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Results tagged “failure”

Reid, McConnell talk fiscal failure

Dec. 27: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell take to the Senate floor to give their take on the lack of a fiscal cliff deal. (NBC News)Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell take to the Senate floor to give their take on the lack of a fiscal cliff deal. (NBC News)

Is the Palmer situation destined for failure?

Jan. 31: PFT Live: Mike Florio looks at how the hiring of Greg Knapp as Oakland's new offensive coordinator will impact Carson Palmer. Knap runs a West Coast offense, which isn't something Palmer is used to. (NBC Sports)PFT Live: Mike Florio looks at how the hiring of Greg Knapp as Oakland's new offensive coordinator will impact Carson Palmer. Knap runs a West Coast offense, which isn't something Palmer is used to. (NBC Sports)

'Super committee' to announce deal failure

Nov. 21: As the self-imposed deadline looms for Congress' debt-cutting As the self-imposed deadline looms for Congress' debt-cutting "super committee" to recommend more than $1 trillion in budget savings, Congressional leaders conceded that talks were near failure. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. (TODAY)

Can success be built from failure?

April 25: Media commentator Tavis Smiley discusses how he was able to achieve success after a string of personal failures and what readers can take away from his lessons in Media commentator Tavis Smiley discusses how he was able to achieve success after a string of personal failures and what readers can take away from his lessons in "Fail Up." (TODAY)

Ferguson: Obama's foreign policy failure in Egypt

Feb. 14: Newsweek's Niall Ferguson joins Morning Joe from London to talk about the Obama administration's handling of the events in Egypt and what his foreign policy strategy should be going forward. Newsweek's Niall Ferguson joins Morning Joe from London to talk about the Obama administration's handling of the events in Egypt and what his foreign policy strategy should be going forward. (Morning Joe)

NTSB chief suspects 'uncontained failure'

Nov. 4: Mark Rosenker, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, says that while an Mark Rosenker, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, says that while an "uncontained failure" in a jet engine is very rare, they are extremely dangerous. 

Officials to probe BP blowout preventer's failure

Sept. 5: The 5-story-tall, 300-ton piece of machinery that should have stopped the largest oil spill in U.S. history will be transported to a NASA facility where engineers will try to piece together why it didn't seal the well. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. The 5-story-tall, 300-ton piece of machinery that should have stopped the largest oil spill in U.S. history will be transported to a NASA facility where engineers will try to piece together why it didn't seal the well. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. 

Schools' dilemma: Turning failure into success

Aug. 15: NBC's Rehema Ellis, Msnbc's Tamron Hall and actor, activist Hill Harper lead a panel discussion on how failing schools can become successful.  NBC's Rehema Ellis, Msnbc's Tamron Hall and actor, activist Hill Harper lead a panel discussion on how failing schools can become successful. 

Manute Bol dies from kidney failure

June 20: The former NBA player was known for being 7 ft 7 in tall and in his ability to block shots.  The former NBA player was known for being 7 ft 7 in tall and in his ability to block shots. 

Obama blames 'systemic failure' for bomb attempt

Dec. 29: Interrupting his holiday in Hawaii, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the missed signals leading up to the Christmas Day jetliner bombing attempt were "totally unacceptable." NBC's Chuck Todd reports.  (Nightly News)Dec. 29: Interrupting his holiday in Hawaii, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the missed signals leading up to the Christmas Day jetliner bombing attempt were "totally unacceptable." NBC's Chuck Todd reports. (Nightly News)

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