All Posts Tagged With: "barack obama"
Obama Chooses Ambassadors
President Barack Obama nominated three people for ambassadorships on Friday. Two of the three were leading fundraisers, while the other was his former campaign finance director. The President also chose the former chief of a major U.S. Catholic charity as the nation’s representative at the Vatican. Officials at the White House said the President had [...]
Obama authorizes Military Aid for Rebels in Syria
President Barack Obama authorized military aid for the rebels fighting in Syria against the current regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The authorization means the involvement by the U.S. in the civil war of two years has deepened. However, U.S. officials have not decided what form of weaponry or how much it will send to the [...]
Furman to be named Chief Economist by Obama
President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Jason Furman a longtime adviser to be the chief economist in the White House, said official from the administration. Furman will replace the outgoing Alan Krueger as the chief of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He has a Harvard University PhD in economics and has been [...]
Obama expects Immigration Legislation to be done before summer ends
On Saturday, President Obama in his weekly radio address argued how the new reform bill for immigration would improve the immigration system in the U.S. Obama said the bill currently before the Senate has its flaws but it is a compromise and no one will get what they want in its entirety. However, he said [...]
Rice to be named National Security Adviser
President Barack Obama will announce the appointment of Susan Rice, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as the new national security adviser, said White House officials on Wednesday. Rice will be replacing current NSA Tom Donilon. At the same time, Obama is expected to nominate Samantha Power, a former aide at the National [...]
Obama Focusing on Immigration and Housing
Congress will return next week from its recess and President Obama is urging lawmakers in Washington to start working on many items including both immigration and housing. In his Saturday weekly address, Obama said there were many reasons the country should feel optimistic about the direction it is headed in. The important thing, said Obama, [...]
Obama Says U.S. Will Maintain Drones
President Obama said that to stop terrorists from getting a foothold, his administration would continue to deploy drones. The president said drones would only be used when an imminent threat was present; when the capture of the terrorist targeted was hopeless; when a near certainty was present that no civilians would be harmed; and there [...]
Conservative Economists Support Immigration Bill
Over 100 conservative economists said they would call on the members of Congress to approve the immigration reform bill, highlighting the many possible economic benefits. On Thursday, the American Action Forum, will release a letter, which is the latest attempt from conservative economists, who have seen a division in their ranks on the overhaul immigration [...]
Another Immigration Union Speaks Out on Immigration Bill
The head of one immigration union that represents over 12,000 federal immigration workers said on Monday that his group would join a growing list of organizations that are similar and are opposed to the immigration legislation that was drafted by eight bipartisan lawmakers and is currently being considered by Congress. The organization the National Citizenship [...]
Immigration Legislation Still not certain
After many years of false starts and sudden stops, Washington finally seems to be on a path to rewrite the immigration laws in the United States. The Group of Eight Senators is scheduled to hit the floor in the Senate in June. In the House, a bipartisan group this week agreed on a large bill [...]
Ewww.... I never vote for Republicans, but I will never support anyone who comes from the Clinton/Obama wing of the ...
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Just another example of why illegals should NOT get amnesty. Those who work illegally and get paid under the ...