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Washington denies secret plan for direct talks with Iran
Obama administration responds to report that both sides have agreed in principle to one-on-one discussions after election The Obama administration has moved quickly to water down a report that the US and Iran have agreed in principle to meet one-on-one for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme. The New York Times…
U.S. fiscal deficit takes a sharp drop in 2012
The US budget deficit fell sharply in just-ended fiscal 2012 to $1.1 trillion, but remained at an uncomfortably high ratio to the size of the economy, the Treasury reported Friday. The fiscal shortfall topped $1 trillion for the fourth straight year, but dropped from $1.3 trillion in 2011, as the…
Official: Hack on White House Military Office yielded no information
An Obama administration official said Monday that the White House Military Office (WHMO) was targeted last month by unknown hackers using Chinese servers who gained access to a system on the lower-level network through a “phishing” attack. The initial report came by way of unnamed officials who spoke to The…
Romney surrogate slams Obama’s Libya response with homophobic slur
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and surrogate for presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) John Bolton harshly criticized the Obama administration’s response to the violence in Benghazi, Libya earlier this month, calling the U.S. response “limp-wristed.” The Bush appointee was speaking to Fox News on Friday when…
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) holds up millions in aid to Egypt
A Republican congresswoman froze a request by the Obama administration for $450 million in cash for the Egyptian government, saying it needed new scrutiny amid rocky US ties with Cairo. The lawmaker, Kay Granger, from Texas, who chairs the Appropriations Subcommitee on State and Foreign Relations, on Friday put a…
Obama says terror will not dim light of U.S. values
President Barack Obama says no act of terror would dim the values America offers the world, following assaults on US diplomatic posts in Libya and Egypt. Obama offered a passionate and patriotic defense of US values after his Republican election foe Mitt Romney accused his administration of apologizing for American…
AZ Governor: Republicans losing Latino vote because Obama is ‘race-baiting’
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) angrily accused the Obama administration Monday of “race-baiting” in an effort to wrest Latino voters from the Republican party. In an interview with Politico, Brewer said there was “no doubt” in her mind that Obama, through his campaign, was accusing her party of being “bigots.”…
Deferred deportation program already drawing thousands of applicants
More than a million young undocumented immigrants are eligible as of today for the two-year deferred deportation program enacted by the Obama administration in June, and reports suggest many are already seizing that opportunity. In Chicago, WLS-TV reported that people began lining up Tuesday night to turn in their applications.…
Gohmert: Contraception mandate is like banning communion
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Wednesday railed against the Obama administration’s contraception mandate and said the United States could not succeed without God. He said the new Health & Human Services Department rule — which requires most employers to provide free birth control coverage in their health insurance policies —…
I Can Haz Religus Freedum Now, Plz?
Via ThinkProgress, 170 law professors have written a letter to the Obama Administration explaining that “religious freedom” is not a catch-all for whoever most vocally claims it, but instead is an actual thing that requires consideration and balancing and thought. It’s almost as if the Constitution wasn’t just a document set…
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