Angelina Jolie's leadership lessons: Obama, are you listening? Burman
Source: Toronto Star
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 06:42:42 -0700 | political-news
Photo Save to mystar What can Barack Obama learn from Angelina Jolie? On Tuesday, a day which saw the Obama administration stumbling and fumbling in response to a series of political embarrassments, the Oscar-winning actress and director wrote a remarkable...
Gay marriage across the world
Source: DAWN
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 04:27:39 -0700 | political-news
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage on Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate and protests...Netherlands: On April 1, 2001 the Netherlands became the first country in the...
Private charity no match for federal poverty aid, experts say
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 08:40:44 -0700 | political-news
But for the steady-state emergency that is hunger in America, no amount of charitable giving has been enough, say people doing the numbers.
Bulgaria among Countries with Lowest Racial Tolerance
Source: Novinite
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 03:14:32 -0700 | political-news
Bulgaria , along with Albania, Moldova, and France, is in the group of countries where 20% to 29.9% of respondents have said they did not want to have as neighbor someone from another race. Romania, Serbia, Macedonia and Hungary are...
Politico Ignores Govt.-AP Timing Discussions in Saying 'Veteran Lawyers' See 'No Clear-Cut Abuse' in ...
Source: Newsbusters
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 08:28:49 -0700 | political-news
In a story appearing this morning at the Politico about the Department of Justice's broad and unannounced subpoenas of the April and May 2012 personal and business phone records of reporters and editors at the Associated Press involving 20 phone...
Obama walking a familiar path on IRS allegations
Source: Virginian-Pilot Online
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 15:05:19 -0700 | political-news
While President Barack Obama quickly added his voice to the bipartisan outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, it's hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been targets...
Rand Paul: Why the outrage over IRS
Source: CNN
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 09:32:08 -0700 | political-news
Rand Paul, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Kentucky. (CNN) -- The Internal Revenue Service has admitted that it targeted groups with "tea party" or "patriot" in their names. We've since learned that a wider array of groups concerned...
Obama as Woodrow Wilson?
Source: USA Today
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 09:16:00 -0700 | political-news
After flaps over the Internal Revenue Service and the Associated Press, some critics have take to comparing President Obama to Richard Nixon...Bush because of drone strikes and other counter-terrorism measures. Now another critic reaches further back for a comparison: Woodrow...
Obama aims to halt perception of passive president
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 05:19:09 -0700 | political-news
Page modified May 16, 2013 at 2:51 AM Obama aims to halt perception of passive president Faced with a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama is trying to halt a perception spreading among both White House opponents and allies that...
President tries to win back press
Source: The Hill
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 12:46:40 -0700 | political-news
The wooing took several shapes and followed a disastrous press briefing on Tuesday at which White House press secretary Jay Carney was torn apart over the Department of Justice's seizure of Associated Press phone records. To bolster President Obama's free-press...
IRS CHIEF OUSTED:Commissioner Resigns in Wake of Agency Scandal
Source: Fox
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 17:44:56 -0700 | political-news
Published May 15, 2013 FoxNews.com President Obama announced Wednesday that acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller has resigned in the wake of the agency scandal in which conservative groups were targeted. The president made the announcement in a brief statement at...
A fifth of gays, lesbians live in states where they can marry
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 14:05:36 -0700 | political-news
Williams Institute think tank reports today that with the addition of Minnesota to the ranks of states that have legalized same-sex marriage, more than a fifth, or 22 percent, of gays and lesbians now live in states where they can...
Gacy Search Solves Case of Missing Person in NJ
Source: Epoch Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 14:01:08 -0700 | political-news
Gacy search solves case of missing person : Authorities solved the case of a missing teenager in New Jersey while trying to identify the remains of eight men murdered by serial killer John Wayne Gacy. John Wayne Gacy has solved an unrelated...
Idaho's VanderSloot says IRS audits saved him money, but blasts fed scrutiny
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 13:18:54 -0700 | political-news
Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot has seized on the brewing IRS scandal in interviews this week with leading conservative outlets. VanderSloot said what he characterizes as politically motivated federal audits turned out fine he'll pay less taxes as a result but...
Former Attorney General Gonzales: On Similar Leak, ‘I didn't subpoena'
Source: Epoch Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 12:27:58 -0700 | political-news
Alberto Gonzales, former attorney general under President George W. Bush, said on May 15 that he once considered issuing a subpoena of the type the Department of Justice recently used in obtaining phone records from The Associated Press...And sometimes, the...
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