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Hill Democrats are demanding that Obama’s brain trust — especially senior adviser David Axelrod and chief of staff Rahm Emanuel — shelve their grand legislative ambitions to focus on the economic issues that will determine the fates of shaky Democratic majorities in both houses. “I haven’t seen Rahm Emanuel except on television. We used to see him a lot; I’d like him to come out from behind his desk and meet with the common folk,” added Pascrell. “What happened was they got so caught up in all these other issues like health care and cap and trade and all this other stuff, that because of that they maybe didn’t put enough focus on the economy,” said Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, a moderate who represents a conservative, rural district hard-hit by the economic crisis. The White House would not comment for this story. Administration officials say they get it — with Axelrod recently admitting that Obama’s team is recalibrating and refocusing on the economy. Emanuel, for his part, is now pushing for a stripped-down health care bill that could be passed within a few weeks and force Republicans, for a change, to take a few tough votes. That may mollify some Democratic moderates, but it will further infuriate the liberals, who insist that the lesson of Massachusetts is that Obama has come on too weak, not too strong. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman captured the left’s winter of discontent Thursday with a blog post in which he wrote that he’s “pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in.” Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31839.html#ixzz0dMeuvKut Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31839.html#ixzz0dMebn8rH INCAPABLE US LEADERS HAVE LED AMERICA TO THIS PIT . THE 111TH US CONGRESS & 44THE US PRESIDENT is IN big TROUBLE. THE 111TH US CONGRESS IN TROUBLE: CORRUPTION ! INCOMPETENCE, ARROGANCE, IGNORANCE AMONG MEMBERS SUCH AS SENATORS CHRIS DODD, CARL LEVIN, CHARLES SHUMER , BERNIE FRANK ETC.... RESULTED IN THIS ? America is losing the free world By Gideon Rachman Published: January 4 2010 20:11 | Last updated: January 4 2010 20:11 Ever since 1945, the US has regarded itself as the leader of the “free world”. But the Obama administration is facing an unexpected and unwelcome development in global politics. Four of the biggest and most strategically important democracies in the developing world – Brazil, India, South Africa and Turkey – are increasingly at odds with American foreign policy. Rather than siding with the US on the big international issues, they are just as likely to line up with authoritarian powers such as China and Iran. PRESIDENT REAGAN'S FOREIGN POLICY WAS ANTI COMMUNISTS AND FREEDOM FOR AMERICA. On April 28, 1984, Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meets U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo: fmprc.gov.cn) THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE 44TH US PRESIDENT IS THE OPPOSITE OF PRESIDENT REAGAN. Spy chiefs turn on President Obama after seven CIA agents are slaughtered in Afghanistan By David Gardner Last updated at 8:40 AM on 02nd January 2010 . More... THE 111TH US CONGRESS IN TROUBLE: CORRUPTION ! INCOMPETENCE, ARROGANCE, IGNORANCE AMONG MEMBERS SUCH AS SENATORS CHRIS DODD, CARL LEVIN, CHARLES SHUMER , BERNIE FRANK ETC.... RESULTED IN THIS ? FROM AMERICA WITH LOVE. VIETNAM INVASION & OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA continues 1979-2009. US PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN INSISTS ON CAMBODIA INDPENDENCE. 1988 "Prime Minister Pham Van Dong called on me and, in the presence of Premier Chou En-lai, swore in the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam that the latter would always respect the land frontiers as well as all islands belonging to the "Kingdom of Cambodia" March 1970 by Sihanouk . Wilfred Burchett book "The China Cambodia Vietnam triangle " P-176-177 UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. 5. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since 1988. Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders. Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once. BURY _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
