LATEST World News, Dec 29, 2011

Happy New Year; Now get crackin' Chelsea Now Now, with the National Memorial open and welcoming hoards of visitors each day (and with 1 World Trade Center rising 80 stories above the ground), progress is clearly visible. The next year should be spent looking who, among the agencies that played a ... See all stories on this topic »

USA News, Dec 29, 2011

Obama campaign chief rejects $1 billion goal Chicago Tribune The video presented strategies for collecting the 270 electoral votes that Obama needs to win the election. "People have speculated that this is a billion dollar campaign. That's bullshit," said Messina, a former White House deputy chief of staff who ... See all stories on this topic »

US arms sale to Saudis: Jobs and a message to Iran USA TODAY (blog) In announcing the new arms deal with Saudi Arabia, White Housespokesman Josh Earnet said: "Valued at $29.4 billion, this agreement includes production of 84 new aircraft and the modernization of 70 existing aircraft as well as munitions, spare parts, ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY (blog)

Republican committee stays busy attacking Obama USA TODAY As Ken Walsh puts it in US News & World Report, "until there is a Republican nominee, the national committee's role will be to carry on the fight against the White House while the GOP candidates carry on the fight with each other. ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Obamas in Hawaii: Golf, Dinner, Relaxation ABC News (blog) According to USA Today, Titcomb pled no contest to the charge and the arrest was expunged from his record. It's good to be friends with Obama. “Two years ago, Wong traveled to Washington to prepare a luau at the White House Congressional picnic. ... See all stories on this topic »

Nebraska gives pipeline firm map of areas to avoid USA TODAY 6 to protest the Keystone XL pipeline outside the White House. By Evan Vucci, AP file Demonstrators gather Nov. 6 to protest the Keystone XL pipeline outside the White House. State officials said Thursday that TransCanada will have to use a 10-year-old ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Russia scolds United States for human rights abuse Chicago Tribune Criticizing the United States for double standards, Russia said President Barack Obama had failed to shut the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and accused theWhite House of sheltering officials and CIA operatives from prosecution. ... See all stories on this topic »

Perry says it's up to God if he moves past Iowa USA TODAY By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY DES MOINES -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry says it'll be up to God if his White House bid ends after the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday. "That's God's will," Perry told Ken Herman of the Austin American-Statesman when asked if there was... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Petraeus almost quit over Obama drawdown in Afghanistan USA TODAY (blog) The book also is peppered with Petraeus quotes that sound like olive branches meant to soothe Obama aides who feared Petraeus would challenge their boss for the White House. "Petraeus tried to make clear that he and Obama were in synch," Broadwell ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY (blog)

Immigration Remains Hot Topic in US Politics Voice of America December 28, 2011 Immigration Remains Hot Topic in US Politics Elizabeth Lee | Los Angeles In the 2012 presidential elections in the United States, Hispanics could play a larger role than ever in determining who will occupy the White House.... See all stories on this topic »

Bachmann's Iowa campaign chairman endorses Paul USA TODAY Many rose to their feet and hoisted Paul campaign signs above their heads when Sorenson added: "We're going to take Ron Paul all the way to the White House." Sorenson told The Register he had been thinking about supporting the Texas congressman for a ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Obama would trounce Romney, Perry among Latino voters, survey finds Christian Science Monitor By Linda Feldmann, Staff writer / December 28, 2011 President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Forum on American Latino Heritage, Oct. 12, at the Interior Department in Washington. A new survey shows Latino registered voters prefer President ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Do USA and Israel plan to attack Iran soon? Times.am According to Daily Beast the USA and Israel started negotiations over the possible reason to attack Iran . This information caused anger of Israel and Israeli Embassy in Washington sent a protest note to the White House. Washington answered that the ... See all stories on this topic »

Was 2011 a good year? More Democrats than Republicans say 'yes.' Christian Science Monitor In an especially troubling statistic for the White House, independent voters, who play a decisive role in elections, give Obama a dismal 38 percent approval rating. Some 59 percent of independents disapprove of the job he is doing. In the AP poll, ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Global research to grow in 2012 amid innovation debate USA TODAY (blog) The White House actually asked for increased spending early this year, but amid the budget squabbles in Congress, the report written by Martin Grueber of Battelle and Tim Studt of Advantage Media, finds such a jump unlikely. ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY (blog)

Animal hospice care helps owners say goodbye to pets at home USA TODAY It was stressful for Sonata Stanton-Rayburn to watch her black-and-white Pekingese suffer from continual backache. He was 16 years old, and the pain would make him sometimes whine. Limp back legs made climbing stairs difficult. ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Santorum looks to build on momentum in Iowa The Hill (blog) Those voters turned out in the 2008 race for the White House and propelled former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to victory. Santorum was already beginning to generate buzz before the CNN/Time poll was released. He's been the only second-tier candidate ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama-Clinton ticket talk won't die USA TODAY (blog) The deal would also make Clinton the obvious Democratic presidential candidate in 2016 -- offering the Democrats a shot at twelve (or more) years in the White House, something the Republicans had with Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush but which ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY (blog)

Takeovers Slump to Lowest in Year as Europe Saps Confidence BusinessWeek Companies contemplating similar deals may hold off until the next presidential election in the hope that a Republican White House would make it easier to win approval for big transactions, said Jeffrey Silva, a Washington-based policy analyst with ... See all stories on this topic »

The US Withdraws From Iraq AllMediaNY “As a candidate for President I promised to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end,” President Barack Obama told media members at the White House. “Today I can report that as promised, the last of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the ... See all stories on this topic » AllMediaNY

The Chinese want to buy Yahoo! RT Earlier this month, Ma told Bloomberg News that talks of a deal had been put on hold due to “political issues,” but by putting a formerWhite House insider inside the discussions, tensions could be smoothed between the two sides to enough of a point to ... See all stories on this topic » RT

How not to fix the immigration system Chicago Tribune Maps Alabama, USA Arizona, USA Georgia, USA South Carolina, USA Missouri,USA Utah, USA The White House argues that the federal government has sole constitutional authority to regulate immigration. The states say the feds have done a poor job of it. ... See all stories on this topic »

Santorum says sharp contrast needed Atlanta Journal Constitution ... clear contrast with President Barack Obama if it hopes to reclaim the White House next November. Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to local residents during a campaign stop at USA Furniture and Bedding, ... See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

Santorum now hot candidate in Iowa, while Richard Nixon legacy lives on for GOP HULIQ Thus, it's no surprise that the current crop of Republicans running for a shot at the White House are surging one day, and then dropping the next, based on how they “craft their stories.” According to a new CNN/Time poll, reported by the Washington ... See all stories on this topic » HULIQ

Video: Rudyard Kipling's Bermuda Stories Bernews “By the 1930s the tourist trade, by the steamships regularly plying between the USA and Bermuda, had taken off. It was now fashionable to have a tan; so visitors were coming throughout the summer months rather than in winter. “Prohibition was in force ... See all stories on this topic » Bernews

Rich Cribs: Estates in Mill Neck, Syosset Newsday Originally known as White Lodge, the Gold Coast estate was the summer residence of Gardiner Winslow White, an amateur golf champion. The house is the only Long Island commission of architect Harold Perry Erskine, whose firm was associated with the ... See all stories on this topic »

A Tale of Two Cities: Weimar and Washington Antiwar.com A number of Bush Pentagon appointees, led by Vice President Dick Cheney, quickly mobilized to exploit the terror attack and pass legislation that would empower the White House and permit a massive military campaign directed against a number of ... See all stories on this topic »

UAW takes aim at foreign automakers msnbc.com The UAW backed President Obama in the 2008 election, but theWhite House has said nothing on the UAW's organizing drive. Top union officials say it is a myth that the South cannot be organized. But the UAW has been overly confident before. ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

Boko Haram: The Dilemma of Human Ignorance, Religion Fideism and Failure of ... Codewit Global Network ... that lost their lives, commiserates with the families of those who lost their loved ones and wish those injured speedy recovery from the “absurd” (according to the White House) and “senseless” bomb blasts by the islamist group called Boko Haram. ... See all stories on this topic » Codewit Global Network

Lead on, San Fran Nan! Dodge County News The American Nazi Party has endorsed Occupy Wall Street. So does wealthywhite liberal Demoleftist Nancy Pelosi, former House Speaker. Pelosi caused a number of House Democrats to lose in 2010 and tilted House control back to the Republicans. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Mike Sweet column Middle East North Africa Financial Network Which it isn't when you're trying to get the ultra-conservative Christian and Jewish vote for a key to the White House commissary. Anyway, the donnybrook at Jesus' birthplace pitted Greek Orthodox clerics against Armenian Apostolic priests and monks. ... See all stories on this topic »

Iowa Young Voices: Why the Caucus and Occupy Have a Lot in Common NextGen Journal While Iowa is not particularly representative of the rest of the nation (91.3 percent of its inhabitants are white; the unemployment rate hovers around 5.7 percent; our top pick hasn't made it to the White House since 1976), you will not find another ... See all stories on this topic » NextGen Journal

From food trucks to high-end dining, Nashville's 2011 menu was full to bursting Nashville Scene Masochistic chefs Aaron Sanchez and Roger Mooking brought their Food Network (USA) show Heat Seekers to Nashville in November. As the show's title implies, these guys go looking for the hot, and Scoreboard Bar and Grill and Mad Donna's happily obliged. ... See all stories on this topic » Nashville Scene

Fact check: GOP payroll tax cut plan – USATODAY.com - USA Today The White House's nearly six-minute "white board" video, released on Dec. 14, features Brian Deese, deputy director of the National Economic Council, ... www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-12.../1

Indefinite detention and torture act arrives at White House — RT Top Videos · Programs ... Indefinite detention and torture act arrives at WhiteHouse ... As the US continues an open-ended war on terror, now American citizens suspected to be linked to terrorist enemies can be ... previous next MORENEWS ... rt.com/usa/news/torture-act-white-house-461/

White House to seek increase in borrowing limit Treasury officials said Tuesday that the White House plans to request another $1.2 trillion in borrowing authority Friday. The increase is necessary, ... www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-12.../1

The 2011 Hanukkah Lamp | The White House This site is a source for information about the President,White House news and ... Watch the ... www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and.../2011-hanukkah-lamp

U.S. Saudi fighter jet sale to help offset Iran - Yahoo! News News: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will sell $29.4 billion in fighter jets to Saudi ... While the sale was previously okayed by Congress, the White House ... Discover news, videos and much more based on what your friends are... news.yahoo.com/u-announce-sale-fighter-jets-saudi-arabia-15...

Treasury Officials: White House to Seek Increase in ... - News S. Treasury Department officials say the White House plans to ask Congress for a $1.2-trillion increase in the government's debt limit to allow the United States to ... www.voanews.com/.../Treasury-Officials--White-House-to-See...

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White House: Yemen leader hasn't been granted entry to US ... The White House disputed a news report late Monday that Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's embattled president, had been allowed to enter the U.S. for specialized ... thehill.com/.../201397-white-house-yemen-leader-hasnt-been-...

Obama White House OKs legislation allowing military to arrest ... Both Congress and the White House are signing off on new defense ... As in the past, the excuse being used to justify this horrendous violation of U.S. law and constitutional protections is "the war ... law," Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, told CBS News. ... Upload your own videos at NaturalNews . ... www.naturalnews.com/034427_indefinite_detainment_White_...

Video: White House not worried by Kim Jong-un succession ... White House spokesman Jay Carney says that the White House has 'no new ... At a news ... www.telegraph.co.uk/.../White-House-not-worried-by-Kim-Jo...

White House says open to engaging with North Korea | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday the United Statesremained open to engagement with North Korea and said the country must take ... www.reuters.com/.../us-northkorea-usa-engagement-idUSTRE...

Endtime News Update 12-25-2011 pt1 - White House Videos ... Merry Christmas Happy New Year Music Greetings by White House Barack Michelle ... South Korea, USA and China show goodwill as Kim Jong-un Exercises... www.firstpost.com/.../white-house-endtime-news-update-1225...

USAElections2012.com - News, Talk, Politics & Parody (Los ... I carved this statue of The White House, out of a piece of tree wood. I'm not allowed to .... 12/15/11: U.S.A. News,Talk, Politics UPDATE: Video... BREAKING: NFL ... ladailyblog.blogspot.com/.../did-carmen-trutanich-bill-rosenda..

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