Archive for July 8th, 2009
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NYT: Cities lose out on stimulus funds
A New York Times analysis finds that transportation stimulus funds went disproportionately to rural areas, which advocates say could stall economic progress. -
US officials eye North Korea in cyber attack (AP)
AP – U.S. authorities on Wednesday eyed North Korea as the origin of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South Korea, although they warned it would be difficult to definitively identify the attackers quickly. -
Reid move opens $320B health plan hole (Politico)
Politico – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried his best Wednesday to soften some of the toughest talk of the day before on health care – meeting with Republicans in hopes of showing bipartisanship on the issue isn’t dead.
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Letters claim Panetta admits CIA misled (Politico)
Politico – A letter released late Wednesday by six Democratic House members claims that Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta testified that “top CIA officials have concealed significant actions… and misled” members of Congress since 2001 — a claim the CIA is contesting.
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge unrealistic (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama promised to fix health care and trim the federal budget deficit, all without raising taxes on anyone but the wealthiest Americans. It’s a promise he’s already broken and will likely have to break again. Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress have already increased tobacco taxes which disproportionately hit the poor to pay for extending health coverage to 4 million children in working low-income families. -
US, other wealthy nations vow global warming cuts (AP)
AP – Targeting global warming, President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world’s richest industrial countries pledged Wednesday to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to slow dangerous climate change. Setting a marker for success, they agreed for the first time that worldwide temperatures must not rise more than a few degrees. -
Economy could make Obama, Democrats vulnerable in 2010
They are two presidents from different parties but have striking similarities.
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Report: Probe found weaknesses in federal security (AP)
AP – Federal investigators had no trouble smuggling bomb-making materials past ill-trained and poorly supervised guards at federal buildings, senators were told at a hearing Wednesday.
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Vet-turned-congressman: End ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
Rep. Patrick Murphy, an Iraq war veteran, kicked off a push Wednesday to persuade Americans that the president should repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy that prevents openly gay troops from serving in the U.S. military.
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Obama’s new NIH chief links God, science (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code and is known for finding common ground between belief in God and science to head the National Institutes of Health.
