Obama set for Afghan surge
Argus Observer Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:13 AM PST
ANNE GEARANAssociated PRess WASHINGTONâ€" President Barack Obama will announce his plan to bolster the war in Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, his spokesman said, a surge that military officials say could top 30,000 troops. |
New climate targets may not change daily life much
PhysOrg Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:08 AM PST
(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say. |
Obama wants big carbon dioxide cuts
Nevada Appeal Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:05 AM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say. Except for rising energy bills. And how much they'll go up depends on who's doing the calculating. The White House will commit the U.S. to a goal of cutting carbon dioxide emissions in ... |
Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote
Park Hills Daily Journal Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:01 AM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. |
Highlands protection gets big federal push
Roxbury Register Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST
A $4 million bump in federal aid to buy and save land in the Highlands has been attributed to the new focus of the Obama administration and its efforts to shore up national parks. |
Secret Service: Uninvited Couple Posed No Danger
CBS4 Miami Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:59 AM PST
The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons. Edwin Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, said Thursday the officers at the checkpoint did not follow proper procedure when Tareq and Michaele Salahis ... |
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
Park Hills Daily Journal Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:58 AM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Republicans are seizing on this week’s recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care â€" and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul. |
Security questioned after couple crashes White House dinner
The Tampa Tribune Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:56 AM PST
The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons. |
Obama, Congress crafting jobs bill
Baltimore Sun Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:53 AM PST
Multibillion-dollar measure points to stimulus' limits, stokes stronger deficit fears 10.2 percent unemployment adds urgency for action that must be mindful of deficit |
A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects
Park Hills Daily Journal Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:48 AM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse. |
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