Posts Tagged ‘quell’
Obama releases troops from Iraq, but can’t quell the sting only a soldier knows.
“Did we win?” That’s what my Twitter feed wanted to know in the wake of President Obama’s announcement that our troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year. I couldn’t be more conflicted about the news.
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FAA tries to quell sleeping controller controversy (AP)
AP – Publicly fuming, the FAA chief collected Thursday the resignation of the head of the U.S. air traffic system, doubled controller staffing at more than two dozen airports and ordered a sweeping review of the entire system that ensures planes fly safely, as the government sought to reassure the public that air travel is safe despite at least four instances of controllers sleeping on the job.
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Obama tries to quell Dems’ anger over tax plan (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama scheduled a short-notice news conference Tuesday to sell a new tax cut compromise that makes big concessions to Republicans as the White House scurried to assuage angry Democrats.
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Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to help quell ethnic riots (AP)
AP – Kyrgyzstan begged Russia for military help Saturday to quell ethnic rioting as the country’s second largest city burned and thousands of minority Uzbeks fled to the border. More than 60 people were reported killed and nearly 850 wounded in the violence.
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