Obama to visit Turkey, first trip to Muslim nation
The Star Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:14 AM PST
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held up Turkey on Saturday as proof that democracy and Islam can coexist and said Barack Obama would visit the NATO state in his first trip as president to a Muslim country. |
Obama to visit Turkey in sixth foreign visit
KJCT 8 Grand Junction Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:13 AM PST
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says President Barack Obama will head to Turkey in the next month or so to discuss plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. |
Obama seeks more revenue from oil and gas
National Post Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:09 AM PST
Much like Alberta premier Ed Stelmach before him, U.S. president Barack Obama has taken steps to squeeze more money from his country’s oil and gas industry, a move intended to fulfill a campaign promise. |
Obama forecasts US$1.75-trillion deficit this year
National Post Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:08 AM PST
President Barack Mr. Obama forecast the biggest U.S. deficit since the Second World War in a budget on Thursday that urges a costly overhaul of the healthcare system and would spend billions to arrest the economy's freefall. |
White House asks state officials to talk stimulus
The Oakland Press Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:07 AM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama is inviting state officials to a White House conference on how best to spend money from the stimulus bill. |
Obama: Crisis offers 'great opportunity'
MSNBC Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:06 AM PST
As the dreadful economic news piles up, President Barack Obama challenges the nation to not just hang in there but rather to "discover great opportunity in the midst of great crisis." |
Clinton in Turkey: Obama to visit soon
KABC-TV Los Angeles Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:04 AM PST
President Obama's visit, announced by Secretary of State Clinton, could be the site of the president's first speech from a Muslim capital. |
Obama taps Gary Locke as commerce chief
National Post Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:02 AM PST
President Barack Obama Wednesday nominated former Washington state Governor Gary Locke to be U.S. commerce secretary, turning to a West Coast politician with a history of working with China after his two previous nominees backed out. |
London Versus The West Wing
Londonist Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:01 AM PST
Marine One by BWJones Can you hear a whiny roar of dissatisfaction outside your window? It's probably the howling and gnashing of teeth that London has engaged in following the meeting between President Obama and Gordon Brown. According to the NY Daily News , the whole of Londinium is "aghast" over the "string of snubs" that the Leader of the Free World administered to our ... |
Obama: Endure, find opportunity in time of crisis
San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:59 AM PST
President Barack Obama appealed Saturday to his fellow citizens to endure, find opportunity in these hard times and ultimately prosper from the challenge. "That is what we can do and must do today. And I am absolutely confident that is what we will do," Obama... Presented By: Continental Airlines Newest Jet Fleet   Continental Airlines is proud to fly the ... |
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