Obama still has hundreds of important jobs to fill
KTVN Reno Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:14 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's Cabinet is largely in place but there are a lot of empty seats to be filled before those secretaries can translate words into action on policy. |
Saving the F-22
Journal Inquirer Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:14 AM PDT
It is probably no accident that Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced plans to drastically reshape the defense budget while President Barack Obama was out of the country. Gates’ plans to kill or curtail several costly weapons systems â€" including one made in this state â€" have set off a furor. |
U.S. navy eyeballs pirates
Times of Malta Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:13 AM PDT
Somali elders sought to mediate on Saturday between the U.S. navy and pirates holding an American hostage in a high-seas standoff that presents President Barack Obama with a nasty new dilemma. |
Raul Castro could help Obama to end Cuba embargo
Miami Herald Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:13 AM PDT
CUBA'S President Raul Castro could help US President Barack Obama to end the 49-year-old trade embargo that the US has imposed on Cuba and to normalise relations between the two countries. To do so, he will have to implement measures to address human rights issues in Cuba, particularly the release of persons detained for their political views or actions. |
Thursday's Your Views: The naiveté of Libertarianism and Free Market Capitalism
Southwest Iowa News Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:10 AM PDT
The blind spot in the argument against the supposed “European socialists†policies proposed by the Obama Administration is that they conveniently overlook what is commonly known about free market and capitalist functioning â€" the spectrum of potential greed beyond honest ambition. |
First African female president wows UC Berkeley
San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:05 AM PDT
Like Barack Obama, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf broke a historic barrier by winning office. And like Obama, Sirleaf - Africa's first elected female president - is greeted by adoring crowds wherever she travels, as happened Thursday night in Berkeley, where she wowed... |
Mexico tariffs hurt California farmers
San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:05 AM PDT
California agricultural groups, stung by retaliatory tariffs resulting from a U.S. trucking dispute with Mexico, are stepping up pressure on the Obama administration to quickly resolve a budding trade war that could cost them more than $200 million this... |
US navy eyeballs Somali pirates in hostage standoff
Independent Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:02 AM PDT
Somali elders sought to mediate between the U.S. navy and pirates holding an American hostage today in a high-seas standoff that presents President Barack Obama with a nasty new dilemma. |
Obama sees signs of economic progess
Reuters via Yahoo! News Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:00 AM PDT
President Barack Obama said on Friday the recession-hit U.S. economy was showing "glimmers of hope" despite remaining under strain and promised further steps in coming weeks to tackle the financial crisis. |
Obama dog reportedly coming from Texas
UPI Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:58 AM PDT
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- Sasha and Malia Obama reportedly are getting a dog from a Texas kennel that has sold pooches to the Kennedy clan, sources close to the White House say. |
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