Category: November 2010
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Obama calling for unity in House
In addressing the nation on Thanksgiving on live morning radio, U.S. President Barack Obama called out to the newly elected Republican representatives as well as the minority Democrats to apply bipartisanship treatment on the country’s continuing economic ailments. This comes right after the Democrats endured a stunning defeat on the November 2 national elections during…
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Proposed health care law in the hands of Virginia judge
President Barack Obama is bracing for yet another health care law to be pressed into the hands of a federal judge in Virginia. The White House fears that the judge will not accept the proposed law’s provisions and thus will have to wait for further ruling by higher courts. The dreaded judge, Richmond Federal District…
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Obama endorses India into UN
India is inching ever closer to securing a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, especially after U.S. President Barack Obama expressed his full support to the former British colony’s bid. So far, there have been in-depth discussions between countries such as France, Japan, Russian and Germany, all of which currently hold positions in…
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Obama criticized for slow action on endangered wildlife
Environmental activist groups are not too happy with the President Barack Obama’s administration, saying that the government is continuing to ignore piling needs for giving protection to several endangered species of both fauna and flora as entailed by the Endangered Species Act. This comes after a review by the Fish and Wildlife Service which advices…
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Ex-cop arrested for threatening to shoot Obama
President Barack Obama is unaware that his politics have rifled an ex cop. The retired NYPD officer, former fireman and Navy retiree Michael Stephen Bowden was arrested after making vague, ominous threats that he “would like to shoot the president” because of Obama’s “not doing enough to help African-Americans.” Bowden issued these remarks to a…
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WikiLeaks worries Obama administration
President Barack Obama’s administration is dismayed with the onset of WikiLeaks, a website dedicate to exposing to the public confidential government documents. The government has expressed their concern by urging the website to halt publication of such documents, as their continued harassment of government will risk many lives. The Obama administration sent a letter to…
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Obama administration investing heavily on hybrids
U.S. President Barack Obama has recently ordered another round of Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. hybrid vehicles. This so far has been his administration’s fourth purchase from the same brand since his election as president, thus giving a rise to federal automotive purchases while consumer demand for vehicles continue to dwindle. The U.S.…
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Chandler puts blame on Obama
Kentucky Congress representative Ben Chandler is not happy that with the Democrat party’s poor performance during the November 2 national elections, and blames House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama. The Kentucky congressman was almost unseated from Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, and stood witness to 63 other fellow House Democrats who lost their positions…
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Senate votes on START treaty
WikiLeaks has certainly raised alarm in President Barack Obama’s office, as the scandalous website has recently released classified documents involving the White House. This comes right after President Obama’s troubles with the Senate to get them to ratify a U.S.-Russia arms reduction treaty. The said documents are rumored to contain details on the Afghanistan war,…
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Remarks by the President in Awarding the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 16, 2010 Remarks by the President in Awarding the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta East Room 2:07 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Please be seated. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. Thank…