Leaner US defence to swell jet cost - Fitzgibbon
Brisbane Times Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:13 AM PST
THE half-trillion-dollar defence cuts in the US announced by the President, Barack Obama, this week will drive the cost to Australia of the vaunted Joint Strike Fighter even higher, says the former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon. |
AP: Admin. Plans Immigration Rule Change
FOX 10 Phoenix Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:11 AM PST
The Obama administration plans a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the United States, a senior administration official said Thursday. |
Report: Obama Admin Will Circumvent Congress With New Illegal Immigration Rule
The Blaze via Yahoo! News Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:11 AM PST
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) â€" Are you ready for even more Congressional criticism of the Obama administration? The White House is crafting plans surrounding a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the United States, a senior administration official said Thursday. |
Rivals go hard after Romney, who goes after Obama
New Haven Register Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:11 AM PST
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) â€" Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals repeatedly attacked him as a candidate of the status quo and a timid, less-than-reliable conservative Thursday as they simultaneously sought to slow his campaign momentum and personally audition for the role of conservative rival-in-chief. |
Obama to visit new consumer agency
Boston Globe Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:10 AM PST
President Barack Obama plans to visit the offices of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday and meet with the staff. |
New defense strategy sets Obama's gaze on Asia
The Indianapolis Star Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:09 AM PST
In recasting his defense strategy, President Barack Obama is looking beyond the wars he inherited to focus on Asian security risks - mainly China and North Korea - that took a back seat to Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Guinness brewery visits up 10 percent after Queen and Obama visits - VIDEOS
Irish Central Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:04 AM PST
The Guinness Storehouse at St. James’ Gate in Dublin has received a welcome boost in tours since the historic visits of both President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II this past May. Figures show that with 1,025,677 people going to visit the Storehouse this year, sales have jumped 10 percent, making the Storehouse Ireland’s number one fee-paying tourist draw. |
Gay Marriage, Food Stamp Remarks Spark Ire In NH
WCVB Boston Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:04 AM PST
Republican presidential primary candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich lit controversial fires in New Hampshire Thursday night, Santorum drawing boos for his comments on gay marriage, and Gingrich for calling President Barack Obama "the food stamp president." |
Romney tops Santorum by 8 votes in Iowa GOP caucus
Main Line Times Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:03 AM PST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) â€" Mitt Romney eked out a minuscule 8-vote victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses, the state party chairman said early Wednesday, ringing down the curtain on an improbable first act in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall. |
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