Archive for December 28th, 2008
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Summers: Obama stimulus aimed at long term too (Reuters)
Reuters – Spending government money solely to stimulate consumer spending would be a short-sighted mistake, one of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s top economic advisers said on Sunday. -
Bangladesh votes under heavy security (AFP)
AFP – Bangladesh went to the polls under tight security Monday in the first elections here since 2001, with a pair of former leaders and bitter rivals vying to reclaim power in the impoverished nation. -
To Implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement
1. On January 19, 2006, the United States entered into the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (the “Agreement”). The Congress approved the Agreement in section 101(a) of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the “Implementation Act”) (Public Law 109-283, 120 Stat. 1191) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note).
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Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, consistent with the requirements of section 3134 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181), the enclosed report entitled, “The Global Nuclear Security Report 2008.”
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Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112 (AP)
AP – George Francis, the nation’s oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man’s first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112. -
Obama, daughters cause stir on Hawaii outing (Reuters)
Reuters – Barack Obama, trying to enjoy the last semblance of normal life before he becomes U.S. president on January 20, caused a commotion when he took his daughters to a shopping mall in Hawaii on Friday. -
Surging Sales of ‘Obama-bilia’ Spread Cheer Among Souvenir Vendors (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com – Abner Richet, a social work student at the University of Washington in Seattle, had been on his first visit to the nation’s capital for only a few hours before he started shopping for souvenirs marking the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
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Gaza Warfare Pushes Israel-Arab Conflict to Top of Obama Agenda (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Warfare between Israel and Hamas
will put pressure on President-elect Barack Obama to fulfill a
campaign pledge to focus on the Palestinian conflict at a time
when his agenda will already be overflowing with Iraq,
Afghanistan and the economic crisis. -
Gaza complicates Obama’s policy in Mideast (AP)
AP – The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel’s deadliest-ever air assault on the militant Hamas further complicates President-elect Barack Obama’s challenge to achieve a Middle East peace something that eluded both the Bush and Clinton administrations. -
Rice: Obama election encourages people
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the country is not “race-blind” and “we shouldn’t deceive ourselves that we’re race-blind,” but said the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a key moment in history.
