Obama, Peres Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 6th, 2009 4:31 am by HL
Obama, Peres Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Peace
President Obama’s meeting with Shimon Peres this afternoon marked a first step in the new administration’s relationship with Israel. But it comes at a time when the two governments disagree sharply over what constitutes the biggest long-term threat to the Jewish state and how best to achieve peace…
Tenenbaum Named Chairman of Consumer Product Safety Commission
President Obama has tapped a politically skilled former schools chief from South Carolina to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission and said he will boost funding at the agency, which has been struggling greatly with dwindling resources and leadership problems.
Lawmakers Seeking Consensus On Social Security Overhaul
Key lawmakers from both parties have held tentative talks about overhauling the Social Security system, and Congress could turn its attention to the federal retirement program as soon as this fall if a bipartisan consensus emerges, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said yesterday.
In the Loop: Specter Once Sang a Different Tune on Party-Switching
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), had a pretty good sense of the trauma he was inflicting on his party and his Republican colleagues when he defected last week. He’s felt their pain, so to speak, at least judging from his comments on the Senate floor back in 2001, when Sen. Jim Jeffords left the GOP and…
