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Pelosi: Constitutionality of health care reform ‘ironclad’
WASHINGTON — Top congressional Democrat Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she was confident that US President Barack Obama’s health care reform would be upheld by the Supreme Court, saying the law’s constitutionality was “ironclad.” A decision from the high court is due in June, and legal experts have been scrupulously studying…
Report: Obama personally oversees Al-Qaeda ‘kill list’
US President Barack Obama has personally overseen a top-secret process for determining which Al-Qaeda suspects should be placed on a “kill list,” the New York Times reported Tuesday. The Times, citing dozens of top officials and former advisers, said the administration had developed what it termed the “kill list” as part of a stepped-up drone war against…
Obama picks new U.S. nuclear chief
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated a new chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after the former head Gregory Jaczko resigned after months of personnel controversy. Obama picked Allison Macfarlane, an academic expert on nuclear power who is currently a professor at George Mason University, to serve…
Afghanistan pullout to dominate NATO summit
More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to hammer out a unified exit strategy from Afghanistan after a decade of war. A huge security operation has swung into place in the political backyard of US President Barack…
Obama to meet Karzai in Chicago on Sunday
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Chicago Sunday, as he launches a NATO summit that will mark a “critical milestone” in ending the war, a top official said. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will also attend the summit, with a final agreement apparently…
Obama seeks political gain from same sex marriage move
NEW YORK — US President Barack Obama on Monday sought to leverage his decision to back gay marriage for political gain, drawing a sharp contrast between his position and that of his Republican foe Mitt Romney. But the president, still walking a delicate political line on the issue, declined to…
Obama challenges Republicans with ‘to do list’
ALBANY, New York — US President Barack Obama opened a new line of attack Tuesday against his Republican foes, unveiling a “to do list” that he said Congress should pass to bolster the US economy. “I know this is an election year. But it’s not an excuse for inaction,” Obama…
Obama aide: Drone strikes are legal, ethical
US President Barack Obama has ordered more openness about the secretive drone war pounding Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, a top official said, mounting the firmest defense yet of the program. In a landmark speech on counter-terrorism “ethics,” Obama aideJohn Brennan insisted the program was legal, ethical, proportional and saved US lives. The top counter-terrorism official gave the most detailed justification…
Obama shares pain of debt-laden students
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — US President Barack Obama told debt-laden students Tuesday he had walked in their shoes, as he sought to connect to Americans hurting in a tough economy, in an apparent dig at Republican Mitt Romney. Obama, opening a tour of three university campuses in three swing…
Obama critiques Romney on taxes in Ohio
ELYRIA, Ohio — US President Barack Obama on Wednesday fired the opening shot in a battle with his Republican foe Mitt Romney, for the critical general election swing-state of Ohio. Obama traveled to the suburbs of Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie to lambast Republican economic policies, which he…
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