White House $3.99 trillion budget pitch: Higher taxes on wealthy, lift up.
WASHINGTON ��� President Barack Obamas budget plan, announced Monday, lays out the Presidents strategy to fight income inequality against projections that the United States is still far from erasing its national debt. The Presidents. The President.
Trying to counter extremism at home, US faces a risk: Sowing more mistrust
Between 2006 and 2008, the terrorist group al-Shabab successfully enlisted several Somali Minnesotans to fight overseas, and more than 20 individuals have been charged in federal court in the District of Minnesota in connection with that recruitment.
WATCH | President Obamas entire State of the Union Address
The reporters then start sending it around town to folks on Capitol Hill to get their reaction, then those people send it to all their friends, and eventually everyone in Washington can read along, but the public remains in the dark.. Tonight, after.
Hard National Security Choices
In the Washington Post, Missy Ryan and Mustafa Salim argue that these ground offensives to reclaim territory will force the Iraqi army into risky urban warfare, which will test the strength of Iraqi forces while possibly straining sectarian.
Remarks by the President at Clinton Global Initiative | The.
Im especially pleased that were joined today by our many partners in this work -- governments, civil society groups, including faith leaders, and men and women from around the world who devote their lives and, at times, risk their lives to lifting up their.. Theyre recruited by terrorists. So Walid offers them counseling, and business classes, and small plots of farmland -��� helping them rebuild their own lives and their communities and giving them options for the future.
Heres the Full Text of President Obamas 2015 State of the Union
Instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group. Were also supporting a moderate opposition in Syria that can help.
Obama Waives Ban on Arming Terrorists So He Can Aid.
ISIS captures 35 more Egyptians after strike. The Washington Examiner: President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups to clear the way for the U.S. to provide military assistance to ���vetted��� opposition groups... The president, citing his authority under the Arms Export Control Act, announced today that he would ���waive the prohibitions in sections 40 and 40A of the AECA related to such a transaction.���.
Republicans have their say on Obamas economic vision; tax reform battle looms
This is a rush transcript from Sunday Morning Futures, January 25, 2015. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. MARIA BARTIROMO, HOST: Good morning. The president had his say. Now it is the GOPs turn. Good morning, everyone.
Focus KSA | Transition in the Kingdom ��� Karasik, Nazer
In the latest edition of the Focus KSA discussion series, Saudi-US Trade Group President, Richard Wilson, and SUSRIS.com Director Patrick Ryan spoke with Fahad Nazer and Dr. Theodore Karasik about the transition in Saudi Arabia from King Abdullah, .
Sunburn ��� The morning read of whats hot in Florida politics ��� February 12
���Its important that we make known our dissatisfaction with the Obama administration negotiating with a terrorist regime that has not made any concessions,��� Diaz said Wednesday. His proposal voices further opposition to the potential opening of a Cuban .
Obama Announces Veteran Workforce Initiatives - United.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2011 ��� President Barack Obama today announced a series of administration initiatives to help military veterans find jobs. During remarks at the Navy Yard here, the president proposed a set of tax credits for companies hiring veterans,. As of June, a million veterans were unemployed, and the jobless rate for post-9/11 vets was 13.3 percent, administration officials said. Another million veterans.. Hagel Initiatives Enable Veteran, Military Support Organizations.
Obama: We have risen from recession
Obama recently announced his proposal, called Americas College Promise, to give students free community college as long as they attend part time and maintain a 2.5 grade-point average. The plan. ���Instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group.���.. 18, the White House announced initiatives to increase taxes on the ���wealthy.���.
The Unravelling
Early last year, General Khalifa Haftar left his home in northern Virginia���where he had spent most of the previous two decades, at least some of that time working with the Central Intelligence Agency���and returned to Tripoli to fight his latest war.
Obama announces initiatives to curb recruitment of terrorist groups
Obama emphasized that ���there is no one profile of a violent extremist or terrorist.. Its not unique to one group or to one geography or one period of time.��� ���But we are here at this summit because of the urgent threat from groups like al-Qaeda.
Summit on Countering Violent Extremism - The White House
At the same time, our partners around the world are actively implementing programs to prevent violent extremism and foreign terrorist fighter recruitment. The summit will include representatives from a number of partner��.
Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center - PolitiFact
Just more than a week after the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon announced the transfer to Slovakia of the last three Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. At one time, the prison held 22.. Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies in Washington, also contests the idea that that Obamas actions amount to an admission that he has broken his promise to close Guantanamo. I dont know where its come��.
US federal budget: President Obama unveils $3.99 trillion.
. wealthy, lift up middle class. Posted 2:49 pm, February 2, 2015, by CNN Wire. WASHINGTON ��� President Barack Obamas budget plan, announced Monday, lays out the Presidents strategy to fight income inequality against projections that the United States is still far from erasing its national debt.. The Presidents budget allocates resources to the fight against terrorist group ISIS as well as training for Iraqi security forces and humanitarian needs in the region. Support for NATO��.
Statement by the President on ISIL | The White House
the White House President Barack Obama. Contact Us �� Get. 9:01 P.M. EDT. My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak to you about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL.. So tonight, with a new Iraqi government in place, and following consultations with allies abroad and Congress at home, I can announce that America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat.
Obama signs executive order on sharing cybersecurity threat information
PALO ALTO, Calif. ��� President Obama signed an executive order Friday that urges companies to share cybersecurity-threat information with one another and the federal government. Obama signed the order, which is advisory in nature, at the first White.
9/11 Truth: Who Is Osama Bin Laden? | Global Research
On September 10, 2014 president Obama announced the onslaught of a new holy war directed against the Islamic State (IS).. Prime suspect in the New York and Washington terrorists attacks, branded by the FBI as an ���international terrorist��� for his role in the African US embassy bombings, Saudi born Osama bin Laden was recruited during the Soviet-Afghan war.. New undercover initiatives were set in motion in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Balkans.
The 2015 State of the Union
President Obamas State of the Union address focused on economic growth, foreign policy and his community college program, among other issues. Below, watch the speech and read an annotated transcript.
US creates centralized cybersecurity agency following Sony.
The White House today will announce the creation of a new agency tasked with thwarting cyberattacks by sharing intelligence across other agencies in the event of a crisis, The Washington Post.. The idea is to apply lessons learned after the September 11th terrorist attacks ��� which were blamed, in part, on intelligence failures ��� to the realm of cybersecurity. The new agency will be structured. Site Status �� About �� Contact �� Tip Us �� Forums �� Jobs. The Elsewhere.
US President Barack Obama arrives in India today amid unprecedented security
The visit begins a day after the White House announced on Saturday that the Agra leg of the much-anticipated visit has been cancelled as President Obama, along with First Lady Michelle, would instead fly to Riyadh to condole the demise of Saudi King.
US-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism - Analysis - Eurasia.
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent revelation of Al Qaeda cells in Europe gave new momentum to European Union (EU) initiatives to combat terrorism and improve police, judicial, and intelligence. In December 2005, the EU adopted a new counterterrorism strategy to ���prevent, protect, pursue, and respond to the international terrorist threat,��� as well as a plan to combat radicalization and terrorist recruitment.2. Over the��.
CENTCOMs social media accounts hacked as Obama.
The U.S. Central Commands Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked ironically on the same day President Barack Obama announced new initiatives to improve.. on the same day President Barack Obama announced new initiatives to improve cyber-security and digital privacy. The hackers posted threatening messages on CENTCOMs Twitter and YouTube accounts, such as ���AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS.��� on Twitter.
Shovel ready: Team Obama sees Islamist threat as jobs problem
Today is the start of the White House conference on ���violent extremism,��� which is the administrations preferred euphemism for Islamist terrorism and militancy. The point is to gather government officials from around the world to discuss strategies for.
On Cuba, Obama Goes Long and Castro Holds On.
Its hard to overstate the sense of relief and joy that was felt in both Washington and Havana as Presidents Barack Obama and Ra��l Castro simultaneously announced a breakthrough in their two countries long-running hostilities. There was. Congress, led by a small group of Cuban-American members, kept a close and critical eye on any wobbling in the five-decade long policy of isolation and punishment and continued to allocate up to $20 million a year to promote��.
Interactive #SOTU2015: See How Twitter Reacted to Every Minute of Obamas.
Post. On Tuesday, the nation gathered to watch President Obamas annual State of the Union address, in which income inequality and middle-class economics took center stage this year. The evening. Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, our.
Obama assembles Coalition of the Useless to fight ISIS.
Speaking at the closing of the NATO summit made another non-announcement about ISIS, the fundamentalist Islamic group rampaging through Iraq and Syria through the inaction of the Obama administration.. including Britain, France and Canada, have already participated in humanitarian airdrops to Iraqi communities besieged by Islamic State forces and have delivered weapons to the Iraqi military or Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq,��� the Washington Post notes.
Remarks by President Obama at Young African Leaders.
When President Obama launched the Young African Leaders Initiative in 2010, he described them as the Africa that is overlooked... So today, Im proud to announce a significant expansion of this initiative.. People always talk about the terrorist threat to the United States or the West, but the truth of the matter is, is that the number of people who are killed by terrorist attacks in African countries, or in Muslim countries, or in South Asia, far outstrips any deaths that are��.
Statements by President Obama and Prime Minister Modi of.
President Obama had also assured me of strong U.S. efforts in support of Indias full membership of the four international export control regimes. Today, we also decided. Our two countries will deepen our bilateral security cooperation against terrorist groups, and we will further enhance our counterterrorism capabilities, including in the area of technology. President... After youve been doing this for about six years, maybe hell be able to get an extra hour. All right?
Around the World: February 11, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) ��� During six years behind bars at Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rauf insisted he was a lowly Taliban foot soldier who delivered bread and tea to combatants, even though he was really a corps commander. He was released in. Rauf, who was.