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Obama Medal of Honor rewards, background, Rick Perry, the vaccine against HPV and the new political agenda of the U.S.

Good afternoon

and welcome to roll the coverage of American politics - with the Obama administration is under fire for his role in the making loan guarantees to non-manufacturer of solar panels, and Republican presidential candidates on a large scale campaign mode.

The above picture has a story: it shows Obama to have a beer with Meyer Dakota in the yard outside the Oval Office on Wednesday night. Obama today introduced the Marine Corp veteran with the Medal of Honor. When asked in advance if there was anything he wanted, Meyer asked if he could have a beer with Obama.

Quote of the Day is to soften the Washington Post covarge Perry expression of their religious beliefs at the University of Liberty. This is from a comment made by Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention:

Rick Perry is more open, less subtle than George W. Bush

less subtle than George Bush? This is no small feat.

13:05:

More information on why the Dakota Meyer received the Medal of Honor - the highest military decoration American States - for their extraordinary bravery in Afghanistan.

A group of Marines and 100 Afghan soldiers were sent to a remote village on the border with Pakistan to help repair a mosque. There were cuts and an ambush in the valley. The Wall Street Journal has a detailed account of Meyer's response:

Return to the Valley, 21, after hearing radio calls Meyer artillery that were rejected by officials at higher headquarters due to concerns of residents at risk. Cpl Meyer got into the turret of a Humvee and convinced a fellow consultant, Sergeant Juan Rodriguez Chavez, which will take you directly to the battle.

Humvee swerved When washing, Corporal Meyer saw the bodies of a dozen soldiers in Afghanistan scattered on the ground, some died and others were crying. With bullets hit his truck, jumped, stuffed inside the five Afghans injured, then jumped behind the gun and the hammer, the vehicle left the washing powder.

Leaving the wounded in the back, Meyer Corporal and Sergeant Rodriguez Chavez changed Humvee. This time the enemy was waiting in the dry river bed. Rocket launchers and machine gun bullets followed repeatedly Meyer left his armored turret to load the truck with the Afghan soldiers were wounded. At one point, he shot a black-bearded man in height. When another leap forward in the barrel of his gun, Meyer took his M4 rifle and shot him in the head.

"You have to kill me," he shouted in the heat of the battle (he hoped to be killed, he told me a few days later at their outpost in Afghanistan), "because is the only way to stop me. "

It was not the end of the -. Bing West is a reading

13:25:

ABC News has a fascinating experience on the decision of Rick Perry as governor of Texas, to introduce the vaccine against HPV - a move that has caused pain policies since then.

Monday the Republican candidates 'debate Perry Michele Bachmann accused of raping a 11-year-old girls' right to freedom "and their extravagant claims followed the waves, Bachmann also accuses Perry of "crony capitalism" linking campaign donations from the vaccine manufacturer Merck Perry.

However, Perry was influenced by the death of a cancer patient of 31 years, cervical, ABC News reports:

Heather Burcham died in 2007 when she was 31 years. Cervical cancer killed him. She was diagnosed at the age of 26 years, and when he knew he had cancer, it was too late for effective treatment.

But it changed his life for his life with such passion.

She was deeply religious, strong, loving, with a sense of humor, and was determined to save other young women. His passion for a cause was a "person of the week" on ABC "World News" program in 2007. Heather probably would have been shouting from the rooftops of frustration, listening to the current political debate about the vaccine against HPV .

1:35 p.m.:.

For a different view of the record as Governor Perry, it is useful to recall that Texas executes more people than any other state in the U.S.

There are currently more than 300 prisoners on death row in Texas -. And The Guardian has published an interactive graphic to learn more about the inhabitants of the flag of death

Meanwhile, my colleague Paul Harris reports that are not just jobs that are growing in Texas, but the poverty rate as well:

The policy document published by the Centre based in Austin for the non-partisan public policy priorities, said that poverty in Texas is now higher than the rest of the United States and grew rapidly.

The newspaper said that the poverty rate in Texas had increased by 17.3% in 2009 to 18.4% in 2010. This compares with a figure of the United States percent of which increased from 14.3% to 15.1% in 2010. This means that about 4.6 million Texans living in poverty, currently defined as an income of $ 22,113 per year for a family of four.

1:55 p.m.

ABC News Jake Tapper

retweeted Obama Photo Meyer beer is indicated in the previous blog - and was unhappy with the response of the media critical cyber

would be nice to post a picture of the president over a beer with a sailor without being harassed by snark. # GrowUp

2:14 p.m.

The White House issued an unusually detailed rebuttal of an article in the Washington Post today that the financial support of administration called "green jobs" was a failure.

According to the Post, the program has generated only 3,545 new jobs, permanent. But the White House hosted an aggressive push-back. His attack against the following example:

last year, the Department provided a loan guarantee to build the wind farm in Kahuku, Hawaii. It employs 200 workers during construction. The turbines were built in Cedar Rapids, Iowa The project also includes a state of the art system of energy storage provided by a company in Texas. The supply chain has reached 104 U.S. companies in 21 states. However, in numbers, the Washington Post, none of the jobs - even the 200 direct jobs in construction - should count.

3:02 p.m.

A new Bloomberg poll gives him an advantage of Rick Perry 26% to 22% Mitt Romney among voters Republicans, with none of the other candidates to enter double digits.

also believes Perry attacks on Social Security is not to harm the Republican

The theme of the campaign the most common focuses on Perry - its characterization of social security as a "Ponzi scheme" - has divided Americans. Of all respondents, 46% say they agree with the observation, while 50% said they disagree.

Among Republicans, 65% agreed with Perry's statements on Social Security, while 33% disagree. Independents are about evenly divided.

14:27:

time (yes, still in progress) has an interview with Rick Perry, in which he defends his position on immigration - that drew the boos in the last debate:

You were attacked by his Republican rivals in Monday's debate to make college available in state tuition for some illegal immigrants. What is your assessment of the debate on immigration in this country?

The issue of education and enrollment status is a matter of state. No federal question, and should not be a federal problem. If you do not like that in Arizona, if you do not like that in Massachusetts, it is your choice. However, in the State of Texas, we decided that in the state of education for young people - and frankly do not like the sound of his name - say, help them become productive members of society.

a little late, but the big buzz of the day was led by James Carville CNN article lamented helplessly opinion political position of the White House: