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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT

Obama and Islam

The President demanded a complete freeze on Israeli settlement building, including in sections of Jerusalem, supposedly in return for some conciliatory gestures by the Palestinians and Arab states toward Israel. The demands on Israel hardened Palestinian
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT

Obama on Fort Hood Massacre: Don't Jump to Conclusions

'We don't know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.' So said President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden today in reference to Nidal Malik Hasan’s savage massacre of American soldiers at
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT

Jobs 'created or saved' by Obama?

The number of jobs created or saved by the Obama administration? -1,847,058. That's negative 1,847,058. And it's a conservative estimate. Christina Romer, the chair of Obama's Council of Economic Advisors, warned last January that unemployment would
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT

Pelosi won't put reform bill online for 72 hours before vote

Obviously, the speaker does not want any momentum that would build against the reform bill if some of its more controversial sections were aired in public to derail her cram down efforts with the Blue Dogs. John McCormick at the Weekly Standard blog:
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT

Obama delays Japan visit after Texas shooting: official

Search Advance search News» Asia Obama delays Japan visit following Texas shooting Online news: Asia US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day, according to a Japanese foreign ministry official, following a deadly
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:16:00 GMT

MOAA Makes Case to Speaker Pelosi.

Congress In ArrearsHow many times in the last 11 years has Congress completed all appropriation bill actions by the start of the new fiscal year? MOAA met with Speaker Pelosi and other senior House leaders on Wednesday to discuss legislative priorities,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:14:00 GMT

Abortion deal as Dems try to reach 218 (Politico)

Democratic leaders trying to preserve a high-stakes Saturday vote on a battled a swift current of rank-and-file defections Friday as the White House swung into action to help corral the final votes. But progress was slower than expected as a bad jobs
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:12:00 GMT

10 percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama

Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:11:00 GMT

President Obama Signs Unemployment Insurance Extension Act; Contains Important New Tax Benefits; Enrolled Agents Recommend End-of-Year Tax Planning

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of the government's efforts to encourage people to spend money to help revive the economy, the House voted 403-12 Thursday to expand a popular tax credit for homebuyers. The bill, which also
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:07:00 GMT

Abortion deal as Dems try to reach 218

Democratic leaders trying to preserve a high-stakes Saturday vote on a battled a swift current of rank-and-file defections Friday as the White House swung into action to help corral the final votes. But progress was slower than expected as a bad jobs
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:02:00 GMT

Obama: 'A crime against our nation'

President Barack Obama on Saturday described the shooting at Fort Hood as a crime against our nation, and called on Americans to remember the fallen and honor those who rushed to help the wounded. He also said he would continue to closely monitor the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:02:00 GMT

Top Democrats Push for Votes Before Health Debate

WASHINGTON — House Democrats put the finishing touches on their health care legislation on Friday, but failed to bridge an internal divide over the politically treacherous issue of insurance coverage for abortions, as party leaders and the White House
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:01:00 GMT

President Obama Signs Unemployment Insurance Extension Act; Contains Important New Tax Benefits; Enrolled Agents Recommend End-of-Year Tax Planning

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of the government's efforts to encourage people to spend money to help revive the economy, the House voted 403-12 Thursday to expand a popular tax credit for homebuyers. The bill, which also
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:58:00 GMT

After hard fall, Va. Dems aim to bounce back

Leading Democrats pledged this week to reach out to Republican Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell. They said that the serious economic problems facing the state demand bipartisan solutions, but they also said that pragmatic cooperation is the only way back
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT

ATR: Obama Lied, His Tax Pledge Died

Obama endorses House health bill loaded with pledge-breaking tax hikes WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Americans for Tax Reform: By formally endorsing the House healthcare bill today, President Barack
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT

Congress: The Week on the Hill

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:55:00 GMT

Nov 6th 2009 USA politics: Obama faces competing demands on Afghanistan strategy

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:54:00 GMT

An open letter to Obama [P]

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:52:00 GMT

Obama administration would talk to North Korea-aide

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:51:00 GMT

'Green Patriarch' Meets with Obama to Discuss Climate Change

The spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians met with President Obama on Tuesday and raised the issue of climate change, following up on a conversation they had engaged in during the presidents visit to Turkey. The President with
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:51:00 GMT

Jobless rise 'sobering,' looking at options: Obama

The intervention of a 21-year-old drugstore employee may have saved the life of a woman who was involved in an apparent domestic assault inside a Shopper’s Drug Mart Friday afternoon.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:50:00 GMT

President Obama Taps Cassandra Butts to Serve as Senior Advisor at the Millennium Challenge Corporation

(WHITE HOUSE RELEASE/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2009 President Obama Taps Cassandra Butts to Serve as Senior Advisor at the Millennium Challenge Corporation WASHINGTON -
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:50:00 GMT

Obama to push lawmakers as health care vote looms (AFP)

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care.Obama, who wooed skittish fellow
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:49:00 GMT

Obama delays Japan visit following Texas shooting (AFP)

TOKYO (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day, according to a Japanese foreign ministry official, following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas.Japanese national broadcaster NHK and Jiji Press
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:49:00 GMT

Schlafly: Pelosi's Bill Rolls Medical Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants and Abortion on Demand Into One Colossal Pile of Junk

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of the leading conservative public policy organization Eagle Forum, made the following statements on the eve of the scheduled House vote on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) health care reform bill,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:47:00 GMT

Obama delays Japan visit following Texas shooting

AFP - US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day, according to a Japanese foreign ministry official, following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas. Japanese national broadcaster NHK and Jiji Press reported
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:45:00 GMT

Obama Calls Holdouts on Health Care

Short on votes, House Democratic leaders offered fresh concessions Friday night to anti-abortion lawmakers and worked to ease the concerns of Hispanic holdouts as they struggled to round up the support needed to pass sweeping health care legislation.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:42:00 GMT

Obama makes the rounds at Walter Reed

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. service members Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 service members being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as the families of three service members
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:40:00 GMT

Obama's peace promised, but not yet delivered

Don't get me wrong. I'm an Obama fan, but reading the pronouncements of the Nobel committee one could almost be forgiven for thinking that the new US President received this award for not being George Bush rather than for anything concrete he has yet
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:38:00 GMT

10% jobless in Obama's new world

Washington: For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 per cent. A year after his election Obama finds it increasingly difficult to blame the sour economy on
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:38:00 GMT