Bill Clinton: United States growing more diverse
Chattanooga Times Free Press Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:13 PM PDT
Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that Americans should be mindful of the nation’s changing demographics, which led to the election of Barack Obama as president. |
Queen Elizabeth has palace veggie patch
UPI Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:12 PM PDT
LONDON, June 14 (UPI) -- Queen Elizabeth has put in a vegetable patch on the Buckingham Palace grounds, much as U.S. first lady Michelle Obama did at the White House. |
Hispanics’ clout widens with Obama
Houston Chronicle Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:11 PM PDT
Of the top Latinos in the administration, 21 have connections to California, while 14 boast Texas ties, reflecting a shift. |
Hospitals wary of Obama's spending cuts
The Washington DC Examiner Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:08 PM PDT
President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing the government's medical spending, but hospitals, medical technicians and others are resisting. The high-stakes struggle over medical care is heating up as Obama declares the status quo unacceptable. |
Obama administration moving to scale back Real ID law
San Jose Mercury News Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:08 PM PDT
WASHINGTON â€" Yielding to a rebellion by states that refused to pay for it, the Obama administration is moving to scale back a federal law passed after the Sept. |
Jane Mayer: Can Leon Panetta move the C.I.A. forward without confronting its past?
The New Yorker Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:07 PM PDT
The Central Intelligence Agency typically fights distant enemies, but on May 21st its leaders were preoccupied with a local opponent. A few miles from the agency’s headquarters, which are in Langley, Virginia, former Vice-President Dick Cheney delivered an extraordinary attack on the Obama Administration’s emerging national-security policies. Cheney . . . |
The 'Harem Revolution'
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:06 PM PDT
Back from his foreign travels, President Barack Obama now faces worries ranging from manipulating a new health-care system and growing immigration issues to increasing unemployment and home foreclosures. |
Give a man a tomato ...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:06 PM PDT
The chairman of the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee is touting how the Obama administration is considering his Fresh Food Financing Initiative as a nationwide model. But Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia Democrat, should understand there are better ways to achieve this program's stated worthy objective. |
Some projects raise question: Where's the stimulus?
Los Angeles Times Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:03 PM PDT
As President Obama moves to accelerate the flow of federal funds intended to rev up the economy and energy efficiency, public officials are voicing concerns about the merit of some plans. It is a six-mile stretch of guardrail near a manufactured lake in a desolate patch of the Oklahoma Panhandle. There's little reason for anyone to visit. Weeds are overgrown; the lake bed is virtually dry. |
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