Showing posts with label President-elect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President-elect. Show all posts
Monday, January 16, 2017
President Obama: "Don't Underestimate" President-elect Trump
Friday, January 13, 2017
President Obama: "Don't Underestimate" President-elect Trump
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Trump Picks Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary
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Friday, November 25, 2016
Noam Chomsky on the New Trump Era - UpFront Special
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Inside Story – Why Is US President-elect Donald Trump against the TPP Deal?
THE TELEGRAPH: What's the difference between TTIP and TPP and why does Donald Trump want them scrapped? » | Julia Bradshaw | Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Monday, November 21, 2016
Friday, November 18, 2016
Should the World Be Worried by a President Trump? – UpFront
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Sen. Flake on Steve Bannon, Working with President-elect Trump
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
How Can President-elect Trump Help Change the World?
Obama Tours Europe amid Countries' Unease of President-elect
The First Challenge to President-elect Donald Trump
Monday, November 14, 2016
Trump Calls for Hate Crimes to Stop
Friday, December 05, 2008
THE TELEGRAPH: President-Elect Barack Obama has broken his first campaign promise by quietly dropping a profits windfall tax on oil companies that he promised on the campaign trail.
During the campaign, Mr Obama repeatedly promised to submit oil and gas companies to a profits windfall tax, citing the disparity between their huge profits and the struggles of ordinary Americans.
In the summer he said the tax would "help families pay their heating and cooling bills and reduce energy costs".
But the proposal has been quietly dropped from his agenda listed on transition team website's www.change.gov, setting off a storm of protest among liberal bloggers and small business groups.
An aide explained the change by saying: "President-Elect Obama announced the policy during the campaign because oil prices were above $80 per barrel. They are below that now and expected to stay below that."
But the shelving of the proposal was spotted by the California-based Small Business League, which asked if "the sudden elimination of this issue is a further indication that large corporations are already demonstrating their ability to influence the Obama administration". >>> By Alex Spillius in Washington | December 4, 2008
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS: The Founders and Framers were incredibly intelligent people. In fact, they operated, intellectually, at a grade 24 level, grade 12 equating to the senior year in high school. Therefore, it shouldn't come as any surprise that each Article and Amendment – each tenet – in The Charters of Freedom was painstakingly examined, debated, reviewed and, finally, included. Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution – the Article that clearly states the qualifications for holding the office of President of the United States – is no different.
To be clear, I have no decided position on whether or not President-Elect Barack Obama is a natural-born citizen or otherwise. I believe that we – as a people – need to base our understanding on any and every issue on the facts. But in the case of Mr. Obama’s status of natural-born citizenship there are too many unanswered questions and not enough transparency where the facts are concerned. For a candidate who ran his presidential campaign on the promise of transparency, Mr. Obama has proven in the earliest moments of his executive tenure that transparency is subjective.
The most troubling of the troublesome questions is why Mr. Obama didn’t immediately release his vaulted, original birth certificate for examination. This act would have not only eliminated a potential stumbling block for his campaign, but it would have certified his eligibility for the office of President of the United States and saved the taxpayers the cost of judicial intervention. Instead, under the pretext of visiting an ailing grandmother in Hawaii just days before the 2008 Presidential Election, Mr. Obama had his vaulted, original birth certificate sealed by Hawaii’s governor, Linda Lingle (R). >>> Frank Salvato | December 4, 2008
*POTUS – President of the United States
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
BBC: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said he hopes US President-elect Barack Obama will help rebuild the strained relations between their two countries.
In a speech in Washington, Mr Medvedev said that a new US administration might be able to address what he described as a lack of "necessary mutual trust".
He said he wanted to meet Mr Obama soon after he takes office in January.
The Russian leader also indicated that Russia might accept a compromise over a planned US missile shield in Europe.
Two weeks ago, he said Moscow would neutralise the possible deployment by the US of a tracking radar in the Czech Republic and missile interceptors in Poland by stationing short-range missiles in its western enclave of Kaliningrad.
The US insists the shield is incapable of threatening Russia and is designed solely to guard against missile attacks by "rogue states". >>> | November 16, 2008
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
BBC: US President-elect Barack Obama has held his first meeting with incumbent George W Bush since his last week's decisive election victory.
Both sides described the White House talks, which lasted just under two hours, as friendly and productive.
Few details were revealed as to their content but Iraq, the financial crisis and the issue of a smooth transition had all been expected to come up.
Meanwhile, reports suggest Mr Obama is set to tackle the Guantanamo Bay issue.
The incoming president has already indicated he could reverse controversial Bush administration policies soon after he takes office on 20 January.
On Thursday his transition chief suggested executive orders on issues such as stem cell research and oil drilling could be repealed.
The latest reports suggest his team is putting together a plan under which detainees in the widely-condemned detention camp in Cuba would be released or transferred to the US.
'Broad discussion'
Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle, both visited the building that will be their home for the next four years.
The incoming and outgoing presidents shook hands before heading to the Oval Office - Mr Obama's first visit to the famous seat of power.
First Lady Laura Bush, meanwhile, gave Mrs Obama a tour of the personal quarters of the White House.
Both men had taken care to speak respectfully about each other ahead of the talks - arranged, analysts say, with unusual haste because the US is at war and because the transition is taking place in the midst of an economic crisis.
Afterwards a statement from the president-elect said the discussions had been wide-ranging.
Mr Bush and Mr Obama "had a broad discussion about the importance of working together throughout the transition of government in light of the nation's many critical economic and security challenges", the statement said.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, meanwhile, said Mr Bush had called the talks relaxed and constructive, but declined to comment on specifics. >>> | November 10, 2008
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