They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC.

They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC.

The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see read more

The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see any major break in any of these. I wouldn't be surprised to see still 3.5 percent to 4 percent CPI for us for this year.

It may be unpleasant, but you can give a very hard signal which isn't going to hurt people as such read more

It may be unpleasant, but you can give a very hard signal which isn't going to hurt people as such but is going to at least give a chance of registering in the minds of the Iranian people that what their president is doing is unacceptable to the international community.

NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it read more

NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions ... as well as providing training.

A spike in oil weighs on equities, and higher-risk stocks such as technology are the ones to get hit first.

A spike in oil weighs on equities, and higher-risk stocks such as technology are the ones to get hit first.

Leaders of the political blocs reached an agreement on the constitution draft that guarantees the rights of all Iraqi people read more

Leaders of the political blocs reached an agreement on the constitution draft that guarantees the rights of all Iraqi people in the referendum.

It was pretty obvious to everyone there that there was a significant group that had been part of that for read more

It was pretty obvious to everyone there that there was a significant group that had been part of that for a long time that felt like there were still possibilities.

He's a veteran guy, get his bat in the lineup.

He's a veteran guy, get his bat in the lineup.

Even though there is an element of fairness in that proposal, we wouldn't recommend it. It sets a dangerous precedent. read more

Even though there is an element of fairness in that proposal, we wouldn't recommend it. It sets a dangerous precedent. We'd just prefer that other states stop imposing their taxes on Washington athletes.