Archive for June 30th, 2009
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Hawaii senator helps bank he founded get aid
Central Pacific Financial, in which Senator Daniel Inouye owns shares, didn’t meet criteria for federal program but gets $135M after a call from his staff.
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Iran’s Karroubi rejects Ahmadinejad vote: website (AFP)
AFP – Iran halted the publication of a reformist party newspaper after its defeated presidential candidate said he would refuse to recognise Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election, its website said. -
Statement by the Press Secretary on Niger, 7-1-09
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Obama recognizes CNN Hero from New Jersey
A woman saluted as a CNN Hero was among a group of creative philanthropists honored Tuesday by President Obama.
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Palin story sparks GOP family feud (Politico)
Politico – A hard-hitting piece on Sarah Palin in the new Vanity Fair has touched off a blistering exchange of insults among high-profile Republicans over last year’s GOP ticket – tearing open fresh wounds about leaks surrounding Palin and revealing for the first time some of the internal wars that paralyzed the campaign in its final days.
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Fineman: My pal Franken must prove self
As the pivotal Sixtieth Democrat, Franken will be on the very fault line of American politics. He will have to show the same discipline and control that he mustered in defeating Sen. Norm Coleman -
Source: NKorean ship headed back to north (AP)
AP – U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back toward the north where it came from, after being tracked for more than a week by American Navy vessels on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons. -
Analysis: US role in Iraq doesn’t end just yet (AP)
AP – U.S. troops are out of Iraq’s cities but not its future. Even a best-case scenario is likely to feature an American role there for years militarily as well as diplomatically. -
Analysis: Obama’s swift stand on Honduran coup (AP)
AP – Dealing with the first Latin American crisis of his presidency, Barack Obama sought a swift, clear response that would not be interpreted as U.S. interventionism in a region that loathes it. -
Why Coleman lost (Politico)
Politico – The Republican Party put an inordinate amount of faith in Norm Coleman’s long-shot legal challenge, spending a million bucks on the idea that he’d catch a break in court.
