Presidential Memorandum: Inventory of Files Related to Fort Hood Shooting

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The White House - Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release: November 12, 2009

Presidential Memorandum on Inventory of Files Related to Fort Hood Shooting

November 10, 2009

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SUBJECT: Inventory of Files Related to Fort Hood Shooting

On November 6, 2009, I directed that an immediate inventory be conducted of all intelligence in U.S. Government files that existed prior to November 6, 2009, relevant to the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, especially anything having to do with the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, U.S. Army. In addition, I directed an immediate review be initiated to determine how any such intelligence was handled, shared, and acted upon within individual departments and agencies and what intelligence was shared with others. This inventory and review shall be conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the ongoing criminal investigations of the Fort Hood shooting.

The results of this inventory and review, as well as any recommendations for improvements to procedures and practices, shall be provided to John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, who will serve as the principal point of contact on this matter for the White House. Preliminary results of this review shall be provided by November 30, 2009.

BARACK OBAMA

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Which Democrats voted against the Health Care Bill? Here is the list!

By now you already know that the Health Care bill passed the house and is on it's way to the Senate.

The final vote was tight resulting in a 220 to 215 final.

All but one Republican voted against the bill.

The one Republican that voted in favor of passing the bill?

Joeseph Cao, the Representative from Louisiana.

But what Democrats voted against the President's Health Care package.

39 Democrats voted against the bill.

Let's take a look at the list of those who voted against the package.

The full list of 39 Democrats that voted against the Health Care bill in the house is below. All 39 have links to there pages for your use.

Send them your thoughts on yesterday's vote outcome.

Let them know your thoughts on the way they voted. Hell thank them for being more concerned that we need health care insurance for the whole country - especially since so many of us have no jobs!

Personally I would rather have them spending time finding ways to get the economy back on track and the rest of us back to work so we might be able to afford health insurance!
but that's me.

What do you think?

Scott Murphy (N.Y.)

Bobby Bright (Ala.)

Frank Kratovil Jr. (Md.)

Walt Minnick (Idaho)

Eric Massa (N.Y)

Parker Griffith (Ala.)

John Adler (N.J.)

Glenn Nye (Va.)

Chet Edwards (Tex.)

Travis Childers (Miss.)

John Boccieri (Ohio)

Larry Kissell (N.C.)

Jason Altmire (Pa.)

Harry Teague (N.M.)

Betsy Markey (Colo.)

Jim Marshall (Ga.)

Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.)

Dennis J. Kucinich (Ohio)

Lincoln Davis (Tenn.)

Allen Boyd (Fla.)

Heath Shuler (N.C.)

Tim Holden (Pa.)

Michael E. McMahon (N.Y.)

Brian Baird (Wash.)

Jim Matheson (Utah)

Ben Chandler (Ky.)

Ike Skelton (Mo.)

John Barrow (Ga.)

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.)

Mike McIntyre (N.C.)

Dan Boren (Okla.)

Collin C. Peterson (Minn.)

Bart Gordon (Tenn.)

Gene Taylor (Miss.)

Mike Ross (Ark.)

Rick Boucher (Va.)

Artur Davis (Ala.)

Charlie Melancon (La.)

John Tanner (Tenn.)

There is no surprise that 24 members of the Blue Dog Coalition voted against the bill.




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30 or 40 Thousand more Troops to deploy to Afghanistan?

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan is recommending an increase of 40,000 additional troops to hit the ground in Afghanistan. Currently, there are about 67,000 US troops on the ground in Afghanistan. In addition to the US troops in Afghanistan, there are approximately 40,000 troops from other NATO allied nations in combat and combat support rolls currently entrenched in Afghanistan.

President Obama is considering increasing the troop levels in the Afghanistan war by only 30,000 total troops. The total falls far short of what Gen. McCrystal is recommending but may be far more than what US and other nations citizens may support.

Gen. McChrystal has stated that an additional 40,000 troops on the ground would help secure the Afghanistan towns and cities and would give NATO the additional resources needed to take on Taliban and al Qaeda strongholds that still remain in the Afghanistan border lands near Pakistan.

In the US, public support for the Afghanistan war has been dropping continuously as the war is now being seen as possibly turning into another Vietnam. President Obama's decision to expand troop levels could become a major liability for the upcoming Congressional elections.

Republicans are calling for an increase in troop levels and during morning talk shows were offering support for the President if he "does the right thing" and increases troop levels in the war effort. Why would the Republicans offer support and backing for such an unpopular political position?

It is not just the US support that is waining, in the UK public sentiment is turning decidedly against continued involvement in the Afghanistan war. With the high levels of public disdain for the previous involvement in the Iraq war there may be little that the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, can do to sway public opinion. Especially since the British death toll is rising quickly. The current UK service related death's has now reached 232.

In August the public support for the war was low and hovering at 28 percent. Now the British public support has dropped even further and is now around 21 percent. 63 Percent of the public in England want all British troops withdrawn from the region.

England has roughly 9,500 troops on the ground in Afghanistan.

The United States currently has approximately 68,000 troops in country.

Gen. McCrystal that he does not see coalition troops handing over security to Afghan forces until 2013.

The British government is looking to have answers quickly as to the direction of the war in Afghanistan. President Obama is expected to announce his decision within the next few weeks.

It will probably follow Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration.

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