Archive for June 14th, 2009
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Iran braces for more anti-Ahmadinejad protests (AFP)
AFP – A tense Iran was gearing up for more street protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after authorities banned a nationwide march by his defeated rival. -
Biden expresses ‘doubts’ about Iranian election
Vice President Joe Biden expressed doubts Sunday about the validity of Iran’s presidential election, but said it will take time to analyze the results.
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Obama to lobby doctors on healthcare reforms (Reuters)
Reuters – With Congress working to flesh out controversial elements of his healthcare reform plan, President Barack Obama will make his case for a public insurance program to the nation’s doctors on Monday, seeking to overcome their resistance. -
Iranian election complicates U.S. diplomacy
The re-election of Iran’s hard-line president amid charges of ballot fraud has put the Obama administration in a tougher spot as it tries to draw theocratic Tehran into nuclear diplomacy. -
Co-op compromise gives White House a health option (AP)
AP – With Republicans fighting the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, members of President Barack Obama’s team said Sunday that they are open to a compromise: a cooperative program that would expand coverage with taxpayer money but without direct governmental control.
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Miss. governor tests 2012 GOP waters in Iowa, NH (AP)
AP – If the Republican Party is in danger of being marginalized as a conservative, white male Southern enclave, is Haley Barbour the longtime Washington power broker and current Mississippi governor the best person to turn things around? -
Biden: Taxing health benefits ‘not the way to go’
Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that the Obama administration opposes taxing the medical benefits employers provide workers to pay for health care reform, but he refused to rule it out entirely.
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CIA chief: Cheney almost ‘wishing’ US be attacked (AFP)
AFP – Former vice president Dick Cheney’s criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of security matters suggests he wants the United States to be attacked, CIA chief Leon Panetta said. -
Co-op compromise gives White House a health option (AP)
AP – With Republicans fighting the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, Obama administration officials said Sunday that they are open to a compromise: a cooperative program that would expand coverage with taxpayer money but without direct governmental control.
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Indian health care needs unmet (AP)
AP – Ta’Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her stomach hurt.
