Archive for February, 2009
Obamas Nominate First Pup: a Portuguese Water Dog
Seemingly more than picking his Commerce Secretary, the Obamas have struggled with a choice for first dog, but it appears they have settled on a Portuguese water dog.
Ill. voters have primary to winnow field to replace Emanuel ahead of April 7 special election
Whoever ends up winning former Rep. Rahm Emanuel’s congressional seat in a special election has some catching up to do.
Nominee to head CFTC promises to be independent regulator, senators eye stance as Clinton aide
President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission promised Wednesday to act forcefully as a regulator, even as senators raised concerns over his actions as a Clinton …
Vice President Coming to Arkansas Next Month
Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Arkansas in March to help kick-off Senator Blanche Lincoln’s 2010 re-election campaign.
Middle class task force to meet in Philadelphia
The panel, chaired by Vice President Joe Biden, will hear from experts on the potential to create and fill these jobs.
Immunity lifted for embattled Iraqi lawmaker
Iraqi lawmakers voted Wednesday to lift the parliamentary immunity of a Sunni legislator accused of directing a private terror cell — just hours after a plane carrying the embattled politician from Baghdad was …
Obama tells nation: ‘We are not quitters’
To a nation reeling from recession and facing long-festering problems, President Barack Obama has a simple reminder: ‘We are not quitters.’
Whatever the problems, the new president promised in the first prime-time..Full story
The 21st-century fireside chat: Did Obama connect?
Bill Bibbes, seated in the kitchen of his south Jackson, Miss., home, Tuesday, Feb.
No terror talk: Homeland Security head’s new tone
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano avoids the terms “terrorism” or “9/11″ in remarks prepared for her first congressional testimony since taking office, signaling a sharp change in tone from her ..Full story
Wonder at the White House
Music legend Stevie Wonder is set to receive a White House honour. The multi-Grammy winning soul star will be presented with the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
