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News Source: Daily Nation
| 10 months ago
The message said President Obama had to reverse the policies of former President George W. Bush in Afghanistan and the Islamic world. “If Obama is right and, according to his words, wants to open a new page based on peaceful interaction built on...
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News Source: CNN
| 10 months ago
Throughout the election season, Obama campaigned on his plan to restore economic equilibrium, and in his first public remarks after winning the election, he vowed to "confront this economic crisis head-on." Obama faces his first test with Congress on...
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News Source: Associated Press
| 10 months ago
In his first days on the job, President Barack Obama has acted to appease core Democratic interest groups, making good on a few campaign promises and shoring up support among key constituencies as he reaches out to Republicans on the big economic...
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News Source: Fox News
| 10 months ago
President Barack Obama's expansive and expensive plan to revive the economy is all but certain to clear its first hurdle when the House of Representatives votes Wednesday on an $825 billion stimulus package that melds increased government spending...
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News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 10 months ago
The House of Representatives is to vote on the measure Wednesday, and Democrats hold sufficient majorities in both chambers to pass the bill regardless of how Republicans vote. But Obama's decision to meet with opposition lawmakers on their Capitol...
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News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 10 months ago
After calling dozens of world leaders, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks of their 'appreciation' for the Obama foreign policy team's new direction. PM PST, January 27, 2009 The Obama administration already has named special emissaries...
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News Source: The Washington Times
| 10 months ago
It took years of wrangling, negotiation, rebuffs and reconsiderations, majority and minority opinions, and general bad feelings. But at last Congress, the courts and the chief executive had come up with a way to redesign the traditional military...
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News Source: The Independent
| 10 months ago
For a long time now, there's been too much secrecy in this city. Transparency and rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency" On his first full day at work, Mr Obama ordered strict limits on interrogation techniques, revoking an infamous...
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News Source: Japan Today
| 10 months ago
President Barack Obama met with Congressional Republicans on Tuesday in his quest to chip away at their doubts over the new administration’s plans to spend $825 billion to rescue the economy. At every opportunity, the new Democratic president has...
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News Source: The Boston Globe
| 10 months ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested on Tuesday the world was breathing a sigh of relief that President Barack Obama had replaced George W...In her first news conference as top U.S. diplomat, Clinton said excitement over the change in power...