Obama Casts GOP As Barrier To Low-Cost Education
WCMH Columbus Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:10 AM PDT
Eager to energize young voters, President Barack Obama is depicting Republicans as obstacles to an affordable college education, using his Internet and radio address Saturday to preview an argument he will take on the road next week to university campuses in states crucial to his re-election. |
Obama's tough choices in Syria
The Hill Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:04 AM PDT
As the peace plan in Syria faltered amid continued violence, the Obama administration must plot a careful path forward. Read more... |
It's all about emotion in French presidential race
KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:03 AM PDT
Like Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy swept to power on a wave of hope for change. Sarkozy's wave crashed on the global financial crisis and his own failings. On Sunday, the French leader faces a tough fight against nine... |
Obama urges action on US students' increasing debt
Straits Times Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:03 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AFP) - United States (US) President Barack Obama called on Congress on Saturday to act to control the growth of interest rates on student loans, saying it was important to protect young Americans from mushrooming debt. Related Stories UN Council reaches rough deal on Syria ceasefire force Canadian man charged in mass sled dog slaughter Tasering video raises US border agent abuse ... |
Obama slams student-loan rate increases, calls education 'economic imperative'
New York Post Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:02 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama urged Congress to limit student-loan rate increases, calling higher education an "economic imperative." Going to college is "an economic imperative that every family must be able to afford," the President said Saturday in his weekly address. Student-loan rates are set to be the next big... |
Afghan security intercepts insurgents with 10,000kg of explosives
Straits Times Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:02 AM PDT
KABUL (REUTERS) - Afghan security forces have detained five insurgents in Kabul, with 10,000kg of explosives they intended to use in a massive attack on crowded areas in the capital, an Afghan intelligence spokesman said on Saturday. Related Stories UN Council reaches rough deal on Syria ceasefire force Canadian man charged in mass sled dog slaughter Obama urges action on US students' increasing ... |
Campaigns on hold as France prepares to vote
Straits Times Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:02 AM PDT
PARIS (AFP) - French presidential candidates marked a one day truce Saturday on the eve of voting in a first-round poll to whittle the ten-strong field down to two frontrunners. Related Stories UN Council reaches rough deal on Syria ceasefire force Canadian man charged in mass sled dog slaughter Obama urges action on US students' increasing debt Tasering video raises US border agent abuse ... |
Can Romney Keep Ariz. Red?
NPR Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:01 AM PDT
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Friday addressed a meeting of Republican state chairmen in Scottsdale, Ariz. รข€" a state that President Obama's advisers believe could be within reach for Democrats. NPR's Ted Robbins reports. |
| |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment