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US declines to apportion blame after Israeli raid
WASHINGTON  The White House declined Tuesday to specifically condemn Israel for its raid on a humanitarian flotilla, but said it showed Middle East peace moves were now needed more than ever. Asked if President Barack Obama condemned Israel for the raid, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs stuck to the…
US eyes plan for unilateral military strike on Pakistan
US military planners are looking at options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan, for use if a successful attack on US soil is traced to Pakistani tribal areas, The Washington Post reported late Friday. US retaliation would be contemplated only under extreme circumstances, unnamed senior military officials told the Post.…
Obama’s call for Memorial Day: ‘Honor’ the troops ‘with deeds’
President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to US war veterans, saying the nation must honor their sacrifice not just with words, but with deeds. The president’s radio address was aired in advance of the commemoration on Monday of Memorial Day, a national holiday set aside to honor those who fought…
US fires head of agency that oversees oil drilling
Salazar tells NBC Birnbaum resigned MSNBC reports, The head of the troubled agency that oversees offshore drilling resigned under pressure Thursday, Democratic sources said, as President Barack Obama moved more aggressively to take charge of the Gulf oil spill. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar confirmed to NBC News that the head…
BP begins ‘top kill’ method to try to plug gusher
BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a maneuver known as a “top kill” that has never before been tried 5,000 feet underwater. The oil giant’s chief executive earlier gave the procedure a 60…
US has approved 19 environmental drilling waivers since oil spill
On May 14, President Barack Obama announced that oil companies would no longer be given license to bypass environmental reviews of their drilling projects. “We’re also closing the loophole that has allowed some oil companies to bypass some critical environmental reviews,†Obama said. But in the month since the BP-run…
Obama: Arizona immigration law has ‘discriminatory’ potential
Mexico president fires up immigration row during US visit In a press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderón Wednesday, President Barack Obama warned that the new Arizona anti-illegal immigrant law “has the potential of being applied in a discriminatory fashion.” According to a White House released transcript, a reporter asked,…
Times Square suspect due in court after top lawyer objects
The chief suspect in the attempted Times Square car bombing was to appear Tuesday in federal court in New York for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago, officials said. Faisal Shahzad “is expected to appear in Manhattan federal court at an undetermined time later today,” the US…
Angry Obama denounces oil companies’ ‘ridiculous spectacle’
US allowed drilling without required permits, court filing states WASHINGTON — A visibly angered President Barack Obama hit out at oil companies Friday for trying to avoid blame over a massive slick, and vowed an all-out effort to stop the leak pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. “I will not…
Obama: GOP wants keys back after driving US ‘into the ditch’
President Barack Obama is ripping into his Republican opponents, accusing them of refusing to help rebuild America after having “created the mess” and driving the economy “into the ditch.” Obama told a Democratic fundraising event in New York late Thursday that despite one of the busiest and most accomplished legislative…
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