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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was recalling Parliament on Sept. 26 to vote on joining airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
The decision follows a request for help from the Iraqi government, and the House of Commons will debate on a substantive motion, Camerons office said in an e-mailed statement today.
Cameron, who is in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly, has the backing of his Liberal Democrat coalition partners and opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband for airstrikes.
When Parliament voted on attacking Syria last year, Milibands on-the-day decision to vote against action led to Cameron losing the vote. The execution of a British hostage by Islamic State, also known as ISIL, and the threat to execute another Briton, has made the case for military action easier to support.
In a televised interview, Cameron said action against Islamic State was legal and right, and British troops would not be deployed on the ground.
As ever with our country, when we are threatened in this way, we should not turn away from what needs to be done, he said. I am confident we will get this through Parliament on an all-party basis.
He said any proposal to join U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria would require a separate parliamentary vote and debate.
Cameron addresses the UN at about 7 p.m. New York time today, and will then fly back to chair a cabinet meeting in London tomorrow at 1 p.m. He is due to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi before he speaks.
Weve already made the request for U.K. and for any other coalition member to offer military support such as air cover at the Paris conference, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, speaking in Arabic, said in an interview at the UN. Were waiting for the details of the parliamentary approval the U.K. government needs.
U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, confirmed his party will be backing the call for airstrikes.
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TRENTON - The New Jersey Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Jamie Fox, a former lobbyist and Democratic operative, to head the state Department of Transportation.
Fox's confirmation came just four days after Gov. Christie announced his nomination. Christie's selection for president of the Board of Public Utilities, Republican Richard S. Mroz of Haddonfield, also was confirmed.
Fox, 59, of New York City, is a former transportation commissioner who has worked for many New Jersey Democrats, including as chief of staff to Gov. Jim McGreevey. He replaces James Simpson, who resigned in June.
His main challenge will be to replenish the state's depleted Transportation Trust Fund, which finances projects to improve roads, bridges, and rail.
"We've reached the end of the line," Fox said Monday during a confirmation hearing before the Judiciary Committee. "We have to find a way to replenish the Transportation Trust Fund."
Asked by Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R., Bergen) if he would move away from borrowing as the primary way to fund transportation and instead seek to finance projects on a pay-as-you-go basis, Fox said, "I think if we don't move in that direction, we've made a terrible mistake."
Yet the committee notably did not ask Fox where the administration would find the money to shore up the fund.
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D., Hudson) has signaled support for increasing the state's 14.5 cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline, which has not been raised in more than 20 years. State Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak (D., Union) introduced a bill this year to do just that.
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Bustos is a Democrat from Illinois. (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Freshman Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., released a new television ad Tuesday revisiting a familiar theme in her media campaign: basketball.
The spot features men in black suits committing flagrant fouls and double-teaming children in a basketball game. The ad concludes with Bustos, a hall-of-fame collegiate basketball player, delivering a behind-the-back pass to a young girl.
This November, Bustos faces a rematch against former Rep. Bobby Schilling, a Republican. The race is ratedLeans Democraticby the Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call.
The spot will air in all three media markets in Illinois 17th District.
Sports metaphors and exhibitions of candidate athletic skills are nothing new in campaign ads, even with Bustos. Last cycle, she hit an over-the-shoulder shot in the final scene of her spot:
More recently, GOP Rep. Curt Clawson, a former Purdue Boilermaker, hit a series of three pointers in his own ad in a Florida special election earlier this year.
In the 2012 cycle, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., hit the batting cages:
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