Home-loan modifications disappoint
Honolulu Advertiser Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:13 AM PST
This was the year, finally, that promised relief, opening with foreclosure moratoriums and a highly touted Obama administration initiative to keep millions of desperate borrowers in their homes. |
A new wave of Obama kitsch
Honolulu Advertiser Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:13 AM PST
At WaikÃkÃ's ubiquitous ABC Stores there are new dashboards dolls selling well, right up there alongside hula girls in grass skirts who rock to and fro when your car goes over bumps. |
US aid tied to purchase of arms
Brisbane Times Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:09 AM PST
WASHINGTON: Just before Christmas, the US President, Barack Obama, signed into law one of his country's biggest aid pledges of the year. It was bound not for Africa or any of the many struggling countries on the World Bank's list. |
Cuban Government Unhappy With Obama
OfficialWire Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:56 AM PST
President Barack Obama's honeymoon period with the Cuban government appears to be over, with Cuban leaders denouncing him as another U.S. imperialist. |
White House defends its TSA nominee
The Washington Times Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:44 AM PST
HONOLULU (AP) -- Acknowledging he has given inconsistent answers to Congress, President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration wrote to lawmakers to explain a reprimand he received for running background checks on his then-estranged wife's boyfriend two decades ago. Erroll Southers, a former FBI agent whose nomination has been delayed by Republicans for unrelated ... |
King To Obama: 'Heads Should Roll' Over Failures
WCBS-TV New York Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:43 AM PST
President Barack Obama received Thursday the first of a series of reports on administration failures leading to the Christmas Day bombing attempt. It came as more details surfaced about intelligence missteps and a top Republican called for the president to fire those responsible. |
Obamas see 'Avatar'
WGN Radio Chicago Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:39 AM PST
HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama got a briefing this morning from his homeland security advisor, John Brennan, about the government's terrorism watchlist -- a review that the president ordered after the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound airlner on Christmas Day, the first day of his family's holiday vacation in Hawaii. |
Obama wishes US a happy New Year
Boston Globe Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:33 AM PST
President Barack Obama is wishing the nation a happy New Year with "brighter days ... ahead of us." |
Obama begins new year with eye on intel
Idaho State Journal Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:23 AM PST
Travelers wait in line for security screening at the American Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) |
O briefed on undies blunders
New York Post Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:20 AM PST
After receiving the preliminary report he ordered on the "systematic failures" that allowed a suspected terrorist to board a plane with explosives, a vacationing President Obama and the first family yesterday took in a little sci-fi fantasy at a special screening of the blockbuster "Avatar." Obama, who is in Hawaii... |
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