Bipartisan doubts: Obama provided no intelligence briefings on aid to Syrian rebels

Bipartisan doubts: Obama provided no intelligence briefings on aid to Syrian rebels

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has expressed skepticism over a U.S. decision to relay $500 million in military aid to Syrian rebels. Leading members of the House and Senate are warning President Barack Obama of a blowback in the first U.S. military aid for the Sunni revolt in Syria. They demanded that the Obama […]

Administration’s Syria problem: U.S. can’t find non-Al Qaida rebels

Administration’s Syria problem: U.S. can’t find non-Al Qaida rebels

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has withheld at least $50 million worth of aid to Sunni rebels in Syria. The reason: neither Congress nor the administration of President Barack Obama can find rebel militias not linked to Al Qaida. “It’s not clear to me that the administration has a workable policy,” Sen. […]

Feinstein: There’s too much ‘testosterone’ in Washington

Feinstein: There’s too much ‘testosterone’ in Washington

Wesley Pruden John Boehner thinks there’s too much of Barack Obama in Washington. Most of the Democrats think there’s a surplus of impertinent Republicans. Chris Christie says it’s Congress that turned Washington rancid. Everybody agrees something is rotten on the Potomac. The ladies of the U.S. Senate think they’ve figured it out. It’s that beastly […]