President Obama will deliver remarks today at the American Legion Annual Conference in Minneapolis. The White House says the President will pay special tribute to the “9/11 Generation” of troops and their families who have served in a decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pentagon budgets are being considered for large reductions, Obama [...]
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Obama’s Disapproval Rating Hits New High
President Barack Obama’s disapproval rating peaked at 55 percent Sunday, according to Gallup’s daily tracking poll. The news comes just weeks after Obama’s approval rating hit an all time low of 39 percent in a similar Gallup poll. On Sunday, it was marked at 38 percent, with a 3 percent margin of error. The poll was [...]
Krueger To Replace Goolsbee At CEA
According to the Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel, President Obama will announce Monday morning that he is nominating Princeton University economist Alan Krueger to replace former Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee. Goolsbee left office on August 5 to return to the University of Chicago, where he taught before serving in the current administration. [...]
Obama: We’re Not Out Of The Woods Yet
President Obama made the following remarks during a late-afternoon briefing on Sunday regarding the status and impact of Hurricane Irene. The president was joined in the White House Rose Garden by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate: THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m joined today by my Secretary of [...]
LISTEN: Obama Discussses Hurricane Irene
Listen “Good morning, everybody. I want to say a few words about Hurricane Irene, urge Americans to take it seriously, and provide an overview of our ongoing federal preparations for what’s likely to be an extremely dangerous and costly storm. I’ve just convened a conference call with senior members of my emergency response team and [...]
White House Says Gaddafi Could Still Be In Libya
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday from Martha’s Vineyard that the administration believes Libya strongman Moammar Gaddafi may still be in Libya. “There’s still no evidence to indicate he has left,” Earnest said. Earnest said Obama was briefed early Wednesday morning by his chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. Obama also spoke with the [...]
Republicans Promoting Tax Increase On Middle Class?
Democrats joned together Tuesday to criticize Republican leaders for wanting to end a temporary tax cut for employees that could expire at the end of this year. The tax break at issue is a 2% drop in the payroll tax paid this year by working Americans. The payroll tax funds Social Security. The reduction in [...]
Obama Holds Conference Call Post-Quake
President Barack Obama led a conference call with security officials Tuesday after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the East Coast. “The President was told that there are no initial reports of major infrastructure damage, including at airports and nuclear facilities and that there were currently no requests for assistance,” Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said [...]
Regulatory Cuts To Yield Billions In Savings, Says White House
The White House on Tuesday released a list of plans from an array of federal agencies to shed unecessary regulatatory rules that could save businesses as much as $10 billion over the next five years. (Click here for the full list). In an op-ed that appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal, President Obama’s top regulatory [...]
Obama: Gadhafi Regime On The Brink Of Collapse
President Obama took a break from his vacation Monday afternoon to address the news that rebel forces have overtaken Tripoli, thus drawing one step closer to ousting longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi from power. Speaking on the grounds of Blue Heron farm in Martha’s Vineyard, Obama shared broad details from a conversation he had earlier with [...]
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