Obama meets Chinese foreign minister Channel NewsAsia Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:12 PM PST WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama met Tuesday with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi who was in Washington to prepare for an upcoming visit by China's President Hu Jintao, the White House said. | Obama signs bill to improve nation's food safety Detroit News Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:11 PM PST Washington â" Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system as some lawmakers complained that it's too expensive and threatened its funding. | Obama to sign bill to improve nation's food safety The Daily Comet Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:11 PM PST Obama made improving food safety a priority shortly after taking office in 2009. But at a cost of $1.4 billion in new funding over five years, some Republicans who are looking to cut federal spending say the new law may be unaffordable. | New Food Safety Guidelines Approved CBS 5 Phoenix Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:10 PM PST President Barack Obama signed a new law Tuesday to reduce the number of people who get sick from contaminated food. | Obama signs law to require quiet' cars to get noisier Detroit News Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:05 PM PST Washington â" President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday a bill that will require automakers to add sounds to quiet cars that would help alert the blind and other pedestrians. | SCENARIOS - Obama to shuffle staff, what comes next? The Star Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:02 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, bracing for battles with Republicans over the budget and other issues, is weighing several staff changes, including the hiring of a new top economic adviser and the possible selection of a new chief of staff. | Community-service IG loses appeal of firing The Washington Times Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:00 PM PST A federal appeals court in Washington sided Tuesday with the Obama administration in the controversial firing of Gerald Walpin, the former internal watchdog of the Corporation for National and Community Service. A three-judge panel upheld a lower court's ruling that the administration followed the law in the June 2009 firing ... | Republicans lie in wait for returning Obama AsiaOne Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:59 PM PST WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - President Barack Obama swaps serene Hawaii for the partisan hurly-burly of Washington Tuesday, with empowered Republicans maneuvering to strangle his health care law and stall his new momentum. | | |
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