Lugar report bolsters push against Cuba embargo Miami Herald Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:14 AM PST Monday's call by Sen. Richard Lugar for a major re-assessment of Washington's nearly half-century effort to isolate Cuba increases the likelihood that U.S. President Barack Obama will make substantial changes in policy toward Havana beyond those he promised during his election campaign, according to experts here | Analyst: Obama should look at Cuba policy Miami Herald Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:14 AM PST The Obama administration should take ''a serious look at U.S. sanctions toward Cuba,'' Fareed Zacharia, CNN analyst and editor of Newsweek's international editions, said Tuesday at a foreign policy conference at Florida International University's University Park campus. | Obama names Locke for Commerce post The Clarion-Ledger Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:14 AM PST Hoping the third time will be the charm, President Barack Obama named former Washington Gov. Gary Locke as his nominee for Commerce secretary Wednesday. | Big banks prepare for 'stress tests' Daily Local News Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:14 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â" While the Obama administration begins conducting "stress tests" on the nation's biggest banks to judge whether they can hold up if the recession were to worsen, there was fresh evidence of a weakening housing market with sales of existing homes falling unexpectedly last month to the lowest level in nearly 12 years. | Markets unimpressed by Obama speech; stocks fall Macomb Daily Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:13 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) â" The day after President Barack Obama's address to the nation on the economy, iInvestors are selling stocks again as worries about the banking and housing industries pile up. | Speech lifts Obama but stocks fall yet again Times Online Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:13 AM PST The voters loved it. The pundits gushed. Even the pollsters were impressed. But economic reality soon intruded to burst the bubble around Barack Obama's address to Congress last night in which he promised America that it would emerge "stronger than before" from the economic slump. | Source: Matthews Said 'Oh God' Before Jindal Speec CBS 5 Bay Area Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:13 AM PST MSNBC's Chris Matthews quietly uttered "Oh God" as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal prepared to give the Republican Party response to President Barack Obama's speech to Congress. | Obama Gives Team America a Pep Talk Time Magazine Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:13 AM PST In his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, Obama spoke of the whole country as a single team, evoking a patriotic spirit that has brought the nation back from the brink of collapse before | Tax cut as early as April 1 Pacific Daily News Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:13 AM PST President Obama told the nation yesterday that most of America's households will receive a tax cut that will show up in paychecks beginning April 1, and that applies to Guam, also. | | |
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