Government yet to catch up with voters’ sense of entitlement

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Afghanistan fundraising goal elusive before NATO summit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just days before this weekend's NATO summit, the United States remains short of its goal of raising $1.3 billion in security funds from its partners in Afghanistan, after a money-raising blitz failed to garner immediate contributions from allies facing fiscal and political pressures. Who will pay for Afghanistan's future security will be central when President Barack Obama ...

Afghanistan fundraising goal eludes as US heads to NATO summit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the eve of this weekend's NATO summit, the United States remains short of its goal of raising $1.3 billion in security funds from its partners in Afghanistan, after a money-raising blitz failed to garner immediate contributions from allies coping with fiscal and political pressures. Who will pay for Afghanistan's future security will be central when President Barack ...

Germany, U.S. head to G-8 summit with starkly different economic policies

BERLIN – There are 4,169 miles between Berlin and Washington. But on economic policy, the two capitals sometimes appear to be on different planets. Germany has taken a tough-love, austerity-driven approach to solving Europe’s recession, pushing struggling countries to sharply cut public spending and chop their debt even as their economies slump. The United States confronted its own crisis with ...

Stop & frisk or risk more crime: Mike

Tampering with the NYPD’s effective stop-and-frisk program could return the city to the days when it was “one of the crime capitals of the United States,” Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday in his sharpest pushback yet against critics of the controversial policy. It was the second day in a row...