http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/?eref=rss_politics CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. en-us © 2009 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:53:42 EST 10 http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/?eref=rss_politics http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif 144 33 CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/911.lessons/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/911.lessons/index.html?eref=rss_politics The attempted Christmas Day attack has renewed questions of whether the 9/11 Commission's recommendations have been taken seriously. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:20:17 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/obama.favorable.poll/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/obama.favorable.poll/index.html?eref=rss_politics President Obama may be the most popular man in his administration, but not the most popular person. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:19 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/30/townsend.what.went.wrong.airplane.bomb/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/30/townsend.what.went.wrong.airplane.bomb/index.html?eref=rss_politics We are now five days away from the attempted terrorist attack to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to Detroit, Michigan. We are learning more each day about the multiple failures in our security and intelligence system that preceded that attack. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:30:22 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/cheney.obama.war/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/cheney.obama.war/index.html?eref=rss_politics Former vice president criticizes President Obama's "low-key" reaction to attempted Christmas Day attack. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:52:21 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/terror.administration.al.qaeda/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/terror.administration.al.qaeda/index.html?eref=rss_politics Senior Obama administration officials say they are starting to see an al Qaeda connection to attempted airliner attack. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:57:08 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/12/30/bomb.sniffing.dogs/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/12/30/bomb.sniffing.dogs/index.html?eref=rss_politics How could a man who allegedly had explosives hidden in his underwear have been allowed to board a plane headed for the United States? Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:47:06 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/29/alaska.bristol.palin.custody/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/29/alaska.bristol.palin.custody/index.html?eref=rss_politics Bristol Palin's requested that her court fight with ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston over custody of their son be kept private to avoid a "media circus." Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:26:01 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/terror.travel/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/30/terror.travel/index.html?eref=rss_politics The Transportation Security Administration extended through at least Wednesday heightened security measures in the aftermath of a failed attempt to blow up a U.S. jetliner, the agency said. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:46:08 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/29/us.yemen.strike.targets/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/29/us.yemen.strike.targets/index.html?eref=rss_politics The U.S. and Yemen are now looking at fresh targets in Yemen for a potential retaliation strike, two senior U.S. officials told CNN Tuesday, in the aftermath of the botched Christmas Day attack on an airliner that al Qaeda in Yemen claims it organized. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:11:23 EST http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/29/terror.politics/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/29/terror.politics/index.html?eref=rss_politics When President Obama spoke out on the terrorism scare in Detroit, he entered a debate over his approach to combating terrorism. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:24:35 EST