Posts Tagged ‘president’
Obama urges Arabs and Israel to support fragile talks (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Israel on Thursday to extend its partial freeze on settlement-building and Arab states to move toward normal ties with the Jewish state to help keep fragile peace talks alive. See more here: Obama urges Arabs and Israel to support fragile talks (Reuters)
Congress sends small business bill to Obama (Reuters)
Reuters - A $30 billion small business lending bill cleared Congress on Thursday, giving President Barack Obama's embattled Democrats a hard-won victory just weeks before the November elections. Read the rest here: Congress sends small business bill to Obama (Reuters)
US walks out on Ahmadinejad UN speech (AP)
AP - The U.S. View post: US walks out on Ahmadinejad UN speech (AP)
Obama urges world to back Middle East peace plan (AFP)
AFP - President Barack Obama warned Thursday the Holy Land was doomed to perpetual bloodshed, unless the world unites behind his plan for a Palestinian state and a secure Israel within a year. Read more here: Obama urges world to back Middle East peace plan (AFP)
Obama to urge support for Middle East peace at U.N. (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama is to make a plea at the United Nations on Thursday for international support for the Middle East peace process, urging world leaders to make sure "this time is different" from previous failed efforts. The rest is here: Obama to urge support for Middle East peace at U.N. (Reuters)
Summers’ successor to set tone on economic policy (Reuters)
Reuters - Republicans on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to pick a more business-friendly successor to economic adviser Larry Summers, a move that would signal a shift to the center. Read more: Summers' successor to set tone on economic policy (Reuters)
Federal help boosts vulnerable Democrats (AP)
AP - It's been a tough year for Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, one of dozens of Democrats facing a tight race to win re-election this fall. Read the original here: Federal help boosts vulnerable Democrats (AP)
UN summit ends with calls for tougher battle against poverty (AFP)
AFP - US President Barack Obama called Wednesday for greater urgency in the fight against the world's social ills as a UN poverty summit ended with tens of billions of dollars of pledges but lingering pessimism about the impact. Here is the original post: UN summit ends with calls for tougher battle against poverty (AFP)
Obama faults himself for not selling health law (AP)
AP - Blaming himself for coolness to his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is seeking to reintroduce the law to voters who don't much like or understand it six months after he signed it. The rest is here: Obama faults himself for not selling health law (AP)
Tax, spending cuts top GOP campaign-year ‘Pledge’ (AP)
AP - House Republican leaders are vowing to cut taxes and federal spending, repeal President Barack Obama's health care law and ban federal funding of abortion as part of a campaign manifesto designed to propel them to victory in midterm elections Nov. 2. Originally posted here: Tax, spending cuts top GOP campaign-year 'Pledge' (AP)
