Barack Obama

  • A congressman is predicting a lot of twists and turns for the health care industry as stimulus funding and future health reform legislation evolves. Speaking at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society virtual expo,…

    June 11, 2009
  • The Assistant Deputy Director of Cyber-Issues for the Obama Administration\'s Director of National Intelligence said, \"In the face of our almost universal reliance on untrusted systems, the US currently is facing a grave national security challenge in the form of exploitation of our government and private-sector networks and information,\" \"This exploitation is occurring on an unprecedented scale. The most immediate challenge is to identify the cyber terrorist in vast and anonymous cyberspace

    June 11, 2009
  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the possibility of a U.S.-Russian partnership on missile defense have improved because Moscow is becoming more concerned about Iran. The defense secretary told senators Tuesday that U.S. offers to put radar or data exchange centers in Russia are among the options being discussed. Russian and U.S. officials are working intensively on a successor deal to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START I, which expires in December. Negotiators are aiming for some results by the time Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosts President Barack Obama July 6-8 in Moscow.

    June 10, 2009
  • 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