Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is like the Angelina Jolie to President Obama's Brad Pitt. So unpopular is he, every time the president is seen with another economically savvy individual, people start to get excited that the pair might finally be breaking up. So it follows that, after Mayor Bloomberg told reporters that he and Obama [Continue]
Speculation in the nation's capital on who will replace Robert Gates at the Pentagon has centered on an intriguing possibility: Hillary Rodham Clinton. Gates told Foreign Policy magazine that he wants to step down as secretary of Defense sometime in 2011. A Republican, Gates was the only member of President George W. Bushs Cabinet to [Continue]
NOTE The following text is a quote: Secretary Napolitano, TSA Administrator Pistole Launch "If You See Something, Say Something" Campaign for General Aviation Release Date: July 26, 2010 For Immediate Release Also Announce New Streamlined Process for Vetting International General Aviation Travel Oshkosh, Wis. – Department of [Continue]
In all seriousness, I think schools should be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day, seven days a week, 11-12 months of the year, Duncan said. This is not just more of the same. There would be a whole variety of after-school programs. Obviously academics would be at the heart of that. But you top [Continue]
Americas growing antipathy to the Obama administration and its liberal policies continues to befuddle the progressive rank and file. The inherent goodness of the new nanny-state that the president is creating is so readily apparent to liberals that they are sure that the ever swelling surge of anger directed toward big government must be [Continue]
Legal Aid faces brutal cuts that will restrict public spending on legal advice for cases ranging from immigration to divorce. Officials working for Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, have drawn up plans to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from the £2.2 billion budget for Legal Aid. Kenneth Clarke, the Justice [Continue]
Release Date: June 24, 2010 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010Washington, D.C. – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today traveled to Denver, Colo., to deliver remarks highlighting the Obama administration's ongoing efforts to work with Congress on ways to [Continue]
Not only will they not enforce the borders, not only will they not support the states which are being bankrupted and attacked by waves of crime committed by illegals, they are now ADVERTISING, with theme song "We Can Help," for illegals to call them to report if they think they are making enough money or [Continue]
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – JUNE 6: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) bows as he shakes hands with Azerbaijan's Minister of Defense, General-Colonel Safar Abiyev on the tarmac at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport June 6, 2010 in Baku, Azerbaijan. On the table in front of Aliyev is a letter from President Barack Obama. Gates left [Continue]
Iowa Secretary of State candidate Matt Schultz stumps for votes in Siouxland. He's touring the state campaigning for next month's primary. The Republican is a two-term city councilman in Council Bluffs who wants to focus on jobs. "Well if I'm elected Secretary of State, I'm going to be advocate for business. I'm not [Continue]
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates sought Friday to ease concerns among U.S. troops about a legislative repeal of the military's ban on openly gay men and lesbians, saying that a long, careful review process lay ahead. Hours later, the House approved a bill containing language aimed at ending the Clinton-era "don't ask, don't [Continue]
WASHINGTON Grilled by skeptical lawmakers, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday acknowledged his agency had been lax in overseeing offshore drilling activities and that may have contributed to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. "There will be tremendous lessons to be learned here," Salazar told a Senate panel in [Continue]
Bakersfield, CA –Damon Dunn, Republican Candidate for Secretary of State, addressed the Tea Party April 15, describing how his own journey from abject poverty taught him the value of individual self-reliance. "I learned that the government, when I was poor, could be a safety net, but never a trampoline. Any upward mobility was going to [Continue]
Secretary Clinton at Dedication of Center: Israel must jump higher, remain silent (insatiable demands) [Continue]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Urges Canada to Promote Abortion at G8 Mtg Ottawa, Canada — After signing bills over the last two weeks that promote taxpayer funded abortions in a national health care program, the Obama administration is taking its promotion of abortion abroad. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attacked Canada's [Continue]