October 24, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Judge blocks Fla.’s new welfare drug testing law –Controversial law requires those applying for assistance to pass a drug test 24 Oct 2011 A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida’s new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving the benefits on Monday, saying it may [...]
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October 25, 2011
October 15, 2011
206 NATO troops poisoned in Afghanistan
October 14, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis 206 NATO troops poisoned in Afghanistan 14 Oct 2011 NATO has confirmed that at least 206 troops working with the US-led military alliance have been poisoned near Mazar Sharif, capital of the northern Afghan province of Balkh, Press TV reports. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) said the [...]
October 15, 2011
The self-inflicted wound of US foreign aid cuts | Kevin Gallagher and Katherine Koleski
It’s not every day that foreign aid is front page news in the United States, but it is because slashing foreign aid has become one of the few areas of bipartisanship in the US Congress. Such an act of retreat is short-sighted. Given that China and other emerging markets are ramping up their overseas development [...]
September 29, 2011
Not A Single Afghan Battalion Fights Without U.S. Help
September 29, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Not A Single Afghan Battalion Fights Without U.S. Help 26 Sep 2011 Ten years of war. Two years of an accelerated effort to train Afghans to take over that fight, at an annual cost of $6 billion. And not a single Afghan army battalion can operate without assistance from [...]