Gloucester Township Police Media Advisory/September 9, 2013

Gloucester Township Police recently completed the Alcohol Traffic Safety and Drunk Driving Prevention Incentive grant for the 2013 \”Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.\” state wide mobilization. Gloucester Township was a recipient of this $4,400 grant that was used to fund DWI saturation patrols as well as a sobriety checkpoint.

WASHINGTON (AFP) September 10, 2013, 10:27:11 PM EDT

 

 

 

 US President Barack Obamapostponed his threat to strike Syria, after Bashar al-Assad\’s regime welcomed a Russian plan to gather and destroy its chemical arsenal.

In an address from the White House, Obama said he had askedUS lawmakers to delay a vote on whether to authorize military action while Washington studies the Russian initiative.

He said he would stay in personal contact with Russia\’s President Vladimir Putinand would dispatchSecretary of State John Kerry to Geneva for talks on Thursday with his Russian counterpart.

Report by Mark Lagerkvist

 Posted on September 9, 2013 

Tonight President Obama will deliver one of the most important political addresses of his presidency, trying to convince a war-weary American public to support his call for military intervention in Syria. Having casually drawn a red line in the sand on the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, Obama’s own credibility – not that of the United States – is on the line. But he faces an uphill struggle to win over public opinion, and is almost certainly heading for a heavy defeat on Capitol Hill, where opposition is mounting among Members of Congress.

The scale of the challenge for Mr. Obama is encapsulated in a new poll released by Fox News (conducted by both Democratic and Republican pollsters), which shows the president’s approval rating falling to 40 percent, the lowest level of support in his presidency (on par with December 2010). Obama’s disapproval stands at 54 percent, the highest negative rating he has received since taking office. via weaselzippers.us

TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON CAUSE
Volume XVIII No. 36: September 6, 2013

Next week, vacation’s over and Congress has to go back to work. Even without the Syria showdown, they’ve got some pressing issues to handle. Zero of the 12 spending bills that fund government have been passed, meaning a shutdown looms at the end of this month. That pesky debt ceiling will be hit by mid-October. And lawmakers are chomping at the bit to do something on tax reform, the farm bill, and immigration. But the emergence of must-pass legislation and potentially broad bipartisan measures also means the resurgence of another perennial legislative annoyance: the temporary tax extender.

BY ARCHBISHOP CHARLES CHAPUT

Two years ago this week (September 8), I began my service here in Philadelphia as archbishop. Two years from now, this same week, we’ll be in the final stages of preparing for the eighth World Meeting of Families (September 22-27). It’s a good moment to pause and reflect.

Gloucester Township Police Media Advisory/September 9, 2013

Gloucester Township Police recently completed the Alcohol Traffic Safety and Drunk Driving Prevention Incentive grant for the 2013 \”Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.\” state wide mobilization. Gloucester Township was a recipient of this $4,400 grant that was used to fund DWI saturation patrols as well as a sobriety checkpoint.

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