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After hours of conflicting statements, a spokesman from Liberty University said late Monday that Jerry Falwell Jr. had agreed to resign as president of the evangelical Virginia college and from the school s board of directors, but following media reports about the resignation, withdrew it. The contradictory reports about his status came after Falwell denied allegations of a sexual impropr stanley cup iety involving a business associate.According to spokesman Scott Lamb, Falwell agreed to resign immediately but then instructed his attorneys to not tender the letter for immediate resignation. The full board of directors will meet Tuesday.Earlier Monday, a senior official at Liberty University told CBS News that members of the school s board have been in discussion with Falwell and expect to make a statement on Tuesday. Reutersreported that a man named Giancarlo Granda, who had a business partnership with the Falwells, alleged a longtime sexual relationship with Falwell s wife while Falwell looked stanley quencher on. Granda, 29, told Reuters stanley cup his relationship with the Falwells soured, in part, when he wanted to end the relationship and over a business dispute.Falwell, who is 58, has been on leave from Liberty University since earlier this month after he posted a photo on his Instagram account with his pants unzipped, holding a beer and with his arm around a pregnant woman whose shorts were also unzipped and belly exposed. While Falwell apologized and said it was fro Etki Patti Solis Doyle
While her husband makes his final campaign appearances of the 2012 election, Ann Romney is hanging stanley us back in Massachusetts awaiting his return. An aide to Mrs. Romney says that she is spending quality time today with most of her children and grandchildren. She and Romney voted in Belmont, Mass., this morning, before he set out for last-minute campaign pops into Ohio and Pennsylvania, with son Tagg and grandson Joe tagging along. The rest of the Romney s four sons, their wives, and 17 children, are with Ann Romney, who is known as Mamie to her brood. Ben Romney, the Romney s fourth son, swung by the Boston Conventi cups stanley on and Exhibition Center, where his father will deliver his closing remarks tonight, with his daughter, Soleil, 3, earlier in the day. Soleil was taken by all of the photographs decorating the venue, and was particularly fixated on one from the Republican convention showing all of the grandchildren playing with the balloons on the fi stanley flask nal night. The last time that the entire family - all five sons and 18 grandchildren - were all assembled was this past Friday night in West Chester, Ohio. Dozens of prominent Republican politicians and leaders were also on hand, leading to some lighter moments backstage. Miles Romney, 4, lit up when meeting Texas Gov. Rick Perry - once on of his grandfather s most formidable primary opponents. Are you really Rick Perry He asked in awe, says a staffer who was there. Perry responded
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Gina Haspel, nominee to become the CIA s first female director, has been approved by the Senate intelligence Committee after telling Congress that the agency shouldn t have used harsh interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Haspel was approved in a 10-5 committee vote early Wednesday in a closed-door session. Her nomination now moves to the Senate for a floor vote.Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, s stanley uk aid in statement after the vote that Haspel is the most qualified person the President could choose to lead the CIA and the most prepared nominee in the 70 year history of the Agency. He added, She has acted moral stanley mugs ly, ethically, and legally, over a distinguished 30-year career and is the right person to lead the Agency into an uncertain and challenging future. I m pleased to see the Committee favorably report her nomination to the full Senate, and I look forward to her swift confirmation. Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, who originally expressed concerns with Haspel s history at the agency during her confirmation hearing, said that he believes Haspel will be a strong advocate for the Agency s workforce, and an independent voice who can and will stand up on behalf of our nation s intelligence community. He added, Most importantly, I believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the President if ordered to do something illegal or immoral ndash; like a retu stanley mug rn to torture. With Hjkd McCain Talks About His Veep Search
RAMADI....Both the LA Times here and the New York Times here have features in today s papers about American success in the city of Ramadi, which has become this year s version of Tall Afar: the shining success story that everyone in the Army wants to show off. So which account should you read Answer: If you want the feel-good version of the story, read the LA Times, but if you want at least a hint at the context of what s really going on, read the New York Times:Many Sunni tribal leaders, once openly hostile to the American presence, have formed a united front with American and Iraqi government forces against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. ....Some American officials readily acknowledge that they have entered an uncertain marriage of convenience with the tribes, some of whom were themselves involved in the insurgency, to one extent or another....These sudden changes have raised questions about the ultimate loyalties of the United States stanley thermoskannen new allies.... stanley quencher .The turnabout began last September, when a federation of tribes in the Ramadi area came together as the Anbar Salvation Council to oppose the fundamentalist militants of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia....For all the sheiks hostility toward the Americans, they realized that th garrafa stanley ey had a bigger enemy, or at least one that needed to be fought first, as a matter of survival.Italics mine. Ramadi really is a success story as was Tall Afar , and it s heartening to see that U.S. forces are smart enough to find wedges where they can and expl
After hours of conflicting statements, a spokesman from Liberty University said late Monday that Jerry Falwell Jr. had agreed to resign as president of the evangelical Virginia college and from the school s board of directors, but following media reports about the resignation, withdrew it. The contradictory reports about his status came after Falwell denied allegations of a sexual impropr stanley cup iety involving a business associate.According to spokesman Scott Lamb, Falwell agreed to resign immediately but then instructed his attorneys to not tender the letter for immediate resignation. The full board of directors will meet Tuesday.Earlier Monday, a senior official at Liberty University told CBS News that members of the school s board have been in discussion with Falwell and expect to make a statement on Tuesday. Reutersreported that a man named Giancarlo Granda, who had a business partnership with the Falwells, alleged a longtime sexual relationship with Falwell s wife while Falwell looked stanley quencher on. Granda, 29, told Reuters stanley cup his relationship with the Falwells soured, in part, when he wanted to end the relationship and over a business dispute.Falwell, who is 58, has been on leave from Liberty University since earlier this month after he posted a photo on his Instagram account with his pants unzipped, holding a beer and with his arm around a pregnant woman whose shorts were also unzipped and belly exposed. While Falwell apologized and said it was fro Etki Patti Solis Doyle
While her husband makes his final campaign appearances of the 2012 election, Ann Romney is hanging stanley us back in Massachusetts awaiting his return. An aide to Mrs. Romney says that she is spending quality time today with most of her children and grandchildren. She and Romney voted in Belmont, Mass., this morning, before he set out for last-minute campaign pops into Ohio and Pennsylvania, with son Tagg and grandson Joe tagging along. The rest of the Romney s four sons, their wives, and 17 children, are with Ann Romney, who is known as Mamie to her brood. Ben Romney, the Romney s fourth son, swung by the Boston Conventi cups stanley on and Exhibition Center, where his father will deliver his closing remarks tonight, with his daughter, Soleil, 3, earlier in the day. Soleil was taken by all of the photographs decorating the venue, and was particularly fixated on one from the Republican convention showing all of the grandchildren playing with the balloons on the fi stanley flask nal night. The last time that the entire family - all five sons and 18 grandchildren - were all assembled was this past Friday night in West Chester, Ohio. Dozens of prominent Republican politicians and leaders were also on hand, leading to some lighter moments backstage. Miles Romney, 4, lit up when meeting Texas Gov. Rick Perry - once on of his grandfather s most formidable primary opponents. Are you really Rick Perry He asked in awe, says a staffer who was there. Perry responded
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Gina Haspel, nominee to become the CIA s first female director, has been approved by the Senate intelligence Committee after telling Congress that the agency shouldn t have used harsh interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Haspel was approved in a 10-5 committee vote early Wednesday in a closed-door session. Her nomination now moves to the Senate for a floor vote.Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, s stanley uk aid in statement after the vote that Haspel is the most qualified person the President could choose to lead the CIA and the most prepared nominee in the 70 year history of the Agency. He added, She has acted moral stanley mugs ly, ethically, and legally, over a distinguished 30-year career and is the right person to lead the Agency into an uncertain and challenging future. I m pleased to see the Committee favorably report her nomination to the full Senate, and I look forward to her swift confirmation. Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, who originally expressed concerns with Haspel s history at the agency during her confirmation hearing, said that he believes Haspel will be a strong advocate for the Agency s workforce, and an independent voice who can and will stand up on behalf of our nation s intelligence community. He added, Most importantly, I believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the President if ordered to do something illegal or immoral ndash; like a retu stanley mug rn to torture. With Hjkd McCain Talks About His Veep Search
RAMADI....Both the LA Times here and the New York Times here have features in today s papers about American success in the city of Ramadi, which has become this year s version of Tall Afar: the shining success story that everyone in the Army wants to show off. So which account should you read Answer: If you want the feel-good version of the story, read the LA Times, but if you want at least a hint at the context of what s really going on, read the New York Times:Many Sunni tribal leaders, once openly hostile to the American presence, have formed a united front with American and Iraqi government forces against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. ....Some American officials readily acknowledge that they have entered an uncertain marriage of convenience with the tribes, some of whom were themselves involved in the insurgency, to one extent or another....These sudden changes have raised questions about the ultimate loyalties of the United States stanley thermoskannen new allies.... stanley quencher .The turnabout began last September, when a federation of tribes in the Ramadi area came together as the Anbar Salvation Council to oppose the fundamentalist militants of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia....For all the sheiks hostility toward the Americans, they realized that th garrafa stanley ey had a bigger enemy, or at least one that needed to be fought first, as a matter of survival.Italics mine. Ramadi really is a success story as was Tall Afar , and it s heartening to see that U.S. forces are smart enough to find wedges where they can and expl