Obama Calls for More Narrowly Focused Policy for Afghan War
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 4th, 2009 5:31 am by HL
Obama Calls for More Narrowly Focused Policy for Afghan War
As President Obama prepares to formally authorize the April deployment of two additional combat brigades to Afghanistan, perhaps as early as this week, no issue other than the U.S. economy appears as bleak to his administration as the seven-year Afghan war and the regional challenges that surround…
Senate Lacks Votes to Pass Stimulus
Senate Democratic leaders conceded yesterday that they do not have the votes to pass the stimulus bill as currently written and said that to gain bipartisan support, they will seek to cut provisions that would not provide an immediate boost to the economy.
Obama Nominates Judd Gregg, an Independent-Minded Conservative, to Lead Commerce
During a long political career that includes 16 years in the Senate, Judd Gregg has been known as a tough negotiator, a deficit hawk and an independent-minded conservative.
Letter from Nancy Killefer to President Obama
February 3, 2009 Dear Mr. President, I recognize that your agenda and the duties facing your Chief Performance Officer are urgent. I have also come to realize in the current environment that my personal tax issue of D.C. Unemployment tax could be used to create exactly the kind of distraction an…
Obama Says He Erred in Nominations
President Obama acknowledged yesterday that he had “made a mistake” in trying to exempt some candidates for positions in his administration from strict ethics standards and accepted the withdrawal of two top nominees, including former Senate majority leader Thomas A. Daschle, in the first major…
