Obama begins new year with eye on intel WLNS Lansing Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:06 AM PST HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama is in Hawaii reviewing reports from homeland security officials. His administration is trying to determine what U.S. policy and personnel failures preceded the attempted Detroit jetliner bombing. | Saudi, Norway governments give to Clinton charity Detroit Free Press Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST Foreign countries including Saudi Arabia and Norway gave millions of dollars to former President Bill Clinton's charity as Hillary Rodham Clinton served her first year as President Barack Obama's secretary of state. | Is Janet Napolitano to blame for Flight 253 security failure? Muzi Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:01 AM PST Washington - In the rush to fix blame for a failure to prevent last weekâs attack on Northwest Flight 253, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano quickly emerged as the Obama administrationâs designated lightning rod. | Obama summons intel chiefs for security talks Muzi Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST KANEOHE, Hawaii (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday summoned U.S. intelligence chiefs to a meeting next week at the White House to discuss how to prevent a repeat of the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on December 25. | White House defends its TSA nominee Muzi Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:54 AM PST HONOLULU - 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. | For Obama, no ordinary vacation Washington Post Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST KAILUA, Hawaii -- Before heading to a Wednesday luau, President Barack Obama did something much more somber, his aides said: he called CIA director Leon Panetta to discuss the deaths of seven agency officers in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. | Brown Says U.K., U.S. Explore New Airport Security (Update1) Bloomberg Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:29 AM PST Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the U.K. government is working with President Barack Obama on tightening airport security and rooting out potential terrorists after a Nigerian man tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic aircraft. | Obama Hears First Briefings On Jet Bombing Attempt NPR Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:23 AM PST The president held a series of phone conversations with top administration officials to hear their assessments of how someone was able to smuggle explosives onboard Northwest Flight 253 â" and what security gaps need to be addressed around the world. He plans to meet with intelligence and law enforcement officials Tuesday in Washington. | | |
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