Archive for October, 2009
Iran’s senior lawmakers reject UN draft plan on uranium enrichment
Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday a U.N.-backed plan to ship much of the country’s uranium abroad for further enrichment, raising further doubts about the likelihood Tehran will finally approve the deal. The UN-brokered plan requires Iran to send 1.2 tons (1,100 kilograms) of low-enriched uranium – around 70 per cent of its stockpile
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CBO Puts House Health Bill Total Cost At $1.055 Trillion
The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday a U.S. House health-care system re-write would extend health insurance to 96% of the nonelderly U.S. population by 2019, and spend $1.055 trillion to do so. Penalties imposed on individuals who did not purchase insurance, and employers who did not offer coverage
H1N1 Vaccinations To Be Offered To Guantanamo Bay Detainees
The Pentagon will offer the H1N1 vaccination to detainees at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, officials there said Friday. The Pentagon made the decision based on U.S. government assessments that people held in detention facilities are at high risk for the pandemic, said Maj. Diana R. Haynie, a spokeswoman
Obama to lift HIV entry ban soon – “will encourage people to get tested”
The US is to end its 22-year ban on people with HIV entering the country, President Barack Obama has confirmed.
Gavin Newsom withdraws from governor’s race
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who has been seen as a leading contender to be the next governor of California, announced today that he is quitting the race. Newsom is withdrawing from the Democratic primary
Did White House pressure NYT into changing Dover story?
So who changed the story, and why? The original Zeleny report with that paragraph gave credence to the accusation that Obama made the Dover trip for a photo op, picked up by bloggers to criticize the White House. Its mysterious disappearance post-publication indicates that someone was unhappy with
Hillary Clinton faces angry criticism of US in Pakistan
The US Secretary of State also faced angry questions about America’s use of drone attacks inside Pakistan as she ended her three-day visit on Friday. Mrs Clinton was earlier forced to soften her criticism of Islamabad for its failure to capture of kill al-Qaeda’s leaders. She said on Thursday:
AFP: Obama won’t ‘micromanage’ generals in Afghanistan: Clinton
US President Barack Obama will lay out broad strategic guidelines for Afghanistan after November 7 runoff elections there but will not “micromanage” the generals fighting the war, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday. Clinton made the remarks when asked whether forces would be pulled
Ethics Panel Scrutinizing Dozens Of House Members
Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work. Seven
Stocks sink as worries mount about spending
Stocks plunged as a drop in consumer spending fanned worries that the economic recovery won’t be sustainable. The drop Friday has erased the gains from the market’s best day in three months on Thursday. Investors dumped stocks after the government said personal spending fell 0.5 percent in
