Newt Gingrich’s video attack on the Federal Reserve
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 24th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Newt Gingrich’s video attack on the Federal Reserve
“When hundreds of billions of dollars of our money is being spent, it can’t be in secret and I think the Federal Reserve has become so important to our economy and it affects our lives in so many ways that we the American people have the right to know how our money is being spent. …We should repeal the Dodd-Frank bill…This economy is going to stay mired in a bad economy until we bring the Fed under control and we repeal the Dodd-Frank bill ”
— Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), in a new campaign video titled “Who Got the Money?”
Despite pressure from activists, Obama sidesteps gay-marriage debate
NEW YORK — As a few in the crowd shouted “marriage” and “Do you support it?” at him, President Obama on Thursday evening avoided taking a position on a measure being considered by the New York state legislature that would legalize gay marriage. Instead he said, “I believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other couple in this country.”
For months, Obama has insisted his position on gay marriage is “evolving” but has not shifted from his previously stated view that marriage is between a man and woman. But in a coincidence of timing, the president arrived at a downtown Manhattan hotel for a long-scheduled fundraiser put on by gay and lesbian activists as the legislature in Albany was on the verge of voting whether New York will become the sixth state to allow gay marriage.
Who stays, who goes at Defense under Panetta
Incoming Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, confirmed Tuesday on a squeaker unanimous Senate vote, must have heard outgoing secretary Bob Gates advising incoming CIA director David Petraeus not to bring in outside help when he gets to Langley, lest he set up an “us vs. them” atmosphere ‘mongst the clannish spooks.
Panetta is expected to bring along just Jeremy Bash, now his chief of staff at the CIA, to fulfill that same role when Panetta floats downriver to the Pentagon on July 1. But the key team at the Pentagon — Deputy Secretary Bill Lynn, undersecretaries Ash Carter, Michele Flourney, Cliff Stanley and so on — will be staying.
