Posts Tagged ‘failure’

RNC Hits Obama for Failure on Gun Control

The RNC put out a new ad which criticizes President Obama on the failure of his legislative agenda — including gun control — and uses a black and white photo of the president reaching to embrace the mother of a Sandy Hook shooting victim. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Too Soon to Call the Iraq War a Failure?

Paul Wolfowitz: “It may be a long time before we really know the outcome of the Iraq war. To put that in perspective, consider that the Korean armistice was signed 60 years ago, but South Korea struggled for decades after that. Even after 30 years, only an extreme optimist would have predicted that South Korea [...]

Mark Kelly Says ‘Failure Is Not An Option’ on Universal Background Checks

ABC News’s Jonathan Karl and Shushannah Walshe Report: Mark Kelly isn’t taking no for an answer. “Failure is not an option,” Kelly, former astronaut and husband of Gabby Giffords,  told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl in an interview, stressing that he’s doing everything in his power… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

[audio] NASA Is Baffled By The Failure Of Its Straw Shuttle

NASA Is Baffled By The Failure Of Its Straw Shuttle The Onion Tweet This Post

U.N.’s Ban, Syria mediator frustrated at failure to stop war

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon and Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi expressed frustration on Saturday at the failure to end Syria’s conflict and said the United Nations was ready to facilitate peace talks. Ban and Brahimi met in Mt. Pelerin, Switzerland, to discuss the two-year-old war that has killed more than 70,000 [...]

Obama says failure to reach fiscal deal would hurt markets

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Financial markets would be affected adversely if U.S. lawmakers fail to agree on a "fiscal cliff" deal before Tuesday, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, while urging Congress to act quickly to extend tax cuts for middle-class Americans. Lawmakers are seeking a last-minute deal that would set aside [...]