Obama Comes Up Empty With Final Four Picks
KHBS - KHOG Fort Smith - Fayetteville Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:14 AM PDT
President Barack Obama went 0 for 2 in the NCAA tournament Saturday when Kentucky and Kansas State lost in the regional finals, knocking out his two remaining picks for the Final Four. |
Israel's Netanyahu rejects "Obama disaster" headlineÂ
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:09 AM PDT
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Sunday a description of President Barack Obama as Israel's "greatest disaster," a phrase a best-selling newspaper attributed to an anonymous confidant of the premier. |
Obama makes 15 recess appointments
Reuters Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:07 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday announced he would make 15 recess appointments held up by Republicans, including two top Treasury Department positions and two on the National Labor Relations Board that have been vacant for more than a year. |
Obama's other difficult partners
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:01 AM PDT
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu is presently seen as the chief obstacle to Middle East peace, but what of the Arab League? |
Obama bypassing Senate to appoint key nominees
Chicago Tribune Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:51 AM PDT
The president plans to use recess appointments to fill 15 economic posts against the wishes of Republicans, some of whom had been holding up the confirmation process. The Obama administration moved Saturday to fill 15 economic posts whose nominees are held up in Congress, bypassing the formal Senate confirmation process -- a decision that is sure to further anger and embitter Senate Republicans. |
Pentagon Wants Stronger Defenses Against Scams
NPR Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:39 AM PDT
Among the forces lined up behind a new consumer financial protection agency proposed by the Obama administration, one stands out as used to a tough fight: the Pentagon. Officials say troops can be attractive targets for scams â€" and the resulting stress can distract them from their jobs. |
Obama health insurance requirement taken from GOP
Nevada Appeal Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:37 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - Republicans were for President Barack Obama's requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it. The obligation in the new health care law is a Republican idea that's been around at least two decades. It was once trumpeted as an alternative to Bill and Hillary Clinton's failed health care overhaul in the 1990s. These days, Republicans call it government ... |
Carson doctors: Health reform not a cure-all
Nevada Appeal Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:36 AM PDT
After President Barack Obama signed a landmark health care reform bill into law last week, local doctors expressed both positive and negative opinions about the most significant piece of social legislation passed in decades. Doctors are concerned over the law's estimated $938 billion price tag over a decade and said they thought the law doesn't do enough to address the costs of malpractice ... |
COMMENTARY Israel: True Friendship Requires A Stand
Arkansas News Bureau Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:36 AM PDT
The United States is and should be a good friend of Israel, but friends tell friends when they’re wrong. President Barack Obama is doing the right thing by finally pressuring Israel over its illegal settlements in east Jerusalem. He needs to keep it up and to open other topics for discussion whenever U.S. interests, not [...] |
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