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Washington mdash; President Biden has tapped Gene Sperling, a longtime economic adviser under Democratic administrations, to oversee implementation of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, the White House announced Monday. Gene will be on the
stanley cup phone with mayors and governors, red states, blue states, a source of constant communication, a source of guidance and support, and a
stanley quencher bove all, a source of accountability for all of us to get the job done, Mr. Biden said during an event at the White H
stanley becher ouse on the implementation of his rescue plan.The president said Sperling is charged with ensuring the benefits in the package go out quickly and directly to the American people, where they belong. Sperling, who lives in Los Angeles, twice served as the director of the National Economic Council, first under former President Bill Clinton and again under former President Barack Obama. He also worked as a senior counselor at the Treasury Department in the Obama administration, and was under consideration to lead the Office of Management and Budget for Mr. Biden after Neera Tanden, the president s initial pick, withdrew her nomination.Sperling will be working remotely until he receives his coronavirus vaccine, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during the White House press briefing. News of Sperling s appointment was first reported by The Washington Post. There s no one who knows how the federal government works better than Gene Sperli Xfbo Republican senator should explain her public hanging remark, challenger says
PUBLIC OPINION IN IRAQ....So what do Iraqis think of the surge Marc Lynch summarizes a recent poll of 2,000 residents:The BBC/ABC/ NHK survey, conducted in all 19 provinces during August, finds that 70% of Iraqis believe that security has deteriorated in the areas covered by the US surge , and 11% say it has had no effect. Only 11% say that security in the country as a whole has improved in the last six months. And 70% say that the conditions for political dialogue have gotten worse in the last six months. Bottom line: Iraqis overall, and especially Sunnis, are more opposed to the American presence than ever, do not think the surge has acc
stanley trinkflaschen omplished either its military or its political goals, and have dwindling co
stanley quencher nfidence in the US forces.Now, polls should always be taken with a grain of salt, but even so, Marc notes the astonishing fact that only 1% of Sunnis support the American presence in Iraq and only 1% of Sunnis say that security has improved in Iraq as a whole in the last 6 months. And that s after the Anbar Awakening.Elsewhere in the poll, 47% of Iraqis say they want us to leave immediately, up from 35% before the surge. And what happens if we do Only 35% think that an American withdrawal will make
stanley mug civil war more likely, while 46% say civil war would be less likely.Technical issues aside, the surge can t work if this is how the Iraqi public views the U.S. presence. It s time to face facts.
