I think what ive seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where were at than we currently are. And i think thats not just my assessment but the assessment of our military as well. We need to make sure that weve got clear plans so that were developing them. To have a press conference to say we dont have a strategy was really shocking, given the severity of the threat. Watch the webcast extra, gwen white house officials immediately began to explain what the president meant, which is never a good thing are we getting mixed messages here, alex sis . Sitting in the room and listening to the president , i was struck also, because we have been hearing him a lot more, speaking in these short bursts about the situation. And i thought part of the challenge he was having was describing clearly two strategy he is has in mind and also the goal. He neglected to talk about what is the goal here. And i think if we understood better the goal, it would h
I think what ive seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where were at than we currently are. And i think thats not just my assessment but the assessment of our military as well. We need to make sure that weve got clear plans so that were developing them. To have a press conference to say we dont have a strategy was really shocking, given the severity of the threat. Watch the webcast extra, gwen white house officials immediately began to explain what the president meant, which is never a good thing are we getting mixed messages here, alex sis . Sitting in the room and listening to the president , i was struck also, because we have been hearing him a lot more, speaking in these short bursts about the situation. And i thought part of the challenge he was having was describing clearly two strategy he is has in mind and also the goal. He neglected to talk about what is the goal here. And i think if we understood better the goal, it would h
With stocks kicking off the week to the downside as investors weighed the political and economic fallout of the conflict in gaza and the crisis over that downed passenger jet in ukraine. As the investigation into the exact cause of that incident crawls along, president obama asks for russias help at the site of the tragedy. But he stopped short of outright blaming moscow and made no mention of a rampup of economic sanctions. If russia continues to violate ukraines sovereignty, and to back these separatists, and these separatists become more and more dangerous and now are risks not simply to the people inside of ukraine but the Broad International community, then russia will only further isolate itself from the International Community and the costs for russias behavior will only continue to increase. On wall street, stocks began the day sharply lower with the dow down as much as 125 points. But the major averages battled right back. And at the close the dow was down just 4 points. The n
With stocks kicking off the week to the downside as investors weighed the political and economic fallout of the conflict in gaza and the crisis over that downed passenger jet in ukraine. As the investigation into the exact cause of that incident crawls along, president obama asks for russias help at the site of the tragedy. But he stopped short of outright blaming moscow and made no mention of a rampup of economic sanctions. If russia continues to violate ukraines sovereignty, and to back these separatists, and these separatists become more and more dangerous and now are risks not simply to the people inside of ukraine but the Broad International community, then russia will only further isolate itself from the International Community and the costs for russias behavior will only continue to increase. On wall street, stocks began the day sharply lower with the dow down as much as 125 points. But the major averages battled right back. And at the close the dow was down just 4 points. The n
To the downside as investors weighed the political and economic fallout of the conflict in gaza and the crisis over that downed passenger jet in ukraine. As the investigation into the exact cause of that incident crawls along, president obama asks for russias help at the site of the tragedy. But he stopped short of outright blaming moscow and made no mention of a rampup of economic sanctions. If russia continues to violate ukraines sovereignty, and to back these separatists, and these separatists become more and more dangerous and now are risks not simply to the people inside of ukraine but the Broad International community, then russia will only further isolate itself from the International Community and the costs for russias behavior will only continue to increase. On wall street, stocks began the day sharply lower with the dow down as much as 125 points. But the major averages battled right back. And at the close the dow was down just 4 points. The nasdaq lower by 7, and the s p 500