Posted on June 4, 2009 by jasegraves
Courtesy of the Christian Science Monitor here is the full text of President Obama’s speech:
Obama’s speech in Cairo: full text
The president, speaking at Cairo University, called for a ‘new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.’
By International Editor | 06.04.09
President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo, as prepared for delivery. This text was [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2009 by jasegraves
The Democratic Republic of Congo, faced with a fiscal crisis, is now forcing their leaders to pay taxes. Reuters reports
Amid a growing budget shortfall, the government is under pressure to cut costs and boost tax revenues.
Budget Minister Michel Lokola told Reuters that last month’s decision to tax government salaries at source, rather than rely on [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by jasegraves
The Latin American Herald Tribune quotes Clinton as saying,
“Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade,” Clinton told reporters earlier en route to Mexico. “Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police officers, soldiers and civilians.”
She vowed that we would [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2009 by jasegraves
In the first ever virtual town hall meeting from the White House, President Obama answered questions posed to him by the American people on the White House website. According to the website, 92,932 people have submitted 104,093 questions and cast 3,606,268 votes.
The moderator chose the most popular question, one from each of 11 categories, and [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by jasegraves
Reuters led the story of yesterday’s stock market rally with the following:
Stocks rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 index attempting the first two-day advance in a month, as investors held out hope that Washington would restore confidence in banks by relieving them of money-losing assets.
This is a rather disingenuous conclusion to derive from [...]
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