Archive for September 15th, 2008
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Palin will not cooperate with ‘Troopergate’ inquiry (AFP)
AFP – Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will not cooperate with a legislative inquiry into her firing of an Alaska official, her campaign said, labeling the probe “partisan.” -
Obama Calls for Closer Scrutiny of Credit-Ratings Agencies (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential nominee
Barack Obama said investors shouldn’t expect taxpayers to bail
them out when financial markets are in turmoil and proposed
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Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced he has nominated five individuals and also intends to nominate one individual and intends to appoint eight individuals to serve in his Administration: R. Timothy Ziemer, James W. Ceaser, Anthony H. Gioia, Bob Corker, Bill Nelson, Karen Elliot House, Cheryl Feldman Halpern, Byron R. Johnson, Roland C. Warren, Harry Wilson, Viet Dinh, Elizabeth Dugan, Christopher J. Fussner, and Stephen F. Maxner
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Nominations Sent to the Senate
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Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Pursuant to section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228) (FRAA), I hereby identify the following countries as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Statement by Press Secretary Dana Perino
“The President was briefed this afternoon by his Working Group on Financial Markets. He appreciates their work to strengthen and stabilize the markets.”
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Statement on Additional Federal Disaster Assistance for Texas
The President today made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Texas impacted by Hurricane Ike beginning on September 7, 2008, and continuing, by authorizing an extension of 100 percent Federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program.
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President Bush Receives a Briefing on Hurricane Ike Damage
President Bush on Tuesday said, “We’re fixing to go down to Galveston and obviously are going to see a devastated part of this fantastic state. And it’ll give the Governor and me and the Congressmen and Senator and others a chance to express our heartfelt sympathies for those whose lives have been, you know, disrupted. It’s — you know, it’s a tough situation on the Coast. I have been President long enough to have seen tough situations and have seen the resilience of the people be able to deal with a tough situation. It may be hard for people to now envision a better Galveston or a better Orange or some of these other communities that have been affected, but I know with proper help from the federal government and state government there will be a better tomorrow.”
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Palin Won’t Cooperate in Probe of Trooper Firing, Campaign Says (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) — Alaska Governor Sarah Palin won’t
cooperate in an investigation into the firing of the state’s
top law enforcement official because the probe has become
“tainted” by partisan politics, a McCain-Palin campaign
spokeswoman told reporters in Anchorage. -
North Carolina’s Dole Playing Defense in Race Now Rated as Tossup (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com – Democratic strategists know that their goal of scoring the big nine-seat Senate gain they need to achieve a “filibuster-proof” 60-seat majority is a lofty one, and that they would have to oust some of the favored incumbent Republican senators they have targeted — among them North Carolina’s Elizabeth Dole.
