Castor is pressuring the Obama administration on Cuba
Northeast Tampa News & Tribune Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:14 PM PDT
For U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, patience was fast losing its virtue status. The multi-faceted, politically volatile reality that is Cuban-American relations had become a source of pique and frustration to her. It was economic and it was humanitarian - and for a lot of her constituents, it was personal. |
Obama: US commitment in Iraq is shifting
Muzi Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:13 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will set a course Monday for the nation's changing mission in Iraq as the military prepares to end its combat operations there. |
Obama: Patchwork immigration policy unacceptable
Muzi Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:13 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he agrees that more control must be exerted over illegal immigration, but he won't accept "a patchwork of 50 different states" acting on their own. |
Obama: U.S. combat mission in Iraq to end this month
Muzi Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:11 PM PDT
ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to make good on his promise to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of August, despite a dangerous political deadlock in Baghdad and a recent surge in militant violence. |
Obama administration seeks seismic testing for oil drilling in Arctic Ocean
Los Angeles Times Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:11 PM PDT
Officials ask a judge in Alaska to narrow a recent ruling against such activities. The move, following White House efforts after the Gulf of Mexico spill to curb exploration, shocks environmentalists. In a rare recent case of siding with the oil industry, the Obama administration has asked a federal judge to allow some exploratory steps toward drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean. |
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for TV debate with Obama
Muzi Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:11 PM PDT
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to face him in a televised one-on-one debate to see who has the best solutions for the world's problems. |
Mo. voters reject key provision of health care law
AP via Yahoo! News Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:10 PM PDT
Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections. |
Obama freezes bonuses for political appointees
The Star Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:07 PM PDT
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Tuesday froze any cash bonuses or similar discretionary pay boosts for political appointees, calling it a prudent example of cost-cutting at a time when many families are just trying to get by financially. |
US commitment to Pak far beyond fighting extremism: Obama
Hindustan Times Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:01 PM PDT
The US has announced additional aid for flood relief work in Pakistan and launched a campaign, through short message service, asking its citizens to donate generously for this humanitarian cause as President Obama believes US' commitment to Islamabad is far beyond fighting extremism. |
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