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Bowe Bergdahl's story: What have we learned so far?Bowe Bergdahl is in a US military hospital in Germany for treatment and reintegration after five years as a prisoner of the Taliban. At this point in his story, there鈥檚 more speculation than facts.
D-Day remembered: why Allies finally won Normandy campaignThe Normandy campaign in the weeks after D-Day cost both sides heavily, as seasoned German troops contested every mile. But Allied numbers, air power, and the Soviet march on the Eastern Front proved decisive.- Monitor Breakfast'We'll keep an eye on them,' White House's Podesta says of freed TalibanObama counselor John Podesta said Friday the US has ways to monitor the five former Taliban officials released in the swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. He also offered a succinct assessment of what a Hillary Clinton presidency would look like.
Monitor BreakfastObama's clean-energy push, new EPA rule will prevail, predicts Podesta'We're committed to getting this done,' the White House's John Podesta said Friday of a new EPA proposal to limit carbon emissions from power plants. A business report showing a hit to the US economy contained 'fantasy job loss numbers,' he said.
Bowe Bergdahl deal: Who are Taliban 5 and how dangerous are they?The five Taliban swapped for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl worked for聽the Taliban government that had harbored Al Qaeda in Afghanistan 鈥� three in senior posts. As for the threats they pose now, assessments are mixed.
D-Day remembered: How FDR reacted on June 6, 1944The news flash that the fighting was on produced almost a sense of relief in Washington. At last, the battle for France was fully engaged. 'Our sons ... this day have set upon a mighty endeavor,' FDR told Americans.
Why Obama's deal to free Bowe Bergdahl riles Democrats, tooObama's decision to swap POW Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban in US custody is making some congressional Democrats uncomfortable. It's getting to be a disconcertingly familiar feeling.聽
Senate fashions bipartisan VA reform deal to address 'crisis'Sens. Bernie Sanders and John McCain have fashioned compromise legislation聽to cut wait times for veterans seeking medical care while also holding officials accountable for systemic problems at the VA.- Obamacare beset by new 'discrepancies': What are they and how serious?Some 2 million people who signed up have discrepancies in their data, Obama administration officials say. Most are being resolved, but it is a fresh test for Obamacare.
The day before D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower wrote this famous messageGen. Dwight Eisenhower originally planned for D-Day to happen on June 5. The 'unpredictable' English weather intervened. But Eisenhower still wrote a famous letter that day.
For now, Bergdahl and Benghazi push Obamacare into the backgroundRepublicans were poised to make Obamacare the big issue of the 2014 midterms. It still could be. But the Benghazi probe and Bowe Bergdahl prison swap are now likely to be major issues, too.
Bergdahl-for-Taliban swap: why Pentagon officials think it's not a bad dealThe Bergdahl-for-Taliban swap is under fire from Republican lawmakers and commentators. But Taliban leaders' release does not pose that great a threat to US troops, Pentagon officials say.
Poll shows US split over Bowe Bergdahl swap. A red flag for Obama?Forty percent of US voters back Obama's decision to trade POW Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners; 43 percent don't, an early poll shows. That's not a resounding 'hurrah' from Americans, signaling widespread uneasiness.
Bowe Bergdahl video: Why did Taliban release it now?The message in the Taliban video of Bowe Bergdahl's release was triumphal (if misspelled): 'Don't come back to Afghanistan.' Such videos are a staple of Taliban propaganda.
Joni Ernst, one-time hog castrator, is GOP's newest darlingJoni Ernest won the Republican primary for US Senate in Iowa and now has a chance to take a Democratic-held seat. With viral Internet ads, a compelling story, and good shooting aim, she's united the tea party and GOP establishment behind her.
Why Democrats are cheering over Mississippi primaryTea party Republican Chris McDaniel barely leads Sen. Thad Cochran in the Mississippi primary, with the race perhaps heading to a June 24 runoff. If Mr. McDaniel wins, Democrats hope he could implode like other tea party candidates have.
In Mitch McConnell's Kentucky, a bipartisan effort to kick the coal habitSen. Mitch McConnell and his Democratic challenger in Kentucky are blasting proposed EPA rules on carbon emissions even as a bipartisan effort is afoot to diversify the economy in coal country.
Reid, McConnell wrangle over amendment. Is it too hard to change Constitution?Democrats are pushing for an amendment that would allow Congress to rein in campaign spending. It has no chance of passing, highlighting how hard it is to change the US Constitution.
Bowe Bergdahl swap: Did President Obama break the law?Republican critics say President Obama failed to give Congress adequate notice about the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap. Legal analysts tend to agree, but it's hardly cut and dried.
Will Mississippi video scandal cost tea party a Senate scalp?Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party-backed Chris McDaniel are tied in polls going into Tuesday's primary. Mississippi is the tea party's best chance at defeating an incumbent GOP senator this year.
