Posted on 04/11/2009 11:36:37 PM PDT by Nachum
Obama's Eleventh Week in Office Latest Additions to "The List"
The List for 4/11/2009
Obama will grant waiver allowing Palestinian Liberation Organization to maintain office in Washington New record: Obama Administration overspent almost a fifth of a trillion dollars in one month
As Obama cracks down on compensation and tightens regulation of banks, a brain drain is occurring, Talent leaving Wall Street
The List for 4/10/2009
Obama "Supplemental Military Request includes undercover money to Palistinians and North Koreans, promises last "emergency" spending for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Obama wants Congress to act quickly on his $83.4 billion request for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Obama and the Democratic-controlled House will push a system to make 12 million illegal aliens residing in the United States legal
VIDEO: Obama's SOS Hillary Clinton makes light of Somali Hijacking"
New poll shows Obama is losing big on Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)
Obama declines invitation to throw out first pitch for the Washington Nationals' home opener
The List for 4/9/2009
Obama declines comment on US hostage crisis off Somalia Obama issues waivers allowing two appointees who were formally registered lobbyists to work for his administration
Obama Lifetime Electronic Record on America's troops: big-brother culture that tracks to their every breath from cradle to grave
Obama Creates Health Care Reform Office Inside White House
2006 Letter: Obama sees the Canadian seal hunt as "inhumane" and vowed to express his "outrage"
The List for 4/8/2009
The Obama administration said Wednesday it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over its suspect nuclear program
VIDEO: Law Professor Turley on TeamObama: "a breathtaking expansion of sovereign immunity"
The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London
VIDEO: U.S. to Join in Direct Talks with Iran
Obama emisaries receive a "rude shock" when Pakistan rejects proposal against al Qaeda and Taliban then asks U.S. to turn over unmanned drone missions over to them Obama's nominee for assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, Ron Weich opposed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act
Congressional and administration aides agree that none of Obama's three biggest agenda items is likely to achieve final passage before this fall
Obama’s proposals have been turned down by every foreign government and international body he’s approached Obama administration expecting clash with Netanyahu: officials briefed senior Democratic congressmen, prepared the ground for possibility of disagreements with Israel over peace process
Intense Obama administration pressure: U.S. helps Arabs live illegally near Temple Mount
The US has been training senior Palestinian security officials in an advanced officers course in Ramallah for top-brass
Obama's new science adviser said that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing drastic options to cool Earth's air
The List for 4/7/2009 Despite heavy U.S. media coverage of the president's overseas trip, there has been no significant shift in tracking polls
Obama will celebrate Passover Thursday night with staff and friends in what is believed to be the first White House Seder attended by an American president More than two months into his presidency, Obama yet to name replacement for former NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin
The Obama administration vowed Tuesday to attack complacency about the nation's HIV/AIDS epidemic with the first media barrage aimed at the public in two decades
US may cede to Iran’s nuclear ambition
VIDEO FLASHBACK: Obama slamming military in Iraq back in 2007, "In A Civil War Where NO Military Solution Exists" MSNBC poll: President Obama has earned a grade of "F" for his performance in office
Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: 'How can we help President Obama?'
Barack Obama rejects Normandy trip to avoid offending Germany
Turkish TV mocks Obama in blackface
Lieberman dislikes Obama plan to cut missile defense Joe Biden: Israel would be "ill-advised" to attack Iran In warrentless wiretapping case, Obama DOJ's new arguments are worse than Bush's
Geithner's Stress Test "A Complete Sham," Former Federal Bank Regulator Says
The White House is allocating tickets for the upcoming Easter Egg Roll to gay and lesbian families
The Treasury Department plans to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program to certain eligible life insurers VIDEO: Obama adminiistration no longer uses term "war on terror" in favor of “man-caused disasters”. CNN tries getting VP Biden to explain this
The White House has hired actor Kal PennKumar in the movie, “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.”, as liaison between administration and Hollywood
Turkey: Muslim preachers guided Obama inside the Blue Mosque and the president smiled when showed a dome scripture mentioning Prophet Mohammed's grandson Hussein, Obama's middle name
Syrian F.M. Walid al-Moallem: (Obama's) comments were "positive","expressed clear trend towards two-state solution, including sustainable Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital"
Turkish police detain man after receiving hoax tip that he was plotting to kill President Obama but quickly release him without charge
The List for 4/6/2009
Failure of the U.N. Security Council or other international organization to theNorth Korea rocket launch does not signal a "win" for N. Korea, the State Department said
Arnold Schwarzenegger, CEOs and celebrity doctors took up Obama's campaign for healthcare reform
Obama named to the government’s faith-based initiative a gay-rights activist who described the Pope and certain bishops as “discredited leaders” due to their opposition to same-sex marriage
Obama names board to advise his Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Initiative, former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy is not on the list
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar : Windmills off the East Coast could generate enough electricity to replace most, if not all, the coal-fired power plants in the United States
Obama: We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country"
The EPA is holding two public hearings on the nation’s first greenhouse gas reporting rule. The rule will determine companies covered by cap-and-trade program by Obama administration
VIDEO: Obama In Turkey "We Do Not Consider Ourselves A Christian Nation
'Syrian man arrested for plot to assassinate Obama in Turkey'
Obama nominated former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus to be the secretary of the Navy: former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in the Navy for two years
Defense Secretary Robert Gates ends funding of the F-22 fighter jet and new fleet of presidential helicopters trims missile defense despite North Korea test
The US said iit would donate 50,000 dollars in aid to Italy after a powerful earthquake killed at least 100 people
The List for 4/5/2009
Obama violates dead soldiers' remains:: For the first time since media coverage was banned in 1991, the return of the body of a fallen member of the U.S. armed forces was opened to news outlets
Obama recation to North Korea missile: more talk
Obama says he'll reduce spending on key domestic nondefense programsto their lowest levels since the 1960s, but he won't meet his cost-cutting goal for 10 years
Robert Gates, US defence secretary, will offer proposals to slash spending on major military projects in what aides called a "fundamental shift in direction"
Woman tortured by Nicaragua's Sandanista regime is pleading with US for asylum, but immigration officials refuse – even though she faces rape, abuse and possibly death if she returns
Partisan gap in polling Obama job approval widest in modern era: 53-point difference between Democrats and Republicans over Obama numerically biggest going back to Eisenhower
Obama said the U.S. was ready to take the lead in tackling climate change
Obama Calls for Limits on Tourism to Antarctica Obama resumes funding for United Nations Family Planning Agency (UNFPA), U.S tax dollars help finance China forced abortions and sterilizations
Elizabeth Warren, Obama aid and chair of the congressional oversight committee monitoring TARP, calls for firing of the top bank executives
Obama urges the European Union to accept Turkey as a full member of the 27-nation bloc, a move immediately rejected by France
Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds Obama admin denies heroic Iraqi translator asylum; may grant it to Uighur terrorists
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