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12 Mar 2009, 7:27 am
The tidy towns and mountain vistas of Switzerland are an unlikely setting for an oil boom.Yet a wave of energy companies has in the last few months announced plans to move to Switzerland -- mainly for its appeal as a low-tax corporate domicile that looks relatively likely to stay out of reach of Barack Obama's tax-seeking administration.In a country with scant crude oil production of its own, the virtual energy boom has changed the canton or state of Zug, about 30… [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 5:13 pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced that the confirmation hearing for David Kappos, who is President Barack Obama’s nominee to be Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, will be held on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 10:00 am Eastern Time in the in Room [...] [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 8:57 am
For example,when I search for Barack Obama, I can select from icons labelleddemocratic party, politics, and U.S. government, or I can searchall topics at once. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 8:09 pm
(David Bernstein) Earlier today, I received a robocall from a DNC-affiliated pollster asking whether I plan to vote for the Republican or Democratic congressional candidate in my district, and also asking my opinion of Barack Obama’s performance as president. [read post]
22 Aug 2009, 8:43 pm
Talk-show host Sean Hannity, a vocal opponent of Barack Obama's policies, said today he would not rule out a bid for the presidency in 2012.If so, a candidate will actually have emerged who will, by comparison. render Sarah Palin the better option. [read post]
28 Dec 2008, 5:20 pm
Rod Blagojevich has been accused of multiple acts of corruption, including extorting cash or jobs for filling President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat. [read post]
19 May 2011, 3:54 pm
"... of one of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, Goodwin Liu.... [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 11:47 am
President Barack Obama proposed that the salaries of top executives whose companies seek federal assistance be capped at $500,000 a year. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
"Another Obstacle for Affirmative Action, And Congress Is Prepared to Fight": In today's edition of The Washington Post, "Federal Diary" columnist Joe Davidson has an essay that begins, "On Nov. 4, amid all the excitement surrounding Barack Obama's election, a three-judge panel of the U.S. [read post]
11 Jan 2009, 7:45 pm
CNN is reporting that nine scientists at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) have written a six-page letter to President-elect Barack Obama and his transition team, alleging gross mismanagement at the agency that has "placed the American public at risk. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 5:43 am
. “SpaceX, the commercial space company that is a participant in President Barack Obama’s commercial crew program, has acquired an experimental permit to test fly a vertical take off and landing rocket called the Grasshopper at its McGregor, Texas, test site. [read post]
11 Dec 2010, 10:00 am
After seven weeks of trial and 14 days of deliberation on 24 counts, 67-year-old grandmother JoAnn Chiakulas was the lone hold out juror on whether former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had attempted to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 5:05 am
AP (via WaPo) reports, here, that an Air Force Staff Sergeant “who [disobeyed orders] to report to duty [for a few days while stationed] in Germany . . . . earlier this month because he doubts President Barack Obama’s citizenship” was informed yesterday that he would be discharged within a week. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 9:13 am
But wait there’s more: Cory and Barack Obama have never been besties, but that was the final nail. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 7:27 am
The tidy towns and mountain vistas of Switzerland are an unlikely setting for an oil boom.Yet a wave of energy companies has in the last few months announced plans to move to Switzerland -- mainly for its appeal as a low-tax corporate domicile that looks relatively likely to stay out of reach of Barack Obama's tax-seeking administration.In a country with scant crude oil production of its own, the virtual energy boom has changed the canton or state of Zug, about 30… [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 7:37 am
FEMA and the Texas Division of Emergency Management are staffing the centers at the eight counties in South Texas declared disaster areas by President Barack Obama in the wake of Hurricane Alex and subsequent flooding. [read post]
16 Jan 2009, 4:21 am
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"A federal court ordered on Wednesday all employees working in the Bush White House to surrender media that might contain e-mails sent or received during a two and a half year period in hope of locating missing messages before President-elect Barack Obama takes over next week. [read post]
19 Feb 2007, 1:24 pm
On Friday, Senator Barack Obama (and former University of Chicago Law Professor) along with Senators Levin (D-Mich) and Coleman (R-Minn) filed a new bill to “stop tax haven abuse. [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 1:44 pm
District Court Judge Samuel Kent has notified President Barack Obama of his 'unconditional resignation' from the federal bench effective next June 1, his lawyer, Dick DeGuerin told the Houston Chronicle today. [read post]
11 May 2009, 4:47 am
Two examples of the latter phenomenon are conspicuous at a time when Barack Obama enjoys the approval of more than 60 percent of Americans and Democrats have won thumping majorities in two elections in a row. [read post]
