Category: March 2010

Although healthcare is the President’s main concern at the moment, a revamp of the education system is not far behind. In fact the proposals for the revamp have already been unveiled. The Obama Administration aims to rewrite President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” law. The blueprint unveiled by the Administration does not follow…

The immigration system will be overhauled, IF he gets the Republican backing he is looking for, said President Obama. The announcement comes ahead of a planned rally by immigrant groups on the 21st of March. The President has also held several meetings based on immigration. One of them was with Senator Charles E. Schumer (D.…

When he took office over a year ago, President Barack Obama announced that “openness and transparency” would be very important to his administration. As such, he gave an order to all federal agencies to let the public have easier access to information. As a result of this, classified memos on torture policies from the previous…

For the last six months President Barack Obama has been struggling in every sense of the word to pass his healthcare reform bill. The fact that it still has not been passed is an indication of the lobbying power of the insurance companies, the opposition of the GOP and the lack of conviction on the…

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 10:18 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Everybody please have a seat. Let me begin by acknowledging some of the extraordinary people who are working on this extraordinary project. First of all, I want everybody to know, in case…

When Obama announced to his wife Michelle that he was running for President, she made him promise to quit smoking. For a while it appeared that Barack Obama was sticking to his promise. But he himself has confessed to giving in to the urges once in a way after moving into the White House. Obama…

In a ceremony held at the White House, President Barack Obama honored two icons of American culture. Bob Dylan was acclaimed by Obama to have been an iconic representation of “Youthful rebellion and poetic sensitivity”. With a career spanning five decades, Dylan has always been a prominent figure in the music scene. His greatest work…

President Obama has agreed to consider the Republican Party’s suggestions for healthcare, but he did not promise to include them in his healthcare reforms. He also said that he will agree to compromise but warned that he would not be averse to the idea of Democrats going it alone in the pursuit of reforms. With…

President Obama has been trying hard to push his environmental policies through. With his plans for new nuclear power almost through, he has now focused on coal. A longtime proponent of “clean coal” he plans to launch an ambitious albeit expensive plan to help the coal power plants to lock carbon dioxide emissions underground. While…

The exit of Desiree Rogers and the subsequent vacancy has been quickly filled by the appointment of Julianna Smoot. Ms. Rogers quit last week stating that it was “a good time for me to explore opportunities in the corporate world”. It is widely believed that the resignation was forced on Ms. Rogers due to the…