Posts Tagged ‘barak’

UN RESOLUTION: Unanimous on Nuclear disarmament

The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for nuclear disarmament, in a session chaired by US President Barack Obama. The resolution calls for further efforts to stop the spread of nuclear arms, to boost disarmament and to lower the risk of “nuclear terrorism”....
September 24th, 2009 | NATION | Read More

RENEWED PLEDGE: TO Clean Energy sources, Obama

President Obama joined other world leaders Tuesday in calling for immediate and substantive steps to combat climate change, saying failure to act now would bring “irreversible catastrophe.” Speaking to a special summit on climate change at the United Nations, Obama pledged the full commitment...
September 22nd, 2009 | WELLNESS | Read More

HEALTH CARE REFORM: Moment of truth has arrived

IMPORTANCE OF BABY STEPS President Barack Obama has said he intends “to get something done this year” on healthcare reform. In an interview for ABC News ahead of his key speech to Congress, he said he was open to new ideas and would not be “rigid or ideological”. Mr Obama said...
September 9th, 2009 | COMMUNITY | Read More

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Tough road ahead, vows action on Health Care

TIME FOR ACTION In a country of deep divisions and ideological extremes, impressions of Obama around here fall somewhere in the middle. Eight months into his presidency, he’s not the hero who will fix all the problems, nor is he the villain who caused them. Instead, he is seen as a bridge that...
September 7th, 2009 | NATION | Read More

RACIAL POLITICS: Sobering up on beer

DIFFICULT ISSUE, SIMPLE SOLUTION President Obama sat down for a beer at the White House Thursday night with a top African-American professor and the police officer who arrested him earlier this month. They were joined by a previously unannounced guest, Vice President Joe Biden. Sgt. James Crowley and...
July 30th, 2009 | NATION | Read More

CASHING STIMULUS: Details and deadlines

DEADLINES PASSING FAST Critics say that all of the moving parts of the Obama stimulus plan are barely moving at all—that the broad package of economy-goosing goodies isn’t being managed aggressively enough to produce results. The mortgage-modification program has barely scratched the surface of the...
July 29th, 2009 | BUSINESS | Read More