Summary: The United States has a plan to try to “snatch” Pakistan’s 100-plus nuclear weapons by force if and when the president believes they are a threat to either the U.S. or vital U.S. interests. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 4, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy had plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, which also showed Obama’s handling of the war in Iraq at record-low approval.

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Summary: Christian cleansing continued in post-Saddam Iraq as a car bomb outside a Christian church in the north of the country wounded 23 people and security forces found and disabled vehicles packed with explosives outside two other churches in Kirkuk. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Summary: MSNBC TV hosts Chris Matthews, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Rachel Maddow have made early forecasts of the winner of the 2012 presidential election. With the exception of Matthews, the talks show hosts are overestimating Barack Obama’s prospects for reelection and all three are underestimating Michele Bachmann’s potential for success. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 2, 2010, Aubrey Immelman endorsed former Republican Tom Horner as the best choice for Minnesota in the Independence Party gubernatorial primary.

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Summary: President Barack Obama has struck a debt-ceiling compromise with Republican leaders of Congress, averting a potentially catastrophic government debt default. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 1, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that July 2010 was Iraq’s deadliest month in more than two years, suggesting that a resilient insurgency was successfully taking advantage of the months of deadlock in forming a new Iraqi government.

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Summary: Ten signs the U.S. has entered a double-dip recession. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 31, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that July 2010, with 63 dead, became the deadliest month of the then nearly 9-year-old Afghanistan war for U.S. forces, surpassing the previous record of 60, set in in June 2010.

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Summary: A suicide attacker killed 12 Afghan policemen and a child in the southern city of Lashkar Gah when he detonated a car bomb in the heart of a city that was recently handed over to Afghan security forces. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 30, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the results of a July 2010 KSTP/SurveyUSA poll showed Republican Michele Bachmann with a significant lead of 9 points over Democrat Tarryl Clark, with 8 points combined for Independence Party candidate Bob Anderson and unaffiliated independent Aubrey Immelman, and 5 percent undecided.

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Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 29, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Tea Party groups in Missouri were furious that national tea party figurehead Rep. Michele Bachmann endorsed Rep. Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate in Missouri.

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Summary: In one of the most intriguing subplots of the 2012 GOP nominating contest, Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty have begun trading jabs in Iowa. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 28, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the federal government delivered a stinging blow against The People, granting an injunction against key provisions of Arizona’s new immigration law, enacted to counter the federal government’s dereliction of duty in securing the border and enforcing the law of the land.

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Summary: Analysis by the Pew Research Center of data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) shows that the wealth gap between whites and blacks and Hispanics has widened dramatically during the recession, with whites on average 20 times wealthier than minorities. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 27, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Summary: As Washington dithers over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, investor confidence is flowing away, with bond rating agencies and investors losing confidence that debt issued by a dysfunctional government is a risk-free bet that deserves a top-notch credit rating. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 26, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that a six-year archive of classified military documents released on the Internet by WikiLeaks offered an unvarnished picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal of the war.

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