Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that he no longer considers Syrian President Bashar Assad a political leader, labeling him as a “terrorist.” Erdogan also said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was “contradicting himself” in congratulating Syria. Erdogan’s remarks were first reported in the Turkish daily Hurriet Monday.
Referring to a comment by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the success of the chemical weapons cleanup in Syria, Erdogan was skeptical.
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CNSNews is reporting that the U.S. Treasury was forced to pay off a record of approximately $7,546,726,000,000 in maturing Treasury securities in fiscal 2013, which ended last Monday. No problem, they just rolled it over. During the same period, the Treasury issued another $8,323,949,000,000 in new Treasury securities.
The spread between the old debt held by the public that matured and was paid off during the fiscal year and the new debt that was sold to cover government spending over and above tax revenues, increased the net federal government debt held by the public by $777.223 billion during the fiscal year CNSNews is reporting.
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U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) released the following statement today after successful heart surgery in Tulsa, Oklahoma:
“During a routine doctor’s visit last week, my doctor found that I had serious problems with my heart which resulted in quadruple bypass surgery this past Friday in Tulsa. The discovery shocked me as I had no visible symptoms that something was wrong. Today, I am feeling great and am fully engaged with my work here in Oklahoma.
“I encourage my colleagues in Washington to work with vigilance to reopen the government with a bill that represents Oklahomans and all of Americans. I may miss some upcoming votes on the Continuing Resolution, but my doctors agree I will return soon and even stronger to continue the fight to protect Oklahomans’ freedoms.”
Senator Tom Coburn
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Monday that the country would not default on its debt if lawmakers failed to strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
“I would dispel the rumor that is going around that you hear on every newscast that if we don’t raise the debt ceiling, we will default on our debt,” Coburn told CBS’s “This Morning.” “We won’t.”
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Updated: Elizabeth Sheld writing on Breitbart.com found an interesting contrast of how President Obama has managed to insert politics in the hyperbole around the government “shutdown.” The Amber Alert program is offline, but Michell Obama’s healthy child/exercise imitative is up and running healthy.
