Lawmakers seek flexibility for auto dealers
Richmond Times-Dispatch Thu, 21 May 2009 21:14 PM PDT
Underperforming Chrysler dealers targeted for closing should get more time to wind down their car dealerships, lawmakers said yesterday, as several groups urged the Obama administration to reconsider its work to restructure the faltering U.S. auto industry. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, pushed a proposal to give Chrysler dealers 60 days to close their dealerships instead of three weeks ... |
Press & Media
Heritage Foundation Thu, 21 May 2009 21:12 PM PDT
In an editorial on Sunday, May 10, the New York Times took the Obama administration to task for not cutting defense spending more deeply. Now, one wonders whether the Times is serious, or whether it is sending some kind of intramural signal intelligible only within the political Left. The administration is already making deep cuts in the defense budget and will undoubtedly cut even more in the ... |
Obama's theft: He can't blame 'speculators' now
New Hampshire Union Leader Thu, 21 May 2009 21:10 PM PDT
In his proposed reorganization of Chrysler, President Obama deliberately wipes out 71 percent of the wealth many American institutions invested in the company. |
Video: ‘Prolonged detention’
MSNBC Thu, 21 May 2009 21:08 PM PDT
May 21: President Obama introduced some new approaches to detaining prisoners, and one of them seems to be controversial. What does prolonged detention mean? Rachel Maddow is joined by Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. (Other) |
Lawmakers demand Guantanamo Uighurs move to US
AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News Thu, 21 May 2009 21:08 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two lawmakers with President Barack Obama's Democratic Party appealed to let Uighurs locked up at Guantanamo Bay move to the United States, saying they were victims of injustice. |
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-22 04:43 UPDATE 2-U.S. to steer GM toward bankruptcy - paper
Interactive Investor Thu, 21 May 2009 21:08 PM PDT
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is preparing to steer General Motors Corp into bankruptcy next week, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the discussions. Under the GM draft bankruptcy plan, the company would receive just short of $30 billion in additional federal loans, the newspaper quoted a source as saying. The figure is a starting ... |
Biased art?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Thu, 21 May 2009 21:06 PM PDT
A colorful depiction of a U.S. soldier in full gear with an "Afghanistan" button on his collar accompanied the Ralph Peters column "The Afghan graveyard" (May 17 and TribLIVE.com) on the front of the Opinion and Commentary section of last Sunday's Trib. I'm sure I'm not the only one to note the striking resemblance of the soldier depicted to Barack Obama. |
President holds firm on Gitmo
Hutchinson News Thu, 21 May 2009 21:06 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama fought Thursday to retake command of the emotional debate over c ... |
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