Archive for July 6th, 2009
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Obama praises Putin at first meeting (Reuters)
Reuters – Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Russia’s most powerful politician, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as the two leaders met for the first time, saying there was an excellent opportunity to improve U.S.-Russia relations. -
Obama has busy schedule in Moscow on Tuesday (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama’s busy Tuesday in Russia includes a session with the man some say is the still the real power in Moscow.
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Atlantic defends exclusive ’salons’ (Politico)
Politico – Atlantic Media publisher David Bradley on Monday issued a full-throated defense of the kind of off-the record, corporate-sponsored “salons” that last week ensnared the Washington Post in controversy, arguing that they are both a source of revenue “and advance a legitimate purpose for a media organization – promoting debate and discussion.”
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Robert McNamara, Vietnam War architect, dies at 93 (AP)
AP – Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93. -
New U.S.-Russia tone proves elusive (Politico)
Politico – MOSCOW — President Barack Obama’s efforts to “reset” relations with Russia were in full view Monday in his joint news conference with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev — but if their first summit is any indication, the two leaders are going to have to hit control-alt-delete a few more times.
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Franken in Washington, ready to work
Democrat Al Franken arrived in Washington on Monday content to be as mundane in the Senate as he was brazen in his previous job as a Saturday Night Live performer. -
Alaskans: Palin had gone fishing on job
Many Alaskans say Gov. Sarah Palin acted as a disengaged presence around the state Capitol since she returned from the presidential campaign trail last year. -
No joke: Al Franken takes his new job seriously (AP)
AP – So, did you hear the one about the comedian who spent a whole day on Capitol Hill and told no jokes? -
Obama, Medvedev agree to deal to cut nuke weapons (AP)
AP – Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America’s missile defense plans a major stumbling block to such an agreement. -
Senate to post staff salaries, expenses on Web (AP)
AP – How your senators are spending their multimillion-dollar budgets for staff salaries, travel and office expenses may soon be just a computer mouse click away.
