Barack Obama

President Barack Obama will resume military tribunals for some terrorism suspects held at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while also giving prisoners new legal rights, an administration official said.
Obama ordered a 120-day halt to the war crimes tribunals hours after taking office in January. His administration will announce details of the resumption [...]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney famously spent much of the past eight years in undisclosed locations and offering private advice to former President George W. Bush. But past was not prologue.
Today Cheney is the most visible — and controversial — critic of President Barack Obama’s national security policies and, to the alarm of many in [...]

Reporting from Washington — President Barack Obama today named Dr. Thomas Frieden, currently commissioner of the New York City Health Department, to serve as director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Rich Besser, who has served as an unusually high-profile acting CDC director throughout weeks of government response to the emergence of [...]

When the American International Group chief executive Edward M. Liddy returned to Washington to handle Congress today, there were rumors that the federal officials were known of the company’s recent bonus payments including the inflammatory percentage.
If documents are to be checked, it shows that senior officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were [...]

Tens of civilians died on Tuesday as a result of the US air strikes in Afghanistan, strikes that were targeting the insurgents thought to be sheltering in the area. The Officials from the Red Cross said that women and children were also killed. The locals said that the bodies of about 20 women and children [...]

The Taliban militants are growing in numbers, and in strength, and they could jeopardize U.S. interests therefore President Barack Obama will put pressure on Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari when they meet at the White House later today. It is said that Obama is concerned that the Taliban fighters have grown much in strength because [...]

May 5 is here. Actually, that is Cinco de Mayo. Why is that important? Because on this day in 1862, the Mexican troops have defeated the French troops in what has proven to be a “decisive victory” if it were to quote Barack Obama’s words. Although Cinco de Mayo is today, President Barack Obama decided [...]

Last week David Souter announced that he wants to retire from the Supreme Court and everyone was surprised, as Souter is a 69 years old healthy man and also one of the youngest from the Supreme Court.
Now Obama has to choose another one to replace him and he will probably pick Sonia Sotomayor, a Hispanic [...]

We’ve witnessed something really interesting yesterday. It wasn’t surprising, but we didn’t expect that just now. Senator from Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter decided to dump the Republican Party in favor of the Democratic Party. He was welcomed into his new party by Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden, both whom didn’t expect this move.
Many Republicans said [...]

Now it’s official that David Souter will retire from the Supreme Court when his current mandate ends. Justice David Souter will remain in charge until the US officials chose and confirm his successor, however, it could take longer than the ending of the current term. Reports say that it will be hard to choose another [...]