As he justified sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of $30 billion a year, President Barack Obama’s description Tuesday of the al-Qaeda “cancer” in that country left out one key fact: U.S. intelligence officials have concluded there are only about 100 al-Qaeda fighters in [...]
Last night’s speech may well have been the first Barack Obama delivered which put forward a policy better than the delivery of the speech itself. Generally, his words soar above the standard liberal policies he proposes. Last night, his words, save for a few passages, obscured the policy he was [...]
Yahoo! released its list of top ten politician Internet search list data yesterday. Topping the list is the President with Sarah Palin as the runner up. And down the list is California’s own Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Here is the complete list:
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The Democratic congressional delegation loves President Barack Obama but they don’t love his proposal to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
Congress controls the purse strings and Obama he needed to win votes, not friends, with his speech tonight.
None of the Bay Area Democrats in Congress I have heard from since [...]
President Barack Obama delivering his Afghanistan speech.
President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and his outline of the beginning of an exit strategy along with it didn’t get much support from Orange County’s congressional delegation.
Here’s what [...]
President Barack Obama’s war speech on Afghanistan got mixed reviews from some experts in Orange County. Chapman University political science Prof. Don Will, for example, came away unclear on what kind of government Obama hoped would run the country after U.S. troops withdrew.
“The problem in many ways is more [...]
President Barack Obama arrives for his Afghanistan speech.
President Barack Obama is about to start his speech where he will detail his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
The White House just released the text of his speech. The president [...]
President Barack Obama will announce that July, 2011 will be the beginning of the end of U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan.
Reporters had a telephonic briefing a little while ago by two “senior administration officials’’ who spoke to us on background. The president will begin speaking to [...]
“The Forgotten War” no more. President Barack Obama reveals his new strategy for Afghanistan in tonight’s much anticipated speech at West Point.
** QUICK HITS. Obama continued talking with world leaders today about his new Afghanistan plan, which he announces tonight in a nationally televised speech at West Point. .. [...]
During her tenure as executive director of the county Democratic Party, Melahat Rafiei has helped pump up county Democrats’ registration numbers and saw Barack Obama come closer to winning Orange County than any Democratic presidential candidate in more than 30 years.
She landed her current gig in June 2007, and will [...]
Word leaking out of Washington, D.C., has President Barack Obama increasing the troop levels in Afghanistan. Obama will explain his war strategy to Americans on Tuesday during a national broadcast from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Obama began telling military, Congressional and foreign leaders of his decision on [...]
President Barack Obama and Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church during the 2008 presidential campaign.
In a wide-ranging interview on TV’s “Meet the Press” this morning, Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren said people [...]
WASHINGTON – In the midst of these challenging times for our nation, President Barack Obama used his weekly address to express gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and give thanks for our nation’s many blessings. He [...]
We don’t want to read too much into this, but what’s the deal with the President. The picture in our paper shows Barack Obama entirely veritcal when he greeted the India Prime Minister.
No bow. What’s up with that? Should Manmohan Singh be offended? What’s Japan and Saudi [...]
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.
American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two [...]
President Barack Obama had a lovely first state dinner heading into the holiday season, honoring India a year after the shattering terrorist attacks in Mumbai. But for the Secret Service’s incredible security failure, that is.
** OBAMA TODAY – SUNDAY. President Barack Obama is in Washington today.
Obama has received his [...]
President Barack Obama reportedly is getting ready to announce whether he will commit thousands of new U.S. troops to the stalemated war in Aghanistan. The president met with his war council again Monday night, according to news reports, and could announce his decision by next week.
The president must decide [...]
President Barack Obama said today that he plans to “finish the job” in Afghanistan but its people “ultimately have to provide for their own security.”
** QUICK HITS. The Perm 5 +1 group (United Kingdom, China, France, Russia, the United States — the permanent five members of the UN Security [...]
U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, joined by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, wrote to President Barack Obama today in support of California’s requests for high-speed and intercity rail funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Read the full text of the letter, after the jump…
November 23, [...]
President Barack Obama, celebrating intellectual endeavor, says he will have a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories at the White House.
** 7 PM UPDATE ** … Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will hold a press conference [...]
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama described the progress made during his trip to Asia, and detailed steps the administration is taking to spur job creation. The President explained how increasing exports to Asia Pacific nations can [...]
President-elect John F. Kennedy declares victory at the Hyannis Armory on November 9, 1960. He was assassinated 46 years ago in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
** OBAMA TODAY – SUNDAY. President Barack Obama is in Washington today.
He has no scheduled public events.
Neither does Vice President Joe Biden.
Obama won a [...]
This is the question a lot of people are asking. Progressives are wondering what happened to the Barack Obama who ran for President as an enthusiastic supporter of single-payer health care. Yes, I said it, single-payer, the idea that health care should be publicly funded and privately delivered to everyone. [...]
