By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 10/19/12 11:05am

Dept. of Corrections

This is NOT what Ahmed Abu Khattala was drinking.

Times Corrects Story About Libya Terrorism Suspect’s Beverage Choices

Someone would like you to know that alleged terrorist, Ahmed Abu Khattala, was drinking a strawberry frappe, not a mango juice, at a hotel in Benghazi, as he spoke to New York Times reporter David D. Kirkpatrick about his suspected involvement in the attack on the U.S. Consulate last month.

Mr. Abu Khattala’s beverage was initially erroneously reported, but, in perhaps the best correction to date, the Times has updated the story with the full correct details about the drink the terror suspect was sipping while scoffing at the US. Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/28/11 4:34pm

Wars

On Libya, Gillibrand and Nadler Sound Different

How Obama’s military action in Libya is splitting some of his support among Democrats was on display this morning, when Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Jerry Nadler were fielding questions outside City Hall.

“Well, obviously the president has made a limited engagement in Libya because of the humanitarian crisis,” said Gillibrand, who noted the Read More

By Sharon Elizabeth Samuel 3/25/11 5:57pm

Qaddafi Talk

Schumer Cautions Against Expanding Role in Libya

After a press conference on Pell Grants this morning–in which he declared “evil” the Republican proposals to cut them–Senator Charles Schumer reiterated his support for a Libyan campaign that is “limited in scope and in time.”

“We have two goals,” Schumer said. “The first is the humanitarian goal of preventing Muammar Qaddafi from rolling in Read More

By Amanda Sterling 3/24/11 7:35pm

Critical Mass

Rangel Can't Help Talking Libya, Maloney Mostly Agrees

When Carolyn Maloney finally got a word in after her press conference this morning, she added her voice to the chorus of New York congressmen criticizing President Obama’s handling of the military intervention in Libya.

Maloney had summoned the press to the City Hall steps to discuss Republican efforts to terminate federal foreclosure-avoidance programs, but Read More

By Azi Paybarah 7:19pm

War

Obama's Action in Libya Raises Questions with Nadler, Weiner

“I think what he did was illegal and unconstitutional.”

That was Jerry Nadler, the liberal Democratic congressman, in an interview this weekend, referring to President Obama and the military intervention in Libya.

Those concerns were also raised on a conference call Saturday, where other liberals, like Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, raised constitutional questions about Read More