The Day Ahead: November 13

Today on the main site:

• Pants On Fire, by Larry Thornberry

• Blue Dog Backfire, by David N. Bass

• Fantasy Football, by Daniel J. Flynn

• What Reggie Littlejohn will learn, by Ken Blackwell

• European Union wants a President, by George H. Wittman

• Plus more…

What to watch for:

• UN Investigator accuses US of neglecting the homeless.

• US seeks to seize properties tied to Iran.

• Dutch lawmakers may make it easier for Serbia to join the EU.

• Montenegro’s PM Djukanovic may seek to improve diplomatic relations with Kosovo, signifying a step forward.

• Balloon Boy parents to plead guilty.

• Pres. Obama will be in Tokyo and Singapore this weekend.

• Kenya  has been praised by the World Bank for infrastructural reforms.

• Black Friday has been extended for a month.

• People do have a fear of Friday the 13th.

• Russia’s Medvedev promises to tackle corruption in the North Caucasus.

• Hasan, the Fort Hood suspect, has been charged with 13 counts of murder.

• Medvedev calls for Russia to adapt a more pragmatic foreign policy approach.

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