Well-Connected Fundraiser Is Key Figure in Ill. Probe
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 25th, 2009 5:31 am by HL
Well-Connected Fundraiser Is Key Figure in Ill. Probe
For years, Indian-born businessman Raghuveer Nayak wrote generous checks to state and federal politicians, became a top fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) and watched his influence grow in his adopted home of Illinois.
Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray
President Obama’s plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there were set back last week when incoming legal and national security officials — barred until the inauguration from examining classi…
To Combat Obama, Al-Qaeda Hurls Insults
Soon after the November election, al-Qaeda’s No. 2 leader took stock of America’s new president-elect and dismissed him with an insulting epithet. “A house Negro,” Ayman al-Zawahiri said.
Obama Details Recovery Plan
President Obama pressed aggressively for his massive economic recovery plan yesterday, laying out the most detailed benchmarks to date of a stimulus package that would cost at least $820 billion and warning that the nation’s economy could become dramatically worse without major federal investment.
