Archive for January 24th, 2009
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Gore highlights new US push on climate change (AFP)
AFP – Al Gore will exhort US lawmakers to renew US leadership on battling climate change next week, as “green” groups push for quick, sweeping action from President Barack Obama and a friendly Congress. -
Bush Returns to a Divided Texas Republican Party (Time.com)
Time.com – The state GOP is gearing up for a possible donnybrook for governor, between incumbent Rick Perry and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Schumer the unseen hand in NY Senate choice (AP)
AP – Democratic insiders say the selection of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York’s vacant U.S. Senate seat showed the pivotal influence of senior Sen. Charles Schumer. -
Statement by the President on the Occasion of India Republic Day
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Statement from the Press Secretary on Executive Office Building
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Statement by the President on the Occasion of India Republic Day
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US Senate pick starts get-to-know-you tour in NYC (AP)
AP – Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand started her statewide “listening tour” Saturday in the urban heart of Harlem far from the upstate farmlands she represented as a congresswoman. -
Analysis: Obama foreign policy favors diplomacy (AP)
AP – Diplomacy now trumps defense as the main instrument of American foreign policy. -
NYT: Obama to act fast on financial rules
The Obama administration plans to move quickly to tighten the nation’s financial regulatory system, with stricter federal rules for hedge funds, credit rating agencies and mortgage brokers. -
Obama pushes stimulus plan, meets economic team (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama sought to build public support on Saturday for an $825 billion economic recovery plan, pledging in his weekly radio address to use the funds to create jobs, improve healthcare and expand renewable energy.
