Barack Obama

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• Senate panel approves immigration bill

  gay spouses.The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an epic showdown on the Senate floor on legislation that is one of President Barack Obama 's top domestic priorities yet also gives the Republican Party a chance to recast itself as more appealing to minorities.The 5/21/13 Read more »

• FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet

  The attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans weeks before President Barack Obama's re-election. Since then, Republicans in Congress have condemned the administration's handling of the situation, criticizing 5/21/13 Read more »

• U.S. presses ahead on another leak case

  No charges have been filed against Rosen. In June 2009, Rosen reported that U.S. intelligence officials warned President Barack Obama and senior U.S. officials that North Korea would respond to a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning nuclear   Read more »

• Hunt: How Barack Obama can rescue his presidency from scandal

  the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama 's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit.On none of these issues   Read more »

• More funding sought for Long Island Sound

  year, federal funding for programs to protect and restore the Sound was about $4 million, but President Barack Obama 's 2014 budget proposes to cut that spending to $2.9 million."The Sound generates $8.3 billion each year into our regional economy," said Adrienne   Read more »

Around the web

• Partisan Nation

  was no reason for not to do it. The two reasons not to sic the IRS on your enemies are decency and the law. Is there anything in Obama's career, including his treatment of fellow Democrats, to suggest that he cares for either one? The man in the White House 4 m ago from The New Media Journal Read more »

• President Obama: Mourner-in-Chief

  that dramatically showed that presidents are, indeed, relevant, especially in times of disaster. A similar thing happened for Obama with the shootings in Arizona coming so soon after his 'shellacking" in the 2010 elections. No matter how well he performs as 12 m ago from National Journal Read more »

• US minimisé couleurs officielles

  chinois "a effectué une visite à" Les Etats-Unis, les Etats-Unis a également souligné que «la voie» dans la nature, a déclaré M. Obama était juste en Cisjordanie, un arrangement Annenberg immobilier adapté à une telle réunion de cadre informel. Et les Etats-Unis 12 m ago from Silicon India Read more »

• President to nominate acting chief Dan Tangherlini to lead GSA

  having served as the District’s administrator and deputy mayor and as interim general manager of Metro before joining the Obama administration. He also held several jobs in the Clinton administration. He is expected to enjoy broad support in the Senate at 19 m ago from The Washington Post Read more »

• Poll: Do you blame President Obama for recent administration controversies?

  scandals? At least when it comes to his approval rating, U.S. President Barack Obama’s numbers haven’t taken a dip from the Internal Revenue Service, Associated Press and Benghazi controversies engulfing his administration, according to a new CNN poll released 21 m ago from NJ.com Read more »