The stronger jobs report once again calls into question just how long the Federal Reserve will keep its foot mashed on the monetary easing accelerator.

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Mr. OKWATCH: Just ask the question again?

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I'd just like to ask the question again: Has the shooting in Connecticut affected the tone at all, and has it affected the ability for both sides to negotiate?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

And that sort of manifested itself on that first morning when he very kindly asked me if I'd like a drink of water and got me some water, and then just minutes later repeated that question, and then repeated it again and again over that first day we were together.

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So we can differ on some of the particulars, but again, the question I think the American people are asking is, do you just want government to do nothing, or do you want it to do something?

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference

And I think, again, in answer to Ed's question about why is he doing it just now: Because we have been working so hard to cooperate and reach agreement with congressional investigators as they pursued their legitimate oversight into the Fast and Furious operation.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

More broadly, on the question of actions that the international community can take together, again let me just say the conversations there were quite fluid.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Which once again begs the question: Is this now a new strategy that builds on success or is it just kicking the can down the road until the next "turning point" in the war?

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So it is an irony, the authors observe, that the acceptability of a Jewish state should be called into question anew by sophisticated critics in the West just when most Israelis have come around again to accepting the need for a Palestinian one.

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