Barack Obama
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President Obama spoke in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday giving a much anticipated speech to the Muslim world. Professor Akbar Ahmed is Chair of Islamic Studies at American University. He was Pakistan’s former High Commissioner to the…
June 05, 2009 -
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he is combining White House staffs dealing with international and homeland security, predicting the change will make Americans safer. The Associated Press is reporting, Obama also is creating a new office intended to communicate more effectively with other countries about U.S. security policy. The Homeland Security Council, created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will be kept as a venue for discussing issues concerning domestic security, including terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, natural disasters and pandemic influenza. Its staff will be integrated into the National Security Council.
May 26, 2009 -
Cyber security has received a thorough debate within the Obama administration. Now it looks like the Homeland Security Department will retain at least some role in setting standards and policy - even as a new White House office is established for cyber security. It\'s taken a month for the administration to get its final report out after the 60-day review. Why? Because lots of agencies and panels were fighting for a piece of the action. But Congress has yet to weigh in. I\'m Tom Temin.
May 18, 2009 -
Some predicted it would happen and it did. President Barack Obama says the detainee abuse photos he wants to prevent from being released are \"not really sensational\", but at the same time they could put U.S. troops at risk. So he\'s directed White House lawyers to fight the court-ordered release of the photos. He says he won\'t stand for abuse of prisoners. Just recently, White House said it would release the photos, citing little chance of defeating an ACLU challenge to have them released.
May 13, 2009 -
Reforming workforce health care starts at home for the Chief Executive
May 13, 2009 -
President Obama’s dream of a nuclear free future and goal of “global zero” or total eradication of nuclear weapons may need to wait for a while. The military is looking a maintaing it’s automatic weapons…
April 27, 2009 -
Two presidential appointments designed to streamline government.
April 20, 2009 -
The Obama administration it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over its suspect nuclear program. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the United States would be at the table “from now on” when…
April 08, 2009 -
The Pentagon is going in a different direction when it comes to the 2010 budget. Secretary Robert Gates will unveil it today. Spokesman Geoff Morrell said the Secretary would spend the weekend working on finishing…
April 03, 2009 -
DoD has outlined procedures for journalists to witness the dignified transfer of the remains of military service members at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.The new policy takes effect April 6th. Reporters and camera crews…
April 03, 2009 -
President Barack Obama had his first full day on the world stage yesterday. He met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Queen Elizabeth in London before attending a working dinner at the G-20 Summit.…
April 02, 2009 -
The way forward in Afghanistan was the subject of a speech by President Obama at the White House this morning. He talked about his plan to increase US presence in the country, and what he…
March 27, 2009 -
The U.S. Government Printing Office has laid out its goals for making government more open and transparent.
March 23, 2009 -
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is calling for equal pay raises between federal workers and military members. The Virginia Congressman hand-delivered letters to President Obama and House Budget Chairman John Spratt recently. He explains why this…
March 16, 2009 -
Phil Joyce, Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University, tells FederalNewsRadio that most striking aspect of the budget is not only the size of the budget, but the size of the deficit.
March 09, 2009