President Obama made history once again last night when he appeared as a surprise guest on the Leno Show. Here’s the video:
The Obama administration yesterday unveiled a series of measures to help the nation’s small businesses, saying it would spend up to $15 billion to help them get the loans they need to weather the economic crisis.
“Small businesses are the heart of the American economy,” Obama said in announcing the measures. “They’re responsible for half of [...]
With the stroke of a pen, President Obama cleared the way Monday for the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies to fund research using all kinds of human embryonic stem cells.
“Scientists believe these tiny cells may have the potential to help us understand, and possibly cure, some of our most devastating diseases and [...]
The number of troops in Iraq will drop by 12,000 over the next six months, the U.S. military said in a statement Sunday.
Two brigade combat teams and their support units will redeploy without being replaced, reducing the number of combat teams in Iraq from 14 to 12, the statement said.
An additional 4,000 British troops will [...]
With an African American president in the White House during a tough recession, the 10th annual State of the Black Union convention organized by talk show host Tavis Smiley in Los Angeles on Saturday offered forums for both enthusiasm and worry about the future.
About 6,000 people attended the meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center [...]
3.55 trillion dollars. I would tell you how many zeros that is, but my calculator won’t display that many.
With the introduction of this budget, Obama proves that he is willing to take risks and put himself at the forefront of the biggest government expansion in four decades. Here are some highlights (source: CNN):
Agriculture
• Agriculture Department [...]
In his first Congressional Address Tuesday night, President Obama preached a sermon. In a considerably more upbeat tone than his past statements, our President expressed his belief in the American people, and re-assured us that the stimulus bill was the right thing to do.
If you haven’t seen the video – I highly encourage you to [...]
National Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan came to Oakland this week to lend his powerful voice to the rising chorus of protest in the death of Oscar Grant III, telling an overflow audience of more than a thousand at West Oakland’s Olivet Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday night that “Oscar Grant’s assassination stirred [...]
Foot-stomping music filled the East Room of the White House on Wednesday as first lady Michelle Obama hosted nearly 200 schoolchildren for a Black History Month celebration featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock, an award-winning female a cappella ensemble.
Mrs. Obama seemed a bit surprised when the sixth- and seventh-graders from three local schools said yes, [...]
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