PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON : I met this young boy while I was touring a Haitian hospital last July. President Préval and I had been working together and were checking in on a number of projects, and this beautiful little guy was just one of the many children receiving medical attention because of partnerships between international […]
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Archive | February, 2010
GEN Odierno speaks about the future of Iraq at the Institute for the Study of War
February 18, 2010 
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(KATAKAMI / FACEBOOK) Recently while in Washington DC, I was able to participate in a discussion with Dr. Kim Kagan, of the Institute for the Study of War, and members of the media concerning the future of Iraq. We have a relationship with the Government of Iraq that gives us an important opportunity to develop […]
Read moreClinton in VOA Interview: US Focusing Sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard
February 17, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / VOA) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States is focusing sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, asserting that the elite unit has become too involved in security, political and economic decisions. Clinton told VOA Tuesday that Iran is becoming a more belligerent and repressive nation as the Revolutionary Guard increases […]
Read moreObama, War Cabinet Meet After Taliban Capture
February 17, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / FOX NEWS ) President Obama is huddling with members of his war cabinet Wednesday to discuss strategy in Afghanistan after the recent capture of the Taliban’s top military commander. Obama will meet in the White House Situation Room with top officials, including Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State […]
Read morePhotostream : Snow in Afghanistan
February 16, 2010 Comments Off
Vehicles are seen covered with snow at an avalanche site at Salang Pass, some 115 kilometers (71 miles) north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. The death toll from massive avalanches that blocked a mountain pass north of Kabul soared, as rescuers recovered 157 bodies, while hundreds more remained trapped in their snowbound vehicles, […]
Read moreObama calls capital’s blizzard `Snowmageddon`
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WASHINGTON (KATAKAMI / AP) – “Snowmageddon” — that’s what President Barack Obama calls the storm that’s shut down Washington. His motorcade made it a few blocks through deserted streets so he could speak at the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting on Saturday. In his opening remarks, Obama thanked activists for being willing to brave the […]
Read moreNew 9/11 Attack Aerial Photos Released
February 16, 2010 Comments Off
PHOTOSTREAM : New View of 9/11 Attacks Government Agency Releases NYPD Photos in Compliance With News Station’s Request (KATAKAMI / CBS) Newly released aerial photos of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack show the towers coming down from a dramatic new angle. The photos were obtained by ABC News, which filed a Freedom of […]
Read moreHillary Clinton in Middle East to push Iran sanctions
February 15, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / TELEGRAPH.CO.UK) The US Secretary of State is visiting Qatar and Saudi Arabia to see a series of high-level diplomatic and military contacts. She told the US-Islamic World forum the West was “encouraging Iran to reconsider its dangerous policy decisions” on its nuclear programme. “Iran leaves the international community little choice but to impose […]
Read moreGunfire as some Taliban fight Marines in Marjah
February 14, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / AP) MARJAH, Afghanistan – It could take weeks to reclaim the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, a top Marine commander said Sunday as thousands of U.S. troops and Afghan soldiers fought for a second day in NATO’s most ambitious effort yet to break the militants’ grip on Afghanistan’s dangerous south. “That doesn’t necessarily mean […]
Read moreClinton Travels to Qatar, Saudi Arabia
February 14, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / VOA) Her trip will focus on talks with allies on Iran and Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left on a trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia for talks with U.S. allies on Iran and efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Clinton is expected to arrive Sunday in Qatar’s […]
Read moreBill Clinton: ‘I have to keep working’
February 13, 2010 Comments Off
WATCH THE VIDEO New York (KATAKAMI / CNN) — On the same day he was released from a hospital after undergoing a heart procedure, former President Clinton told reporters he has no plans to slow down. “I have to keep working — that’s what my life is for,” he said outside his home in Chappaqua, […]
Read moreBill Clinton Undergoes a New Heart Procedure
February 12, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / THE NEW YORK TIMES) Former President Bill Clinton was taken to a New York hospital today after experiencing chest pains, and underwent a heart procedure, his office said. Doctors inserted two stents into his native coronary artery after one of the bypass grafts from an operation five years ago became obstructed. “President Clinton […]
Read moreFacebook : Former President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital
February 12, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / FACEBOOK) Today President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest. Following a visit to his cardiologist, he underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus […]
Read moreBill Clinton hospitalized in New York, sources say
February 12, 2010 Comments Off
(KATAKAMI / CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in New York on Thursday after experiencing chest pain, two sources told CNN. The sources did not know whether it was a “full heart attack.” The White House was told of the situation, a source close to the former president told CNN. Clinton, 63, underwent […]
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