Obama makes Christmas calls to service members
The San Francisco Examiner Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:04 PM PST
The Associated Press The Associated Press HONOLULU President Barack Obama is marking the Christmas holiday with calls to American service members stationed around the world. The White House says Obama spoke with 10 service members, two from each branch of the military. He made the calls Christmas Eve from his rented vacation home on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where he and his family are ... |
First lady confirms Santa is on his way
Gulf Times Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:03 PM PST
US First Lady Michelle Obama surprised excited kids on Saturday, by answering an air defence hotline set up to track Santa’s Christmas Eve trek around the globe with Rudolph and his reindeers. |
Obama savors victory in Hawaiian idyll
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:45 PM PST
US President Barack Obama settled into his Christmas vacation Saturday in his best political shape of 2011, thanks to a victory over Republicans on their own turf -- taxes. |
POLITICS: Obama campaign, DNC return Corzine contributions
The Daily Times Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:38 PM PST
WASHINGTON â€" President Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee have returned more than $70,000 in contributions from former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine following the collapse of MF Global, Corzine's financial firm, officials said Friday. |
Boehner Signs On to Payroll Tax Deal Amid Isolation, Attacks
BusinessWeek Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:21 PM PST
Deserted by many of his fellow Republicans, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner surrendered to attacks from President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats and agreed to a two-month extension of a payroll tax cut that he derided hours earlier. |
Keeping the Tradition, Obama Calls Troops on Christmas Eve
ABC News Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:07 PM PST
In keeping with tradition, President Obama called 10 service members, two from each branch of the military, to “wish them a happy holiday and thank them for their service†last night, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on the trip. The troops are stationed... |
Obama Reelection Camp on Track to Raise $200M in 2011
Fox News Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:01 PM PST
As the Republican presidential primary season kicks off, the Obama campaign is hoping it will be able to report it raised $60 million in the fourth quarter of this year, a Democratic official told Fox News on Saturday evening. |
The Latest News
The Jewish Week Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST
No alternate text on picture! - define alternate text in image properties While even dovish pro-Israel groups concede the Obama administration has done a poor job of selling its Middle East policies to a nervous Israel, there are growing indications major Jewish leaders are reluctant to directly challenge a popular and persuasive president on the substance of those policies. |
White House - appears Nigeria attacks were terrorism
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:42 AM PST
HONOLULU (Reuters) - The White House condemned the violent attacks in Nigeria on Sunday, which it said appeared to be acts of terrorism. "We condemn this senseless violence and tragic loss of life on Christmas Day," the White House said in a statement released from Hawaii, where President Barack Obama is vacationing. "We have been in contact with Nigerian officials about what initially appear to ... |
SD setting own standards for public schools
Washington Examiner Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:40 AM PST
The Associated Press The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. The federal government is giving states more leeway in setting public school achievement standards, and South Dakota is drafting a system of its own. A federal education law approved a decade ago set a goal that every student be proficient at math and reading by 2014. Now President Obama's administration is allowing states to set their ... |
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