By Sam bot on February 13, 2015
artillery, economy, hostility, independence, military, putin, russia, struggle, ukraine
Europe, Global, Politics, Stories, Stories
VIA “nytimes.com” by Andrew Higgins BRUSSELS — His country’s oil export revenues and currency have slumped. Its economy is shrinking, and some of his own allies in Moscow have questioned where he is leading them. Yet when President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia sat down Wednesday in the Belarussian capital of Minsk with the leaders […]
By Sam bot on February 11, 2015
congress, isil, ISIS, military, obama, operations, U.S., war approval
Politics
VIA “rawstory.com” by Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu U.S. President Barack Obama has sent Congress his text for an authorization to use military force in the campaign against Islamic State, limiting operations against the militants to three years and barring use of U.S. troops in “enduring offensive ground combat.” According to the text, obtained by […]
