Archive for May 22nd, 2009
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SKorean ex-president Roh dies in apparent suicide (AP)
AP – Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a broadening corruption scandal, jumped to his death while hiking in the mountains behind his rural southern home, his lawyer said. He was 62. -
Obama vows not to send people to war without cause (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama promised graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday that, as their commander in chief, he will only send them “into harm’s way when it is absolutely necessary.” In his first address to military graduates, Obama also pledged to invest in the men and women who defend America’s liberty, not just in the weapons they would take with them into battle against 21st century threats. -
Obama “confident” GM can thrive after restructuring (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview released on Saturday he was confident General Motors would thrive after restructuring, but he made no mention whether the ailing automaker might have to enter bankruptcy to complete reorganization.
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Obama: Court pick coming soon (Politico)
Politico – President Barack Obama told C-SPAN on Friday that he’s “going to have an announcement soon” on his pick for the Supreme Court, and said he is looking for “not just ivory tower learning.”
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5/23/09: Your Weekly Address
President Barack Obama calls on the American people to join him in paying tribute to America’s veterans, servicemen and women – particularly those who have made the ultimate sacrifice – and their families. (Public Domain)
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EMBARGOED: WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Calls on All Americans to Honor the Service of the Troops and Their Families
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Liberty U. pulls plug on campus Democratic club (AP)
AP – Liberty University has told its fledgling College Democrats club it can no longer be a campus group, saying the party stands against the conservative Christian school’s moral principles.
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Exact account of Pelosi briefings elusive
Unless memos on briefings about interrogation techniques prove to be more precise than some who have seen them suggest, what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learned may never be definitively understood.
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At Naval Academy graduation, lives of McCain, Obama overlap
President Obama delivered the commencement address Friday to the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduating class, speaking to an audience of 30,000 that included a former presidential candidate and proud parent of one of the graduates in attendance.
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U.S. seeks talks with Cuba on immigration
In a new overture to Cuba, the Obama administration asks the island’s communist government to resume talks on legal immigration of Cubans to the U.S.
