Reid cooks up recipe for health-care deal
Majority Leader Harry Reid has assumed full ownership of the health care bill that would cost $848 billion over 10 years and institute the far-reaching changes to the system. Full story
Majority Leader Harry Reid has assumed full ownership of the health care bill that would cost $848 billion over 10 years and institute the far-reaching changes to the system. Full story
Video: Congressman Peter King and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez discuss the fallout from the incident.
NATO allies pledges 7,000 more troops to Afghan effort. Story
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The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.’s drone program in Pakistan’s tribal areas, paralleling President Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Democrats are engaged in urgent talks to work out a compromise on one of the most contentious health care issues: a proposal for the government to sell insurance in competition with private companies.
About 25 countries will send 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO says as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stresses that more forces would help turn the war's tide.