each year. It is, by Forbes’ estimate, the most valuable sports league in the world. Its commissioner, Roger Goodell, makes $44 million in a year. And yet, the NFL’s head office has long been allowed to operate as a tax-exempt nonprofit as if its sole purpose…