Obama keeps U.S. troop withdrawal plan after Iraq poll

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6261YI20100307

Obama's emphasis on Iraqi security forces' success supports his argument that U.S. troops can leave the country on time, freeing the president to put his foreign policy focus more squarely on the war in Afghanistan. Scores of mortar rounds, rockets and roadside bombs exploded near polling stations across Iraq, killing 38 people, in an apparent effort to scare voters participating in the election for Iraq's second full-term parliament since the 2003 U.S. invasion.

 

A First Look At Obama's New Afghan Policy

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/03/a-first-look-at-obamas-new-afghan-policy/6992/

Article 2, Section 2 - The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several State... 

President Barack Obama's new posture toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, to be unveiled tomorrow, codifies for the first time Iran's role in regional diplomacy, emphasizes counter terrorism as the primary mission of U.S. policy, and includes a multi-modal surge of civilians and economic aid to both countries. In seeking to reassure Americans that help to Pakistan is contingent on internal reforms, he plans to stress that Americans will work with those in both countries who demonstratively seek peace and reconciliation. The article says that this will be interpreted as a warning to both President Asif Ali Zardari in Pakistan and President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan.  

Justices, 5-4, Reject Corporate Spending Limit

 Article 6 - All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/politics/22scotus.html

Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme court ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.Though the decision does not directly address them, it also applies to the labor unions that are often at political odds with big business.  This ruling represents a sharp shift, and it will have major political and practical consequences. Specialists in campaign finance law said they expected the decision to reshape the way elections were conducted. The Supreme decided the case in a 5 to 4 ruling, saying that corporate spending cannot have a limit placed on it.

I think that there should be a limit on how much a business can spend at one time. This would help businesses to keep some of their money in case so they will not go bankrupt and if everybody gets fired, then there would be nothing to save the company.