The "Super Committee". The reason that it's been given that nickname of super committe, if you will, is many believe that this committee has super powers. They basically can bypass a lot of procedural hurdles of that legislation often runs up against as it tries to make its way through the House and Senate. Why was it created? The super committee was created during the debt ceiling debacle over ..
First up, Occupied WallStreet heads into its third months of protests. Back in September, organizers urged people to gather in New York city for a couple months of protests. Now the movement has spread to other cities around the U.S. It doesn't look like it's ending anytime soon. Even though we are two months into these protest, we still don't know what the protesters' demands are. They are spea..
There are more than 100,000 NATO troops in that country, most of those are American troops, and most of them are scheduled to leave by the end of 2014. Afghanistan's president says that's a good thing. During a speech to tribal elders on Wednesday, he complained about NATO. He also tries to set some limits on what NATO troops can and can't do in his country. For example, he thinks it's a good id..