ASSOCIATED PRESS

By Joe Moubry

This past week, the Associated Press reported on Secretary of State Clinton’s first direct peace talk that Israel and the Palestinians have had in about two years.

The Associated Press also took a look at how the Tea Party is starting to look like a new Republican party. Mainly with the grass roots efforts have paid off with what the Associated Press calls: “fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year.”

The leader of the Pakistan Taliban has been charged with bombing that took the life seven CIA agents, according to the Associated Press.

A brief report from a Marine general has stated that the Taliban is losing money due to lthe decline of drug trade in southern Afghanistan.

According to the top US military commander in Afghanistan, the relationship between the US and the Afghan President Hamid Karzai is pretty strong.

Palestinians and Israelis both agree that they need to reach peace, according to the Associated Press.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera stated that he hopes that 33 miners that are trapped a half a mile underground will be rescued by Christmas.

Congress is not in favor of increasing taxes on anyone, including the wealthy Americans.
The amount of illegal immigrants in the United States has decrease 8% since 2007.
A top leader in Hamas on the Gaza Strip has declined to have any talks with Israel.
Obama is viewing an improvement in Iraq and is pulling out the armed forces because he stated “It's time to turn the page.”
The main thing that the Associated Press seems to have posted over the past week is the peace talks between that Israel and the Palestinians.

The Federal Government has failed to use land in Roach Dry Lake, Nav to provide more solar power sources as they planned to do five years ago.
Obama held Mideast talks earlier this week in Washington.
The Associated Press covers a wide verity of political events inside of the United States, as well as outside of the United States. The Associated Press’s reports do not allow themselves to show any bias at all.

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