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Obama to mention Afghan war in Nobel speech
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 days ago
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President Barack Obama will not shirk from mentioning Afghanistan and his decision to send more troops to the war zone when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize this week, the White House said on Monday. Acknowledging the irony of a wartime president winning...
Tags: Barack Obama, Robert Gibbs, war presidency, presidency barack, White House, Afghanistan, Oslo, approval ratings, Kabul, Politics, Punahou School alumni, Presidency of Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Political positions of Barack Obama, War Conflict, War in Afghanistan, International reaction to the United States presidential election, A New Beginning, Vicenza, Bill Clinton, Caserma Ederle, Human Interest, Geir Lundestad, United States Africa Command, Polling, Taliban, Islamic terrorism, Gallup poll, Social Issues, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, United States presidential election
Biden Winks After Offering To Buy Eggnog For White House Christmas Party
Madison :: WI :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility During an unexpected visit Thursday to an organizational meeting for this year's White House Christmas party, Vice President Joe Biden winked mischievously as he offered to "handle" the eggnog supply for the upcoming annual event. "Uncle Joe's got the...
Tags: white house, Joe Biden, house christmas, biden winked, christmas party, Madison, NOG, Politics, Eggnog
Baldwin, Polis, and Berry: Hope for ENDA and DADT Vote in 2010
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Speaking to an international conference of gay politicians in San Francisco, U.S...Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., said they expect a domestic partner benefits bill to come up for a vote by the end of the year and the employment bill...
Tags: Tammy Baldwin, Jared Polis, White House, San Francisco, Don't ask don't tell, LGBT rights in the United States, Politics, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Presidency of Barack Obama, Americablog
Strange coalition tries to stop Bernanke at Fed
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility There’s a strange political cocktail brewing in Washington, one that mixes top conservative strategist Grover Norquist and tea party organizers at FreedomWorks with democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), progressive activists and public interest...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Mr. Bernanke, Federal Reserve, wall street, Jim DeMint, White House, Jacksonville, FreedomWorks, Bernie Sanders, Politics, Grover Norquist, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System, the United States, Alan Grayson
Obama cuts back on White House Hanukkah bash
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 3 days ago
Credibility US President Barack Obama is expected, like his predecessors Bill Clinton and George Bush, to throw the traditional White House Hanukkah party, but unlike Clinton and Bush, he has decided to scale back on the festivities – only 400 people were invited,...
Tags: hanukkah party, house hanukkah, white house, Israel, Tel Aviv, Politics, Barack Obama, Hanukkah
Triad man is on White House radar
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility That’s got to be a sign of interest, Price figures. “It’s sort of like dating,” he said...The Clean Energy Economy Forum is scheduled for today in northern Virginia. Among those expected to be present are Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Virginia Gov....
Tags: White House, Washington, Biodiesel by region, Biodiesel, Biodiesel in the United States, Canola, Anaerobic digestion, Biofuels, Alternative propulsion, Sustainable transport
The Caucus: As Obama’s Poll Numbers Fall, Criticism of Multitasking Rises
Oslo :: Norway | 3 days ago
Credibility On Tuesday, he will lay out his agenda for creating jobs for the 15 million Americans out of work. Then he travels to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, even as he seeks support for sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. And next week he heads...
Tags: Mr. Obama, White House, Afghanistan, climate change, Norway, Oslo, Politics, Barack Obama, Political positions of Barack Obama, Luo people, Bill Clinton, Mike McCurry, Punahou School alumni, International reaction to the United States presidential election, Democratic Party
Secret Service report details 91 security breaches
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility An internal Secret Service document used for training purposes indicates 91 security breaches since 1980.Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan says the agency used the 2003 report to evaluate security procedures and help agents improve their response to...
Tags: Secret Service, White House, security breaches, Hsu Washington Post, house security, The Washington Post, Washington, Politics, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency, Richard C. Weaver, Donovan, Homeland security, McLean Virginia, Year of birth missing, World music, Rockefeller Center, Protective security units, Ronald Reagan, United States Secret Service, Phi Beta Kappa Society, NBC, Secretarￃﾭa de Inteligencia, Vulnerability, NBC Universal
USA-IPA-Congress: Yes to Gravestones, No to Goldstone's
Jerusalem :: Israel | 3 days ago
Credibility Committee, October 7, 1973 on CBS' "Face the Nation". "You can't have an Israel policy other than what A.I.P.A.C. gives you around here," Hollings said. "I have followed them mostly in the main, but I have also resisted signing certain letters from time...
Tags: Israeli Human Rights Organization, Israel Militarism, Houses of Congress, House Foreign Relations Committee, White House, House of Representatives, All Congressional Bills/Resolutions, Republican Congressional Leaders, American, U.S. Lobby, Israel, Jerusalem
Dealbook: Bailout Refund Is All About Pay, Pay, Pay
Tarp :: Germany | 3 days ago
Credibility Bank of America is paying back $45 billion in taxpayer-provided bailout money, and the government now says it expects to get back $200 billion in those funds faster than it imagined. The banks are getting back on their feet, the markets have stabilized,...
Tags: Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Barack Obama, federal bailout, bailout money, president barack, repay billions, White House, bailout aides, received permission, Germany, Tarp, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics, Business Finance, Banking in the United States, United States Department of the Treasury, Bailout, GMAC, Citigroup, economics, Primary dealers, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Effects of the 2008-2009 automotive industry crisis on the United States, Bank of America, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Wells Fargo, Judd Gregg, Government intervention during the subprime mortgage crisis, Unemployment
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