From the start, the Saudi-led coalition has enjoyed the backing of the U.S. and other Western powers, including France, Canada and the UK. . In 2015, President Obama gave the initial green light for the Saudi-UAE intervention. ..…
With apologies to Charlton Heston and the National Rifle Association, the rich and powerful business, environmental and cultural alliance trying to save Obama’s and Bill Clinton’s Utah monuments will have to pry them from Lyman’s cold, dead hands. . . ..…
Merit pay for teachers and union “flexibility” is a part of the Obama administration’s education program. From this perspective, compliant union officials are a means to instruct teachers and other public employees to make concessions “voluntarily.” ..…
Russia does not look favorably upon the presence of NATO troops close to its borders and has pledged to respond to any threats posed by the alliance.. This can be seen this mentality Obama administration has of poking the bear, poking the bear to see if he growls and then when he growls..…
Brett McGurk, US President Barack Obama's to US-led coalition, announced the launch of the operation on Saturday, al-Forat television reported... ..…
Obama and his team wanted, as a matter of principle, to avoid Bush’s swashbuckling use of the commander in chief’s authority, and they sometimes bent over backward to find well-grounded alternatives. . ... When journalists won a Freedom of Information Act case to gain the release of..…
Cameron told Obama that the UK was ready to do more to help the Washington-led coalition counter “Daesh” (also known as ISIL). . ... We stood ready to do more to support the global coalition campaign against Daesh,' the statement read. . ..…
While Democratic candidates can count on the support of Solid Liberals, Faith and Family Left and Next Generation Left are important, and less reliable, members of Democratic coalition. Hard Pressed Skeptics have Democratic leaning, and their ties to the party are weak while they voted for..…
Obama has so far rejected this, stopping at authorizing air surveillance of ISIS in Syria. ... Assad has responded that any such surveillance and bombing would be looked upon as a declaration of war--in the hopes of pressuring Obama into an alliance against ISIS. . ..…
President Barack Obama called for early voting measures in his State of Union Address, introducing Florida woman. ..…
Given the history of U.S government doctoring quotes to make case besides Powell in 2003, Reagan administration also did it in accusing the Soviet Union of shooting down KAL Flight 007 in 1983 you might have thought Obama administration would take pains to include the actual words and..…
Maliki's Shia, National Alliance, won the 2010 elections, defeating Sunni-backed Iraqiya Party. In negotiations with Obama over Status of Forces Agreement that governed the occupation, Maliki refused to grant U.S soldiers immunity from being charged in Iraqi courts. ..…
Unlike in 1987, the values gap between Republicans and Democrats is now greater than gender, age, race or class divides.. ..…
For the Democrats, one such challenge lies in reconciling the two largest religious groups in their coalition (black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated) whose positions, particularly on social issues, are sometimes at odds. . . This is where President Obama has a remarkable..…
Obama's State Of The Union Tour Hits Five States. Click photo to watch story about President Obama's State Of The Union Tour.. President Obama is on five state tour promoting the economic proposals he made in his State of The Union address. ..…
By activating and appealing to, Barack Obama won the 2008 election by solidifying the backing of Solid Liberal and Hard-Pressed Democratic groups, and New Coalition Democrats and Post-Moderns. ..…
Brill writes that DFER sent a memo to the Obama team immediately after the presidential election, naming its choice for each position. ..…
In New Jersey, Supreme Court has required the state to extend to same-sex couples all the benefits and rights enjoyed by married couples, and the legislature is considering extending marriage to such couples.4 And New York State Assembly has passed bill to make marriage available to same-sex couples. ..…
He has anti-abortion voting record and during his campaign he promised, if elected, to appoint Supreme Court justices in the mold of John Roberts Jr and Samuel Alito who interpret the Constitution of United States and do not legislate from the bench.. ..…
The daughter of Methodist Sunday, Hillary Clinton was raised Park Ridge, Ill., attended Sunday and Bible school and was in youth group. ..…
Director, Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2004-2006. ..…
Her influence will be especially pronounced, I think, because she is part of Obama's original foreign-policy team — in what could have been a near-suicidal career move, Rice, a former official in President Bill Clinton's administration, signed on to Obama's campaign when his victory didn't..…