 | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | |  | |  Mortenson Defends Three Cups of Tea
Attempting to clear his good name, author Greg Mortenson has issued a response to a damning 60 Minutes report that alleged discrepancies in his philanthropic bestsellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools. "I'm not a journalist. I don't take a lot of notes," Mortenson acknowledged in an interview with Outside, admitting that some things got "compressed." But Mortenson's host on his Pakistan trip tells another story: Mansur Khan Mahsud shares new details with The Daily Beast about the author's lies—and the outrageous kidnapping tale he spun.
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|  |  | |  U.S. Credit Outlook Slashed
Told you so! GOP leaders say news that Standard & Poor's has downgraded its credit outlook for the United States on Monday is vindication of their party's budget policy, and a "wake up call" to the nation. "Today's announcement makes clear that the debt limit increase proposed by the Obama Administration must be accompanied by meaningful fiscal reforms," Cantor said, referring to pressure from the White House to boost the debt ceiling in the coming months. The U.S. kept its AAA credit rating, but had its long-term outlook changed from "stable" to "negative." S&P said that the move means there's at least a one-in-three chance that it will cut the nation's rating within two years.
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