Obama Prays For Civility In Washington
WJXT Jacksonville Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:14 PM PST
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Thursday he prays lawmakers can restore a "spirit of civility" to the nation's capital. |
Quote of the day
Salon.com Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:14 PM PST
President Obama addresses some of his fiercest, and oddest, critics |
Republicans dream of winning Obama's old seat
The New Zealand Herald Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:13 PM PST
Newly emboldened Republicans are daring to hope that a moderate member of the United States Congress from Illinois has a serious chance of taking an open Senate seat after he scored a decisive victory in a hard-fought primary contest... |
Sen.-Elect Brown To Officially Take Kennedy's Seat
WCBS-TV New York Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:13 PM PST
Republican Scott Brown is poised to take his Senate seat a week earlier than he planned, ending the Democrats' supermajority in just enough time to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a top labor job. |
'Let The West Get Used To A Tough China'
NPR Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:11 PM PST
In a role reversal, China is flexing its political and economic muscle against the United States by threatening sanctions against American companies involved in selling arms to Taiwan. China is pushing back on a raft of other contentious issues, from sanctions against Iran to President Obama's plan to meet the Dalai Lama. |
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-04 21:10 U.S. House backs debt limit hike, sends to Obama
Interactive Investor Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:11 PM PST
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to increase the government's borrowing authority to $14.3 trillion and sent the measure to President Barack Obama to sign into law. By a vote of 233 to 187, the House voted to raise the nation's $12.4 trillion debt limit by $1.9 trillion, which would probably allow them to avoid revisiting the politically toxic ... |
Uganda dismisses Obama criticism of anti-gay bill
Dose Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:10 PM PST
Uganda's ethics minister on Thursday dismissed virulent criticism of his country's proposed anti-gay law by U.S. President Barack Obama and warned that any interference would be "unacceptable". |
Marines ready assault on Taliban's canal hideout
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:10 PM PST
The biggest military operation of US President Barack Obama's new Afghan surge will be a test not just for American troops, but also for the Afghan authorities expected to rush with them into the breach. US Marines are planning a massive operation within days to take Marjah, a warren of canals that forms the last big Taliban enclave in the southern part of Helmand, in the first major show of ... |
Shoshana Johnson: Black Female POW Not Getting Respect She Deserves
Black Voices Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:09 PM PST
Filed under: Politics , President Obama , Race and Civil Rights Shoshana Johnson was shot in both legs and spent 22 days as a prisoner of war (POW) in Iraq. While America heard the story of many white POWs, especially Jessica Lynch, Johnson's story was ignored and not given the respect it deserved. Johnson, now 37-years old, has released a book to describe her mental health problems related to ... |
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