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President Tries to Move Forward after Recent Troubles
President Barack Obama experienced his most turbulent week in office. He has to move forward via focusing on several measures the president believes have a chance in Congress. He also has executive actions that do not require Republican approval. The president’s aides ordered the White House staff not to be sidetracked by the hearings on [...]
Obama Offers No Apologies regarding US Security Leak
President Barack Obama said he would not make any apologies with regards to his concerns over leaks to the media that could have compromised national security or put intelligence officers and American military in danger. The president said he has confidence over Attorney General Eric Holder. The attorney general has been on the hot seat [...]
Obama Looks for Normalcy
President Barack Obama is trying to get things back to normal after his administration was besieged with allegations over Benghazi, IRS, and the seizure of journalists’ phone records. Last Wednesday, the president performed a normal presidential duty of speaking with police officers. President Obama spoke at the yearly National Peace Officers Memorial Service that the [...]
Obama Administration Shields Wind Farms from Liabilities
President Barack Obama’s administration has not prosecuted or fined a wind farm for killing protected bird species, such as eagles. The administration has shielded the industry from liability and kept the scope of the deaths a secret. This was according to an investigation made by the Associated Press. The peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin estimated that [...]
Obama Vows IRS will be Accountable if Claims are True
The has allegedly targeted conservative groups when they file for tax exempt status. President Barack Obama promised that he would get to the bottom of the claims against the IRS. He said that any wrongdoers would be held accountable if they are found to have operated in anything less than a neutral way. President Obama [...]
Democrats to Rebuild Obama’s Winning Coalition
President Barack Obama is known to be able to put together a winning coalition in a presidential election. He has already proven it twice. But it is unclear whether the Democratic Party can build a coalition that is similar to the one that President Obama made in 2008 and recreated during his re-election bid. According [...]
Obama Awards Top Cops across the US
President Barack Obama honored 43 police officers from across the nation. They were named by other officers as 2013’s Top Cops. The ceremony was held in the White House. The president recalled how residents of Watertown, Massachusetts came out of their homes to cheer for the officers after they caught the suspect of the Boston [...]
Obama Donors Liken Keystone Decision to Lincoln Ending of Slavery
150 major Democratic donors and clean energy investors wrote a letter to President Barack Obama that urged him not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. They compared the decision to Abraham Lincoln’s outlawing of slavery in the nation via a constitutional amendment. The letter was sent by the group Thursday and emphasized on President Obama’s [...]
Obama Puts Spotlight on Manufacturing during Texas Visit
President Barack Obama focused on Austin’s embrace of advanced manufacturing as well as the Republican attempts in Congress to stop his economic agenda during his trip in Texas. It was part of the president’s series of events to start his Middle-class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. The tour placed the attention to economic and educational successes [...]
Obama to Promote Health Care and Jobs Plans
President Barack Obama will tackle two issues that have defined his presidency for the rest of the week. These are health care and jobs. The president will board Air Force One Thursday to go to Austin, where he will begin a series of Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tours made to push his budget plans. [...]
