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The Right Choice For USAID

Dan Glickman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Usaid, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Obama Administration, Usaid Policy, World Food Programme, Dr. Shah, Catherine Bertini, Global Fund for Aids Tb and Malaria, Global Development Program, The Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa, Politics News

The selection of Dr. Rajiv Shah to lead USAID is a tremendous choice that underscores the Obama Administration's commitment to the vital role development plays in foreign policy and to the rebuilding of this vital agency.

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Back to the Bush Leagues on Arctic Drilling?

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Congress, Wildlife, Bush Administration, Arctic, Oil, Department of Interior, Science, Oceans, Climate and Energy, Obama Administration, Green News

In the Arctic waters surrounding Alaska, George W. Bush is still president, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the chance to inaugurate a new regime.

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Sarah Palin on Obama, Israel, and the Jewish Settlements

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, u.s. Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Israel, Sarah Palin, World News

Sarah Palin seems to think that Israel should expand as much as it wants, with no regard whatsoever for the Palestinian people.

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Promises Unkept: Obama Administration and a Unified Security Budget

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Homeland Security, National Security, Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies, Obama Administration, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Unified Security Budget, Politics News

While the president has made some strides toward curbing waste, fraud and abuse in Pentagon contracting, he has yet to change the crucial balance between military and non-military security spending.

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Palin's Book Spreads Falsehoods About Environmental Policy

Grist | Joseph Romm | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Energy Legislation, Obama Administration, Going Rogue, Palin Book, Green News

In her upcoming book Going Rogue: An American Life, Sarah Palin made a slew of false charges concerning clean energy legislation....

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Bernanke: Job Market Worst Since WWII, 'Moderate Growth' Expected Next Year

Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economy, Obama Administration, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Obama Economy, Recession, Business News

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Economic Club of New York, New York, New York November 16, 2009 On the Outlook for the Economy an...

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Glitch Could Force 15 MILLION People To Repay Obama's Stimulus Tax Credit

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Obama Administration, Tax Break, Tax Credit, Stimulus, Business News

WASHINGTON – More than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government $250 or more because of how the IRS last spring set up President Barack Obama...

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Wall Street Drawing Unprecedented Amount Of Anger: Bloomberg's Susan Antilla

bloomberg.com | Susan Antilla | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Goldman Sachs, Bailout, Wall Street, Recession, Fiscal Policy, Business News

In the 14 years I've written columns for Bloomberg News, I've had plenty of feedback from investors who said they lost money at the hands of corrupt b...

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Paul Krugman's Advice for Obama Job Summit

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Administration, Paul Krugman, Job Summit, Jobs Summit, Foothill College Celebrity Forum Lecture Series, Silicon Valley, Business News

In an exclusive interview about President Obama's recently announced White House Job Summit, Paul Krugman was forceful in his view that "the jobs summit cannot be an empty exercise."

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Obama Eyes Domestic Spending Freeze

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Domestic Budgets, Obama Administration, Domestic Spending, Domestic Spending Freeze, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has alerted domestic agencies to plan for a freeze or even a 5 percent cut in their budgets, part of an el...

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Administration Asleep at the Wheel on FHA Oversight

Rep. Darrell Issa | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Housing Administration, Ed Kelley, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Fannie Mae, Obama Administration, David Stevens, Politics News

Congress and the administration are addicted to using the taxpayers to prop up the flailing housing market without proper oversight. It is precisely this negligent behavior that got us into this mess.

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Derivatives Reform: 'Tricky Exceptions' Leave Market Unchecked: The Nation

thenation.com | William Greider | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Economy, Derivatives, Barney Frank, Bank of America, Regulatory Reform, Obama Administration, Derivatives Trading, Financial Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Citigroup, Transparency, Business News

The Obama administration promised to reform the financial system and make it safe for the rest of us, but recent Congressional action is more likely t...

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Bob Bauer To Be White House Counsel; Greg Craig To Depart

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greg Craig White House, Obama Administration, Bob Bauer New White House Counsel, White House, Greg Craig Leaving, Robert Bauer, Bob Bauer, Greg Craig, New White House Counsel, Politics News

TOKYO — The White House's top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime adviser to Barack Obama. White House cou...

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David Rosenberg: Unemployment Will Hit 12-13%

Credit Writedowns | Edward Harrison | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Meredith Whitney, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Economy, Jobs, Obama Administration, David Rosenberg, Business News

David Rosenberg thinks the unemployment rate is headed much higher than anyone anticipates. If you recall, back in January when the stimulus package ...

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The Real Danger of "One Big Regulator"

Thomas Frank | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Regulation, Obama Administration, Alan Greenspan, Financial Regulation, Business News

Currently, oversight is dispersed among numerous confusing bodies that at times have seemed to be racing each other to the bottom. Setting up One Big Regulator would end that problem.

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Now What? The Long and Winding Road towards LGBT Equality

Geoff Kors | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Maine Gay Marriage, Referendum 71, Obama Administration, Equality California, Washington State, Kalamazoo, 2008 Election, 2009 Elections, Gay Marriage, Maine, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Over the past year, voters have stripped away marriage rights in California and Maine. And the California Supreme Court failed in its obligation to protect our fundamental freedom to marry. So now what?

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Are We Really Fighting Them Over There So We Don't Have to Fight Them Here?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cyber Snooping, Afghanistan, Fort Hood Shootings, Cyber Attacks, Centcom, Obama Administration, Politics News

The tragedy at Fort Hood last week raises the question of whether we are indeed fighting in Afghanistan in order to protect ourselves from having to do so on our own soil.

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Mr. Netanyahu, Tear Down This Wall

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Administration, Palestine, Israel, Berlin Wall, West Bank, World News

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, leaders are full of self-congratulation. But they bear large responsibility for another wall constricting human freedom: the apartheid wall dividing the Palestinian West Bank.

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George Soros: Why We Need Another Bretton Woods To Reinvent The Global Financial System

Project Syndicate | George Soros | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Bush Administration, Economy, International Monetary Fund, Bretton Woods, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Obama Administration, China, Business News

NEW YORK -- Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, the world is facing another stark choice between two fundame...

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Barack's Not Honest Abe -- But Neither Was Abraham Lincoln

Lowell Thompson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Honest Abe, New York Draft Riots, Honest Barack, Fat Lady Sings, The Token President, Buy the Cover, Buythecover, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News

We like to look back on past presidents and precedents to compare to current leaders. But when you actually know something about the real history, it seldom compares with our pop version.

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Election Day

Kate Clinton | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Michelle Obama, Election, Voting, Obama Administration, Politics News

At 7:30 on election morning, we walked to our local polling place in the elementary school, past the "Vote Aqui" signs, past the bake sale moms, the c...

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Federal Reserve Loses Expanded Powers Proposed By Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Occ, Tbtf, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, John Dugan, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Obama Administration, Comptroller of the Currency, Sheila Bair, Business News

The pushback against an omnipotent Federal Reserve keeps growing. A top Congressional leader said Thursday that the Fed will not have the power to ov...

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2010 Looms: Democrats Crash and Burn in Virginia, New Jersey

Dave Lindorff | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, Obama Off-Year Elections, 2010 Elections, Obama Administration, Politics News

What we're seeing is that having Obama in the White House, and Democrats "in control" of Congress doesn't get you much in the way of progressive change.

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"Pretend Secrecy" Shields the White House from a Drone Missile Debate

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Esquire, US Drone Missiles, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton, Taliban, Drones, Al Qaeda, Freedom Forward, World News

It is time to set aside the notion that U.S. drone missile attacks in Pakistan are some kind of secret.

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The Deficit Trap

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts, Taxes, Obama Administration, Federal Budget Deficit, Economy, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Business News

The Obama Administration is planning to start cutting the deficit soon. Even merely to discuss tax raises, expenditure cuts, and the increases in interest rates that are entailed will slow the recovery.

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