Obama departs for four-nation Asian trip, preaching jobs and open markets
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 6th, 2010 4:37 am by HL
Obama departs for four-nation Asian trip, preaching jobs and open markets
President Obama left Washington Friday for a 10-day Asia trip, vowing to “pry some markets open” and search for other ways to bolster the struggling U.S. economy.
President-elect Lincoln arrived to a less-than-monumental Washington
On the cool autumn Tuesday that Abraham Lincoln would be elected president, the Washington Evening Star reprinted on its front page a dispatch from a British reporter covering a recent visit by the prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII.
How Pelosi’s decision could hamper Obama
Just when President Obama thought he had all the problems he could handle, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have handed him another.
Essay: The Civil War taught us to fight for the right to be wrong
Twice before, the United States has celebrated major anniversaries of the Civil War, and twice before, a nervous sense of reticence governed the events. Fifty years after the guns fell silent at Appomattox, there were still living Civil War veterans, racial antagonism was virulent throughout the …
Speaker Nancy Pelosi to seek minority leader post
Rejecting demands that she relinquish power after her party’s losses in the midterm elections , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that she will run for minority leader, potentially setting up an ideological battle within the Democratic membership.
