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The article reports on the issue of gun control in the aftermath of the Connecticut school mass shooting which will test Barack Obama's second term as president of the U.S. It notes that school shooting in Newtown is considered as a political failure and a failure of American will which is personified by the president. It cites that the issue of Obama's push for gun control centers on the Second Amendment which reads that the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

Of all the questions Barack Obama needs to ask right now, the most important should be addressed to the Secret Service: how the heck did Muntader al-Zaidi got his second shoe off? Al-Zaidi, of course, is the Iraqi television journalist who expressed his rage at the U.S. occupation of his country by hurling first one shoe, then the other, at President George W. Bush in Baghdad. He's now in detention. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It's Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for many things right now, despite the stock market, and first among them is the fact that the next U.S. commander in chief is a constitutional law expert and former law professor. Before I get to why, allow me to add two other reasons for thankfulness. The first is that Barack Obama is a man of sufficient self-confidence to entrust the critical job of secretary of state to his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She has the strength and focus to produce results. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In 1970, in the midst of the longest bear market since World War II, President Richard Nixon declared: ''Frankly, if I had any money, I'd be buying stocks right now.'' The market soared. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Europeans have spent a lot of time in recent years asking Americans how they could be dumb enough to make the same mistake twice in electing George W. Bush. But when it comes to sheer electoral crassness, it's hard to beat what the Irish have just done. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An American president is in Europe and nobody cares. That's a moment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Here's some news for Hillary Clinton: the Bosnian war was over in 1996. Those of us, like myself, who first went to Bosnia at the start of the war in 1992 and then, in 1994 and 1995, endured President Bill Clinton's circumlocutions as we sat in an encircled Sarajevo watching pregnant women getting blown away by shelling from Serbian gunners, know that. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses how Raffaello Follieri, from San Giovanni, Italy used claims of church ties to befriend Douglas Band, a top aide to former U.S. President Bill Clinton. By doing so Follieri smoothed his way to attract California billionaire Ronald Burkle. It gave way to Follieri Group, a venture to acquire a Catholic Church property. Follieri's activities were brought under scanner for his fraudulent activities. However, Follieri, denied allegations made in a suit filed against him.

The article presents the author's views on U.S. President George W. Bush's war against the Palestinian national movement. According to the author, the problem can be solved if Bush cooperates with Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister. According to Fayyad, one year is sufficient to come to a peace treaty and end the conflict.

Discusses the criticisms against United States President George W. Bush and his foreign policy in Europe.