AERZEN, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama declared he is sending 250 more military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting the Islamic State, increasing to 300 the number of American troops battling extremists in the war-torn country, during a speech in Germany in which he appealed for European unity in the fight against "terrorists."
Obama announced the increase Monday in a speech in Hannover, Germany, at the close of a week-long trip in which the terrorist group was a focus of his meetings with world leaders in Saudi Arabia, the U.K. and Germany.
BOSTON – More than three quarters of Boston residents polled said they would support a surtax on incomes of $1 million or more, assuming the revenue would be used to increase spending on transportation and education, according to survey results released Monday. But critics have pointed out that revenue raise by taxing income can't be channeled into present spending categories.
The survey by WBUR-FM showed that 72 percent of respondents in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville support the tax increase, compared with 24 percent who oppose it and 5 percent who were unsure or declined to answer. The survey involved 502 registered voters in the four communities earlier this month.
