Archive for December 6th, 2007
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Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced that he has named five
individuals to serve in his Administration: Charles P. Blahous, III, Gordon Johndroe, John M. Herrmann, II, Sally McDonough Niemiec, and David Sherzer. -
President Bush Meets with First Minister of Northern Ireland Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness
President Bush on Friday said, “And so I want to welcome you all here. I congratulate you for seizing the moment, and writing a hopeful chapter. I’m looking forward to hearing about how the United States can help Northern Ireland move forward. I know one way we can help, and that is to encourage our business leaders to take a good look at the economic opportunities that Northern Ireland presents.”
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Fact Sheet: November 2007 Marks Record 51st Consecutive Month of Job Growth
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new jobs figures -
94,000 jobs created in November. Since August 2003, more than 8.3
million jobs have been created, with more than 1.5 million jobs
created over the 12 months that ended in November. Our economy has now
added jobs for 51 straight months – the longest period of
uninterrupted job growth on record. The unemployment rate remains low
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President’s Radio Address
In his weekly radio address President Bush said, “Congress needs to pass legislation to modernize the FHA. This bill could allow the FHA to help 250,000 families by the end of 2008. Congress needs to temporarily reform the tax code to help homeowners refinance during this time of housing market stress. And Congress needs to pass funding to support mortgage counseling. With this funding, we could help more homeowners choose the mortgage that is right for them.”
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Press Briefing by Dana Perino – 12/07/2007
MS. PERINO: Good afternoon. I don’t have anything to start with on this Friday, so I’ll go straight to questions. Jennifer.
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President Bush Meets with First Minister of Northern Ireland Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness – December 7, 2007
President Bush on Thursday said, “And so I want to welcome you all here. I congratulate you for seizing the moment, and writing a hopeful chapter. I’m looking forward to hearing about how the United States can help Northern Ireland move forward. I know one way we can help, and that is to encourage our business leaders to take a good look at the economic opportunities that Northern Ireland presents.”
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Discurso Radial del Presidente a la Nación – 7 de diciembre de 2007
Buenos Dias. Hoy quisiera hablarles sobre algunas politicas importantes que afectan a los contribuyentes y duenos de casa en esta temporada de fiesta. El jueves el Senado de los Estados Unidos aprobo un proyecto de ley para arreglar el Impuesto Minimo Alternativo, o AMT por sus siglas en ingles. El AMT fue disenado para asegurar que los ricos pagaran su parte justa en impuestos. Pero cuando el Congreso aprobo el AMT hace decadas, no llevaba un indice para inflacion. Como resultado, la carga tributaria mas elevada del AMT esta incidiendo en un numero cada vez mayor de familias de media clase, y hasta 25 millones de estadounidenses estarian sujetos al AMT. Como promedio, estos contribuyentes tendrian que enviar unos 2,000 dolares adicionales al Servicio de Impuestos Internos el ano proximo. Este es un enorme aumento en los impuestos que los contribuyentes no merecen y que el Congreso tiene que detener.
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Romney’s Risky Faith Gambit
Instead of answering questions about his Mormonism, the candidate’s speech tried to rally religious conservatives
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Huckabee: Politicization of rape victims’ deaths ‘heartbreaking’
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said it was “heartbreaking” that the deaths of women killed by a convicted rapist who was released from prison after Huckabee supported his parole had become politicized.
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Kennedy aide: Romney’s views on religion very different from JFK’s
During the 1960 presidential election, Theodore Sorensen helped then-Sen. John F. Kennedy draft a speech addressing Kennedy’s Catholicism and the separation between church and state. At the time, many questioned whether Kennedy, who would go on to become the nation’s first Roman Catholic president, would be influenced by the Catholic church.
