MADRID, Spain - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is making a “slow but progressive” recovery although his condition is serious due to his advanced age, a Spanish doctor who has examined him said on Friday.
Castro, 80, has suffered complications after undergoing surgery to his digestive system but could return to his normal life if he manages to make a full recovery, Dr Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido said.
“I have recent information that his recovery is slow but progressive,” Garcia Sabrido, who examined Castro in Havana late last year and is a consultant to the Cuban leader’s medical team, told Reuters.
Garcia Sabrido, head of surgery at Madrid’s Gregorio Maranon hospital, said the outlook for any patient of Castro’s age who had undergone complications after surgery, was very serious.
“For a patient of his age, who has had complications after an operation, it’s always going to be a general prognosis,” Garcia Sabrido said, when asked if Castro was in a “very serious condition,” as reported by Spain’s El Pais newspaper this week.
1.) What complications did Fidel Castro have?
2.) What are your feelings on Fidel Castros situation.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Castro's Recovery
MADRID, Spain - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is making a “slow but progressive” recovery although his condition is serious due to his advanced age, a Spanish doctor who has examined him said on Friday.
Castro, 80, has suffered complications after undergoing surgery to his digestive system but could return to his normal life if he manages to make a full recovery, Dr Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido said.
“I have recent information that his recovery is slow but progressive,” Garcia Sabrido, who examined Castro in Havana late last year and is a consultant to the Cuban leader’s medical team, told Reuters.
Garcia Sabrido, head of surgery at Madrid’s Gregorio Maranon hospital, said the outlook for any patient of Castro’s age who had undergone complications after surgery, was very serious.
“For a patient of his age, who has had complications after an operation, it’s always going to be a general prognosis,” Garcia Sabrido said, when asked if Castro was in a “very serious condition,” as reported by Spain’s El Pais newspaper this week.
1.) What complications did Fidel Castro have?
2.) What are your feelings on Fidel Castros situation.
Castro, 80, has suffered complications after undergoing surgery to his digestive system but could return to his normal life if he manages to make a full recovery, Dr Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido said.
“I have recent information that his recovery is slow but progressive,” Garcia Sabrido, who examined Castro in Havana late last year and is a consultant to the Cuban leader’s medical team, told Reuters.
Garcia Sabrido, head of surgery at Madrid’s Gregorio Maranon hospital, said the outlook for any patient of Castro’s age who had undergone complications after surgery, was very serious.
“For a patient of his age, who has had complications after an operation, it’s always going to be a general prognosis,” Garcia Sabrido said, when asked if Castro was in a “very serious condition,” as reported by Spain’s El Pais newspaper this week.
1.) What complications did Fidel Castro have?
2.) What are your feelings on Fidel Castros situation.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Current Event
In Buffalo, Missouri, a very severe winter storm recently changed the lives of many. There were three different shelters throughout Missouri. By Saturday, the town lost all of it's power. Approximately 450,000 homes and businesses still remain without power. 50 people were injured from the storm, throughout nine different states. About 92,000 homes and businesses also remain without electricity, and the power may not be restored until next week. Unfortunetly, this will be a storm to remember.
1. We all experienced the severe events of hurricane Wilma. What do you think is a major difference between a snow storm and a hurricane?
2. What is one thing you could do to contribute to the harsh effects of this storm?
The link:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16474880.htm
1. We all experienced the severe events of hurricane Wilma. What do you think is a major difference between a snow storm and a hurricane?
2. What is one thing you could do to contribute to the harsh effects of this storm?
The link:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16474880.htm
Sunday, January 14, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, facing opposition from both parties over his plan to send more troops to Iraq, said he has the authority to act no matter what Congress wants.
"I fully understand they could try to stop me from doing it. But I've made my decision. And we're going forward," Bush told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview to air Sunday night.
Vice President Dick Cheney asserted that lawmakers' criticism will not influence Bush's plans and he dismissed any effort to "run a war by committee."
"The president is the commander in chief. He's the one who has to make these tough decisions," Cheney said.
The defiant White House stance comes as both the House and Senate, now controlled by Democrats, prepare to vote on resolutions that oppose additional U.S. troops in Iraq. Cheney said those nonbinding votes would not affect Bush's ability to carry out his policies.
"He's the guy who's got to decide how to use the force and where to deploy the force," Cheney said. "And Congress obviously has to support the effort through the power of the purse. So they've got a role to play, and we certainly recognize that. But you also cannot run a war by committee."
Any attempts to block Bush's efforts would undermine the troops, Cheney said. He took particular aim at Democratic lawmakers who have blasted the president for increasing troops despite opposition from Congress, military advisers and a disgruntled electorate that in November ousted the Republicans as the majority party on Capitol Hill.
"They have absolutely nothing to offer in its place," Cheney said of Democratic leaders. "I have yet to hear a coherent policy from the Democratic side."
Yet many Republican lawmakers, too, have begun to criticize Bush's war management. Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, for example, said last week he feared Bush's plan would be the worst foreign policy blunder since the Vietnam War.
Responding to that, Cheney said the most dangerous blunder would be to give up on the global fight against terrorism because the United States has decided the war in Iraq is too difficult. That is just what America's terrorist enemies are counting on, he said.
"They're convinced that the United States will pack it in and go home if they just kill enough of us," Cheney said. "They can't beat us in a standup fight, but they think they can break our will."
Bush announced last week he will send 21,500 more troops to Iraq to halt violence, mainly around Baghdad, as an essential step toward stabilizing the country's government. That plan -- along with economic and political steps -- are meant to allow Iraqis to move ahead with securing the country themselves and allow U.S. troops to gradually return home. (Full story)
Like Bush, though, Cheney said Americans need to look at the war in Iraq as part of a much longer effort.
"This is an existential conflict," Cheney said. "It is the kind of conflict that's going to drive our policy and our government for the next 20 or 30 or 40 years. We have to prevail and we have to have the stomach for the fight long term."
The White House also said Sunday that Iranians are aiding the insurgency in Iraq and the U.S. has the authority to pursue them because they "put our people at risk."
"We are going to need to deal with what Iran is doing inside Iraq," national security adviser Stephen Hadley said.
Added Cheney: "Iran is fishing in troubled waters inside Iraq."
The U.S. military in Baghdad said five Iranians arrested in northern Iraq last week were connected to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard faction that funds and arms insurgents in Iraq.
"We do not want them doing what they can to destabilize the situation inside Iraq," Cheney said.
Bush's revised war strategy seeks to isolate Iran and Syria, which the U.S. has accused of fueling attacks in Iraq. The president also says Iran and Syria have not done enough to block terrorists from entering Iraq over their borders.
"We know there are jihadists moving from Syria into Iraq. ... We know also that Iran is supplying elements in Iraq that are attacking Iraqis and attacking our forces," Hadley said.
"What the president made very clear is these are activities that are going on in Iraq that are unacceptable. They put our people at risk. He said very clearly that we will take action against those. We will interdict their operations, we will disrupt their supply lines, we will disrupt these attacks," Hadley said.
"We are going to need to deal with what Iran is doing inside Iraq."
Iran's government denied the five detainees were involved in financing and arming insurgents and said they should be released.
Hadley was interviewed on "This Week" on ABC and "Meet the Press" on NBC. Cheney was on "Fox News Sunday."
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
1.) Do you think that President should send more troops to Iraq?
2.)Do you think it is fair that the troops dont have a choice because the President is Commander in Chief?
"I fully understand they could try to stop me from doing it. But I've made my decision. And we're going forward," Bush told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview to air Sunday night.
Vice President Dick Cheney asserted that lawmakers' criticism will not influence Bush's plans and he dismissed any effort to "run a war by committee."
"The president is the commander in chief. He's the one who has to make these tough decisions," Cheney said.
The defiant White House stance comes as both the House and Senate, now controlled by Democrats, prepare to vote on resolutions that oppose additional U.S. troops in Iraq. Cheney said those nonbinding votes would not affect Bush's ability to carry out his policies.
"He's the guy who's got to decide how to use the force and where to deploy the force," Cheney said. "And Congress obviously has to support the effort through the power of the purse. So they've got a role to play, and we certainly recognize that. But you also cannot run a war by committee."
Any attempts to block Bush's efforts would undermine the troops, Cheney said. He took particular aim at Democratic lawmakers who have blasted the president for increasing troops despite opposition from Congress, military advisers and a disgruntled electorate that in November ousted the Republicans as the majority party on Capitol Hill.
"They have absolutely nothing to offer in its place," Cheney said of Democratic leaders. "I have yet to hear a coherent policy from the Democratic side."
Yet many Republican lawmakers, too, have begun to criticize Bush's war management. Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, for example, said last week he feared Bush's plan would be the worst foreign policy blunder since the Vietnam War.
Responding to that, Cheney said the most dangerous blunder would be to give up on the global fight against terrorism because the United States has decided the war in Iraq is too difficult. That is just what America's terrorist enemies are counting on, he said.
"They're convinced that the United States will pack it in and go home if they just kill enough of us," Cheney said. "They can't beat us in a standup fight, but they think they can break our will."
Bush announced last week he will send 21,500 more troops to Iraq to halt violence, mainly around Baghdad, as an essential step toward stabilizing the country's government. That plan -- along with economic and political steps -- are meant to allow Iraqis to move ahead with securing the country themselves and allow U.S. troops to gradually return home. (Full story)
Like Bush, though, Cheney said Americans need to look at the war in Iraq as part of a much longer effort.
"This is an existential conflict," Cheney said. "It is the kind of conflict that's going to drive our policy and our government for the next 20 or 30 or 40 years. We have to prevail and we have to have the stomach for the fight long term."
The White House also said Sunday that Iranians are aiding the insurgency in Iraq and the U.S. has the authority to pursue them because they "put our people at risk."
"We are going to need to deal with what Iran is doing inside Iraq," national security adviser Stephen Hadley said.
Added Cheney: "Iran is fishing in troubled waters inside Iraq."
The U.S. military in Baghdad said five Iranians arrested in northern Iraq last week were connected to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard faction that funds and arms insurgents in Iraq.
"We do not want them doing what they can to destabilize the situation inside Iraq," Cheney said.
Bush's revised war strategy seeks to isolate Iran and Syria, which the U.S. has accused of fueling attacks in Iraq. The president also says Iran and Syria have not done enough to block terrorists from entering Iraq over their borders.
"We know there are jihadists moving from Syria into Iraq. ... We know also that Iran is supplying elements in Iraq that are attacking Iraqis and attacking our forces," Hadley said.
"What the president made very clear is these are activities that are going on in Iraq that are unacceptable. They put our people at risk. He said very clearly that we will take action against those. We will interdict their operations, we will disrupt their supply lines, we will disrupt these attacks," Hadley said.
"We are going to need to deal with what Iran is doing inside Iraq."
Iran's government denied the five detainees were involved in financing and arming insurgents and said they should be released.
Hadley was interviewed on "This Week" on ABC and "Meet the Press" on NBC. Cheney was on "Fox News Sunday."
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
1.) Do you think that President should send more troops to Iraq?
2.)Do you think it is fair that the troops dont have a choice because the President is Commander in Chief?
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