(Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about leaving her job next year to become head of the World Bank, sources familiar with the discussions said Thursday. The former first lady and onetime political rival to President Barack Obama quickly became one of the most influential members [...]
WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday it was weighing whether to release photographs of Osama bin Laden’s corpse amid calls from some key lawmakers to do so to prove the Al-Qaeda chief is truly dead. “We are going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any basis to try to [...]
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the alliance will continue its mission in Afghanistan despite the recent killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Rasmussen hailed the death of bin Laden and said NATO will continue its presence in Afghanistan in an attempt to prevent the war-torn country from becoming a [...]
Adam Martin – The Atlantic Wire A group of protesters broke into song during President Barack Obama’s speech at a breakfast fundraiser in San Francisco today, featuring a soloist who pleaded the case of the soldier being held for allegedly releasing documents to Wikileaks. The group at her table held up signs reading “Free Bradley [...]
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A Republican official in California has apologized for sending an email containing a picture depicting US President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee. The family portrait-style image of three chimps had Obama’s head on the body of a baby chimp with the message “Now you know why no birth certificate,” in reference [...]
Time to end foreign aid to Israel: ‘We just can’t do it anymore,’ Sen. Paul warns
January 28, 2011 No Comment
By Stephen C. Webster One of the Senate’s newest members has settled upon an idea to reduce American debt that’s likely to come off as highly controversial in the halls of power: ending all foreign aid, including the tens of billions dedicated to Israel. Israel has been, by far, the largest recipient of US foreign [...]
Cornel West “Barack Obama Is NOT The Fulfillment Of Martin Luther King’s Dream!”
January 17, 2011 No CommentHuman rights activists have held a demonstration in front of the White House to protest against the opening of the notorious U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay nine years ago. On Tuesday, 173 human rights activists, each wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit to represent the remaining prisoners at the US detention facility, [...]
By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Patrick Quinn KABUL, Afghanistan – The leaders of the largest tribe in a Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand province have pledged to halt insurgent attacks and expel foreign fighters from one of the most violent spots in the country, the senior U.S. Marine general in Afghanistan said Monday Marine Maj. [...]
KANEOHE, Hawaii – US President Barack Obama signed into law Sunday a bill to compensate emergency responders sickened in the rubble of the September 11 attacks, the White House said in a statement. The president is currently in Hawaii, where he spent the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, and was expected back in Washington on [...]
By MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii – President Barack Obama and his family took a break from their Hawaiian vacation to attend Sunday church services, a rare occurrence for a president who prefers to worship in private. The first family arrived at a chapel at Marine Corps Base Hawaii mid-morning for a [...]
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser has pressed Yemen to take more robust action against al Qaeda and to speed the sharing of information on suspects it detains, the White House said on Friday. John Brennan, a key Obama aide at the center of U.S. intelligence efforts to thwart terrorism attacks, called Yemeni [...]
