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Himfr.com Reports Obamas salute military in their Christmas message
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama offered Christmas wishes to the nation on Thursday, including a special thanks for the U.S. military. They urged Americans to help support military families this holiday season.
In his weekly radio a...
Himfr.com Reports Democrats put health care bill on brink of passage
Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against
President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system.
The 60-39 vote marked the third t...
Himfr.com Reports Arms control talks between U.S., Russia to resume mid-January
Talks between the United States and Russia on a successor treaty to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will resume in mid-January next
year, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Tuesday.
Crowley said the U.S. delegation, led by As...
Obama's Nobel speech, what did we expect?
I didn't get a chance to watch Barack Obama's Nobel speech live, but I've read the transcript and found very little in the speech that couldn't have been given by any number of past presidents—including George W. Bush. Granted, absent from the speech is...
Himfr.com reports U.S. special envoy concludes visit to DPRK
U.S. special envoy Stephen Bosworth concluded his three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday morning, saying
his talks with DPRK officials were "very useful."
"It was a very useful set of meetings," Bosworth to...
Himfr.com reports US allies to send 6,800 more troops to Afghanistan
A NATO spokesman said on Wednesday that 36 ISAF members had pledged some 6,800 more troops to Afghanistan at a force generation conference, which
is seen as a move to bolster U.S. President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy.
James Appathurai told ...
Can President Obama Regain His Presidency
He was the voice of hope... the inspiration behind change. But somewhere along the way the vision of an American utopia became overshadowed by the bureaucratic Washington agenda. What happened to our President Barack Obama? We were certain that he was ...
Orange Celebrity News Round-up - Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week is still attracting the great, the good and the oh-god-not-them-again, with Hot! New! Couple! Katy Perry and Russell Brand cooing at each other wherever the cameras seem to be. Egg cup-loving burlesque queen Dita Von Teese did her bit f...
Differences Between The Republican and Democratic Healthcare Reform Bills
The Republican Party has spent the past several months serving as vocal opposition to the healthcare reform bills supported by the Barack Obama administration and Democratic members of Congress. During that time, they have seen success in influencing publ...
Are Obama’s Environmental Policies Succeeding or Failing?
When everyone is looking for a positive, unwavering direction toward which to point their hopes and dreams, the obvious choice seems to be the new vitality alive and well in our president, Barack Obama. It is, therefore, not surprising when, in the face o...
Why We Should Be Missing President Nixon
One of the late Senator Ted Kennedy's greatest laments was that he didn't take then-President Richard M. Nixon's offer of working on a bipartisan plan to realign the healthcare system to fit the nation's needs in 1971.
As Congress and the nation battle...
Church and State: Always a Good Decision?
Samuel Adams: Always a good decision. You've heard the phrase before, but only in relation to a beer commercial. Few remember that Samuel Adams was one of our great founding fathers. Son of a merchant and brewer and cousin to President John Adams, Samuel ...
Why China Won't Start Trade War Over Tariffs
Hot on the heels of President Barack Obama's announcement that the US would place tariffs on 35 percent of the automobile tires imported from China, the Chinese have cried foul to World Trade Organization, claiming the tariffs are "abusive." Is ...
Embrace debate as a critical component of democracy
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are the two remaining candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for the US Presidency.
If finally elected to the White House in November, Clinton would be the first woman President of the US. If it were Obama, ...
The Presumptive Republican Nominee & That Other Guy
I've noticed lately that the media has taken to calling John McCain the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. It's a strange sort of twist considering that a couple months ago they seemed so certain that McCain was the Republican presidential nomin...