Obama Reasserts Support For Public Plan While AMA Backtracks On Opposition
June 11, 2009 – 1:51 pm | One Comment

Speaking at a town hall in Green Bay Wisconsin, President Barack Obama addressed head on what is the hot debate of the day.

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Obama Reasserts Support For Public Plan While AMA Backtracks On Opposition
June 11, 2009 – 1:51 pm | One Comment
Obama Reasserts Support For Public Plan While AMA Backtracks On Opposition

Speaking at a town hall in Green Bay Wisconsin, President Barack Obama addressed head on what is the hot debate of the day.

Obama Pitches Pay-as-you-go Plan for Congress
June 9, 2009 – 3:26 pm | No Comment
Obama Pitches Pay-as-you-go Plan for Congress

President Barack Obama is challenging Congress to force itself to pay for new spending as it goes rather than sink the nation deeper into a debt, calling it a matter of public responsibility.

Lieberman, Graham Threaten To Shut Down Senate Over Detainee Photos
June 9, 2009 – 3:20 pm | 2 Comments
Lieberman, Graham Threaten To Shut Down Senate Over Detainee Photos

“We’re not going to do any more business in the Senate,” Graham said, his face flushed red. “Nothing’s going forward until we get this right.”

White House Focuses On Stimulating The Stimulus
June 8, 2009 – 4:40 pm | No Comment
White House Focuses On Stimulating The Stimulus

Stimulus plan has created or saved 150,000 jobs in its first 100 days.

GOP Senators Warn Obama On Health Care
June 8, 2009 – 4:34 pm | 2 Comments
GOP Senators Warn Obama On Health Care

Officials say top Democrats in the House are circulating health care proposals that would require individuals to purchase insurance if they can afford it and slap an unspecified financial penalty on those who refuse.

Clinton: Charges ‘Unfounded’ Against Journalists
June 8, 2009 – 4:30 pm | 3 Comments
Clinton: Charges ‘Unfounded’ Against Journalists

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the charges against American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are unfounded and the U.S. is ‘pursuing every possible approach’ to secure their release

Gay Groups Grow Impatient With Barack Obama
June 4, 2009 – 8:15 am | No Comment
Gay Groups Grow Impatient With Barack Obama

President Barack Obama’s promises of change are falling short for one core Democratic constituency: gays and lesbians, whose leaders say Obama’s administration isn’t keeping up with the times.

President Obama Reaches Out to Muslims Worldwide With A Message of Principles (Video)
June 4, 2009 – 8:07 am | No Comment
President Obama Reaches Out to Muslims Worldwide With A Message of Principles (Video)

Obama Cairo Speech Calls For New Beginning, Gets Standing Ovation!

Michelle Obama Joins Push For Sotomayor
June 4, 2009 – 7:19 am | No Comment
Michelle Obama Joins Push For Sotomayor

The White House dispatched first lady Michelle Obama to defend Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday.

Obama Speech Draws Strong Reactions From Egyptians, Arabs And Israelis
June 4, 2009 – 6:28 am | No Comment
Obama Speech Draws Strong Reactions From Egyptians, Arabs And Israelis

According to UPI, the reaction within Israel to Obama’s speech was ‘divided.’

Obama Offers Saudis Thanks, In Arabic
June 3, 2009 – 3:13 pm | 2 Comments
Obama Offers Saudis Thanks, In Arabic

WATCH: Saudis Roll Out Red Carpet, Obama Offers Thanks In Arabic.

A Day In The Life of Obama’s White House
June 3, 2009 – 3:03 pm | No Comment
A Day In The Life of Obama’s White House

Descending on the West Wing with 32 cameras and 25 producers, NBC News gets a glimpse of the extremely young, fast and loose players who make up Team Obama. Watch the first hour.

President Obama, with Nancy Reagan, Signs Law for Ronald Reagan
June 3, 2009 – 2:43 pm | No Comment
President Obama, with Nancy Reagan, Signs Law for Ronald Reagan

The President is joined by Nancy Reagan when he signs the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission honoring his memory.

Obama Using Facebook, Texting To Push Muslim speech
June 3, 2009 – 1:34 pm | No Comment
Obama Using Facebook, Texting To Push Muslim speech

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said administration officials are planning to use text messaging and social networking sites like Facebook to help engage the world.

Jim Leach: Obama Picks Republican To Head Humanities Endowment
June 3, 2009 – 12:33 pm | No Comment
Jim Leach: Obama Picks Republican To Head Humanities Endowment

President Barack Obama has nominated former Republican Rep. Jim Leach as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Obama To Discuss GM Bankruptcy Filing
June 1, 2009 – 12:09 pm | 4 Comments
Obama To Discuss GM Bankruptcy Filing

President Barack Obama will hold an 11:30 a.m. Monday event discussing the bankruptcy filing of General Motors, according to two officials close to the talks. The officials said that GM is expected to officially file …

Obama Touts Successes of Stimulus Plan
May 27, 2009 – 1:40 pm | No Comment
Obama Touts Successes of Stimulus Plan

On the 100th day since he signed his economic stimulus bill into law, President Barack Obama touted its successes. The president says the plan has saved or created 150,000 jobs.

Economic Recovery By Years’ End
May 27, 2009 – 1:35 pm | No Comment
Economic Recovery By Years’ End

First Trust Advisors Chief Economist Brian Wesbury weighs in on the NABE survey that forecasts the end of the economic downturn by the end of the year.

Push to confirm Sotomayor for Supreme Court
May 27, 2009 – 1:18 pm | No Comment
Push to confirm Sotomayor for Supreme Court

President Obama is defending his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor, as some conservatives describe her as a liberal activist.

President Obama: Our Security, Our Values
May 22, 2009 – 9:46 am | No Comment
President Obama: Our Security, Our Values

The President speaks at length on how American values and security are intertwined, touching on issues form closing Guantanamo to State Secrets.