++ President Obama spoke today at the UN General Assembly and made overtures to Iran on negotiations and re-emphasized his argument on Syria, while firmly stating America's commitment to a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. He told the General Assembly that John Kerry would be negotiating with Iran's Foreign Minister, the first such talks since the Iranian Revolution. A much ballyhooed meeting between President Obama and Iranian President Rowhani could not take place because the Iranian side could not get their act together.
++Syria has submitted his list of chemical weapons which an American official said was fairly complete. Next week, more UN weapons inspectors will depart to Damascus to investigate claims more chemical weapons attacks occurred. It is believed that in November more inspectors will arrive to locate the government's chemical weapons and President Assad has promised to dispose of them within a year.
++Both Ayatollah Khomeini and President Rowhani has promised the world community Iran would not develop nuclear weapons. However,this would require a fairly stringent regime of aggressive inspections by the international community. Realists claim the process would last several years before the international community was satisfied.
++While world politics is happening in New York City,theater is occurring in Washington,D.C. Senator Cruz is "filibustering" the continuing resolution, demanding the defunding of Obamacare. He likens his stance to those lonely souls who warned against Adolf Hitler. Cohort Senator Mike Lee of Utah likens himself to the American revolutionaries. One problem--this is not a filibuster, despite Cruz saying he will talk until he drops,Harry Reid declared cloture last night and the bill will be voted on tomorrow about 1pm. This was just the time for discussion so Cruz decided to hog the time. There is not filibuster.
++Remember--this Continuing resolution is for two months until December. Then we begin it all over again. John Boehner did in fact win on this because Democrats are accepting his budget's limit, which factored in the sequester cuts.
++House Republicans are readying their demands for the debt ceiling issue. They have been all over the map--approving Keystone Pipeline as a condition, cutting Medicare,etc. I think it is time for President Obama to act unilaterally and test whether the debt ceiling is constitutional at all.
++Three new polls have come out showing that the Cooch is trailing Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's governor's race--from 7-8-10 points.
++The Libyan government informed the Republicans on Darryl Issa's Benghazi probe that the country was not safe enough for them to arrive and investigate the incident. Democrats protested that Issa planned all this without consultation with the Democrats on his committee.
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