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NEWS ABOUT: Jim Jones

Jim Jones stories: 8 news summaries

Obama Looks for Local
Allies in Afghanistan

Administration's decided it can't wipe out Taliban

Oct 29, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has requested detailed, province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan’s local and tribal leaders, hoping to find more effective partners than the country’s weak and corrupt central government. The administration has concluded that no surge in troops will be able to eradicate the Taliban as a political force, but... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • Robert Gates • tribal leaders • Jim Jones • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal

Jones Emerges as Strong Voice
for Obama

National security adviser sheds early uncertainty about role

Oct 7, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Jones’ rocky start in the Obama administration as national security adviser now seems like a thing of the past. Where once Jones lamented publicly that he was unsure of his role, he has now settled in as a top administration voice, wielding his four-star clout in the Pentagon and... More »

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national security • James Jones • Jim Jones • National Security Council • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McConnell: 
 White House 
 'Demonizing' 
 Health Critics 


Angry protests 'clearly being orchestrated,' Durbin counters

Aug 9, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is “demonizing” the fiercely outspoken critics of its health care reform, Sen. Mitch McConnell told Fox News Sunday today. “To demonize citizens who are energetic about this strikes me as demonstrating a kind of weakness in your position,” the Senate minority leader said, but... More »

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Iran • health care • North Korea • Newt Gingrich • Donald Rumsfeld • Mitch McConnell • Guantanamo Bay • health care reform • Jim Jones • Dick Durbin • Susan Rice • Lindsay Graham

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Cheney: I'm 
 Speaking Out 
 to Keep US Safe 

Petraeus says US routing al-Qaeda; Gingrich likens torture talk to McCarthyism

May 10, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney says he’s been outspoken because the Obama administration has “moved to take down a lot of those policies we put in place to keep the nation safe for 8 years.” On CBS’ Face the Nation, Cheney denied the Bush administration was in the “torture... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • Taliban • Newt Gingrich • Pakistan • David Petraeus • nuclear weapons • Jim Jones • Asif Ali Zardari

ANALYSIS

Obama Appointments Leave Little for GOP to Knock

Foreign-policy, economics teams peppered with respected, relatively conservative appointees

Dec 3, 08 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s Cabinet picks leave Republicans with few lines of attack, Politico reports. In contrast to campaign rhetoric that painted Obama as a radical leftist, the retention of Robert Gates and selection of McCain buddy Jim Jones has won praise from GOP stalwarts. Karl Rove himself said Obama’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • Cabinet • RNC • Robert Gates • Lindsey Graham • Jim Jones • President Obama

OPINION

 Klein: Obama's Team
of Rivals 'Strong and Wise'

Obama's rumored picks signal preference for diplomacy over militarism: Klein

Nov 21, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - If current rumblings are to be believed, Barack Obama’s national security team would be disparate indeed, consisting of Hillary Clinton at State, retired general Jim Jones as National Security Adviser, and Robert Gates sticking around as defense secretary. It’s an “extremely strong and wise,” team, writes... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • foreign policy • Jim Jones • centrist • bipartisanship • President Obama • team of rivals

 Top 10 Crazy Cults 

Polygamists, UFOs, and apocalyptic prophesies abound

Apr 12, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Experts are debating whether the polygamist sect raided in Texas last week is a cult. Meanwhile, LiveScience has cooked up a list of bona fide cults—the top 10 craziest of them all:
  1. Raëlians: Followers believe that UFOs spawned most religions and cloning can lead to reincarnation.
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religion • list • polygamy • Jim Jones • Jonestown massacre • cult • Charles Manson • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Jim Jones' Grandson is Basketball Star

High school forward redeeming the Jonestown leader's family name on court

Oct 5, 07 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - 29 years ago, traveling to an away basketball game as part of the Jonestown team spared Jim Jones Jr. from his adopted father's mass suicide ritual. Now his son Rob is using the sport to turn the family name around, as a star forward for SF's Riordan High, who ESPN... More »

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basketball • Jim Jones • Jonestown massacre • high school basketball

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