U.S. President Barack Obama says he will announce plans to promote jobs and economic growth in a speech to Congress on September 8. In a sign of continued fraught relations between the two political parties, the date for the speech was only settled Wednesday after a public disagreement with Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican […]
Obama Plans Jobs Speech to Congress Next Week
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 10:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Plans Jobs Speech to Congress Next Week
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he will announce plans to promote jobs and economic growth in a speech to Congress next week, although there is a now a dispute involving the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives over the timing of the event. Mr. Obama on Wednesday said the country must deal with “unprecedented […]
Obama Plans Jobs Speech to Congress Next Week
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he will announce plans to promote jobs and economic growth in a speech to Congress next week. Mr. Obama on Wednesday said the country must deal with “unprecedented economic challenges,” and he has asked congressional leaders to call a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives for the […]
Obama Plans Jobs Speech to Congress Next Week
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he will announce plans to promote jobs and economic growth in a speech to Congress next week. Mr. Obama on Wednesday asked congressional leaders to call a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives for the speech on September 7. He said the country must deal with “unprecedented […]
Obama Salutes American Veterans
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has saluted the nation’s veterans, saying they have borne an “extraordinary burden” with two wars, multiple deployments and thousands of military deaths since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. President Obama spoke Tuesday in Minneapolis at the national convention of the American Legion, a veterans’ group. The president said troops quickly […]
Obama to Speak at National Cathedral 9/11 Concert
Posted August 30th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will spend the evening of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at an interfaith prayer and concert service at Washington National Cathedral. Spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday that President Obama will deliver remarks at the event, called “A Concert for Hope.” The […]
Obama: 9/11 A National Day of Service and Remembrance
Posted August 27th, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks should be a National Day of Remembrance and Service. During his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama urged the nation to honor the victims of the attacks with an act of service or charity. The president says he and first lady Michelle […]
Obama: Gadhafi Regime Ending
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is coming to an end. The president Monday called on Mr. Gadhafi to relinquish power. He said the situation in the North African country is very fluid and uncertain, and that the Gadhafi regime has unraveled. President Obama said there is still fierce […]
Obama’s Summer Reading Heavy on Fiction
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is looking to turn the pages of a few good novels during his summer vacation. Weighty — and sometimes dense — government reports may fill Mr. Obama’s days in Washington. But the White House said Saturday that Mr. Obama has a stack of five books — four of them fiction — […]
President Obama Appeals to Congress to Put Country First
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has renewed his appeal to Congress to put the country ahead of politics and get people back to work. Mr. Obama delivered his weekly address from a farm town in Illinois. He urged Congress to pass a road construction bill that creates jobs rebuilding roads, bridges and airports. He also urged lawmakers […]
