First family goes troppo Brisbane Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:06 AM PST US PRESIDENT Barack Obama swapped snowstorms in Washington for balmy Hawaii, settling into a Christmas holiday in the state where he lived as a child. | New US policy yielding results Manila Bulletin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:57 AM PST UNITED NATIONS รข" From tough new sanctions against North Korea to a sweeping strategy aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons, the US ambassador to the United Nations says President Barack Obama's promise to work with other countries is yielding results. | Treasury Lifts Cap for Fannie, Freddie TheStreet.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40 AM PST The Obama administration removes the current $400 billion cap on bailout support for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. | Congress raises debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion Hattiesburg American Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:36 AM PST The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year. | Crow rides herd on O New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:22 AM PST RENO, Nev. -- Singer Sheryl Crow and other wild-horse advocates have called on President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to block a roundup of mustangs set to begin Monday in Nevada. The request came after a federal judge upheld the go... | Obama begins vacation with a terror briefing Nevada Appeal Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:15 AM PST KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) - President Barack Obama's Christmas Day began with a briefing about a botched attack on an airliner in Detroit and ended with a visit to a dining hall for members of the military. His holiday vacation was designed to be an island respite from the pressures of the White House. Obama's military aide told the president about an incident aboard a plane as it was landing in ... | Federal jobless benefits extended Honolulu Advertiser Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:15 AM PST Thousands of unemployed Hawai'i residents will be able to file for federal unemployment benefits during the next two months after Congress and President Obama extended the program until the end of February. | Obamas visit troops at Hawaii base's Christmas chow-down Honolulu Advertiser Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:11 AM PST President Obama took one look at the lone turkey leg on the plate of Sgt. Dennis C. Rollins yesterday and did not believe it could possibly be enough Christmas chow to fuel the 24-year-old, 6-foot, 5-inch, 250-pound Marine. | The best quotes of 2009 New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:08 AM PST John Cross, Daily Mirror "I just thought it was like Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize after eight months as President. Beckham gets the man of the match after 30 minutes here..." | US spies, not combat troops in Pak: Holbrooke New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:02 AM PST Washington, Dec. 26 : US President Barack Obama's Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke has admitted that there are American spies on Pakistani soil, but has rebuffed reports about the presence of any combat troops inside the troubled country. | | |
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