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Obama Details His Disappointment With Netanyahu In First.
Politics �� Food �� WorldPost �� Science �� Healthy Living.. With just days to go before those talks between Iran, the U.S. and five other countries are scheduled to wrap, Obama offered a markedly sober assessment about the prospects for a deal.. In forceful terms, he chastised Senate Republicans for holding up his attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, and encouraged Democrats to buck demands that they first pass a human trafficking bill with a controversial��.
In Another Country: Saturday Take-Outs
President Obama is cool in Miles Davis cool.. ++Senator Corker says his new Iran sanction bill will pass and be veto-proof.. ++The Loretta Lynch vote is supposed to come up the end of April after the Spring break,making her the longest waiting nominee for Attorney General in our history... In the pre-digital age, his writings appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek and other magazines and journals.
Loretta Lynchs Delayed Vote Over Confirmation
The debate about confirming Loretta Lynch is suddenly getting partisan. Democrats are now increasingly slamming Republicans handling of President Barack Obamas nominee for attorney general, accusing them of slow-walking the veteran federal .
Hillarys 2016 Run in Jeopardy Because Shes Now Being.
I do worry about Loretta Lynch, the anointed one for Attorney General, having enough guts, and not swayed by Obama, to prosecute Hillary for breaking the law of the land.. Once elected, they must be monitored since most can not be trusted.. I mentioned on an earlier post that my cousin had taught at the Univ of Iran during the Shahs regime and that was the beginning of my awareness that this is not a good country���and you know how many decades ago the��.
The Selma Speech: Obamas America vs. Giulianis America
When Rudy Giuliani recently accused President Obama of not loving our country or its people, he removed the last scintilla of doubt as to whether he had anything positive to contribute to our political discourse.. What greater expression of faith in.
Vote count for Loretta Lynch confirmation uncomfortably close
Just days before her nomination as attorney general goes to the Senate floor, Loretta Lynch is stubbornly stuck right around 50 votes���suggesting a confirmation fight the Obama administration once seemed certain to win with relative. The overwhelming bloc of opposition from Republicans stems from President Barack Obamas executive actions on immigration, and Lynchs confirmation is also plagued with remnants of congressional Republicans toxic relations��.
HUFFPOST HILL - Ted Cruz Praises First Lady For Not Wearing Hat
Lindsey Graham asked Loretta Lynch about the possibility of gay marriage leading to polygamy, but no one asked Lynch about the even more alarming possibility of confirmation hearings leading to Lindsey Graham. Washington types lauded.. On Tuesday.
House Releases Hostage, Approves Funding For DHS Without Immigration.
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has said the GOP should block all Obama nominations, including attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch, until he stops his immigration policies. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), another outspoken opponent of the immigration policies, told .
Obama Faces Confrontations With Republicans On.
Also on the agenda: getting the Senate to confirm his nominee for attorney general, federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch. The White House is not pushing for that in the postelection session of Congress, and says the president is��.
Congress Should Deny President Obama Authority for Perpetual War
Ironically, Washington had not responded a decade ago to attacks on Iraqs Christian community or more recently to violence against religious minorities in Syria. Even so, the mission seemed limited, until the beheading of two American hostages.
The Union of Concerned Scientists weighs in on the Iran.
If the voices of sanity and rationality, dont get out in front of this new deal, and weigh in with some cautious optimism -- then the voices of foreboding and acrimony, will squash this deal with Iran, before it ever has the chance to see the light of day.. In what may turn out to be the single most lasting foreign policy achievement of President Barack Obamas eight years in the Oval Office: an historic rapprochement that is emerging between the Iranian theocracy, long��.
McConnell Says Hell Delay Loretta Lynch Confirmation Until Senate Votes On.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that the Senate would delay the confirmation of Loretta Lynch to succeed Attorney General Eric Holder until it resolved a bill that Democrats object to because it contains anti-abortion language.
Thursday Reads: The Boston Yeti, A Zombie Cat, and Other.
The New York Times reports that the White House has signaled its ���outrage��� over the unauthorized invitation issued by Republican House leaders by harshly criticizing Israels Ambassador, Ron Dermer, for helping to arrange the invitation.. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus scheduled speech to the U.S. Congress in March could damage the Obama administrations attempts to broker a deal with Iranon nuclear weapons development, the senior U.S.��.
New Republican Congress Is a Dangerous Failure
Take, for example, Boehners signing ceremony for the Keystone XL pipeline bill that will be vetoed by President Obama. Boehners ersatz version of a. From ad hominem attacks, to multiple attempts to defund the Dreamers program so as to deport.
Tea Party Patriots | News Briefing for March 21
���House Republican leaders are hoping they can cobble together enough GOP support to pass a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint next week by luring in opponents with a provision that could be used to repeal Obamacare. Conservatives.. ���We do not subscribe to the Chuck Grassley theory that the right way to do budgets is to have as few words and as few details as possible,��� Deese said at a Washington forum hosted by The Christian Science Monitor. ���[For] ours, its��.
Loretta Lynch nomination still languishes in Senate - Daily Kos
Loretta Lynch is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her. Still waiting. Monday was confirmation day in the Senate. No, not the confirmation vote for Loretta Lynch, who has waited for��.
The Fantasy World of Benjamin Netanyahu: Responses to His Talk to Congress
This struggle between two world views is the core of the debate today in the U.S. and the reason that the militarists have the upper hand is because the Obama Administration, fearing that it might be ridiculed as believing in kumbaya politics, used.
Pareidolia in Politics: The Face of Faiths Corrupting Influence
The idea that the GOP has substituted faith for fact is easily enough proven. Take any area of improvement -- lower unemployment, rising stock market, declining gas prices, an expanding economy, health care -- and then ask any conservative friend if.
Patrick Leahy: Netanyahu Address To Congress A Tawdry And High-Handed.
President Barack Obama, who will not meet with Netanyahu during his visit to Washington, D.C., reiterated Monday that international talks over stemming Irans nuclear plans are delicate. Obama said it wont help if Netanyahu calls for more sanctions.
Hillary Clinton Likely To Hold Press Conference To Address Emails: Report
The problem is there are only idiots as candidates for the GOP-Tea Party so if a lie works like it has in the pass why not. Look WMD worked and now we are told to be afraid Iran will build a bomb sometime in the far future so we need to invade them now.
HUFFPOLLSTER: Democrats Win On Image, Republicans Even Or Better On.
AMERICAN SPLIT ON POLITICAL PARTIES - Pew Research: President Obamas job approval has ticked up in recent months, to 48% currently, and his rating dwarfs the 26% approval measure for the leaders of the new Republican Congress. Yet the public is.
White House Spokesman: I Feel Sorry For Rudy Giuliani
The White House spokesman noted that many reporters in the room have attended speeches by Obama where hes talked about his love for this country or how the United States is a force for good in the world. He suggested. Its sad to see when.
Feds finish investigation, file no charges against Darren Wilson (+video)
The Justice Department and the FBI have completed their investigations into the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Aug. 9. No charges against the police officer Darren Wilson have been filed.
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They have started investigating Loretta Lynch, Obamas pick for Attorney-General and immediately they could see an interesting and unnerving connection... German Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk about Iran, Ukraine and other subjects with president who cant seem to make decisions.. Jindal, who is Indian-American, said at a breakfast session organized by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C... Her posts are enough to make a dog laugh.
Loretta Lynch Expected To Be Obamas Next Attorney General (UPDATE)
UPDATE: 7:03 p.m. -- In a statement Friday evening, the White House said Obama plans to announce his intent to nominate Lynch for the position on Saturday. Ms. Lynch is a strong, independent prosecutor who has twice led one of the most important U.S. .
Ted Cruz Would Normally Probably Criticize What Ted Cruz Just Did In The DHS.
. a filibuster -- at least not for now -- on DHS funding doesnt mean hes given up on fighting the executive actions. Cruz also has pushed Republicans to oppose Obamas immigration policies by blocking the nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney.
John Cornyn: Oh, yeah, Loretta Lynch. Were making her.
Chart showing how long Loretta Lynch has waited for a floor vote--48 days. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) warned Wednesday that the Senate could bypass a sex trafficking bill thats been entwined with Lynchs nomination in order to deal with Iran review legislation that unanimously cleared the Senate Foreign Relations. With just two years left of President Obamas term to go, we clearly havent seen just how low Republicans are willing to go.
Senate prepares for two-week vacation, delaying historic.
Proving that his Senate cannot chew gum and legislate at the same time, or at least hell refuse to do so when its politically inconvenient, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is delaying a vote on Loretta Lynch, the first black woman to. President Barack Obama said Nov.. The Lynch vote has already taken longer to reach the floor than the last four attorney general nominees for no good reason other than this habit of obstruction Republicans have gotten into.
Loretta Lynch Expected To Be Obamas Next Attorney General
Politics �� Food �� WorldPost �� Science �� Healthy Living �� Gay Voices.. Reports from NPR, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times indicate that Loretta Lynch is likely the top candidate to replace Holder, one of the longest-serving attorneys general in American history. Lynch is known to. on Saturday. Ms. Lynch is a strong, independent prosecutor who has twice led one of the most important U.S. Attorneys Offices in the country, the statement read.
McConnell Says Hell Delay Loretta Lynch Confirmation.
said Sunday that the Senate would delay the confirmation of Loretta Lynch to succeed Attorney General Eric Holder until it resolved a bill that Democrats object to because it contains anti-abortion langu.. McConnell had previously said Lynchs nomination would come to the floor this week. McConnell claims. Lynch appears to have enough support to earn confirmation in the Senate, and Democrats have been pushing Republicans to bring up her nomination.
Trumka Urges Bold Steps by Obama on Immigration - Real.
Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday he worries President Obama will not be ���bold enough��� to take sufficient executive steps --.. Amy Klobuchar: Immediately Confirm Loretta Lynch. The union leader, who represents more than 11 million members, said he has argued to Obamas advisers during meetings that the administration will encounter the same partisan grief from GOP opponents whether the��.