http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/executive/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:13:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410789/posts Executive Order 13511 Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive Order, the functions of the ... BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE,September 29, 2009. Notes ... 6 KB (587 words) - 13:27, 9 October 2009 Executive Order 13512 Executive Order 13390 of November 1, 2005, as amended, is further ... BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE,September 29, 2009. Executive orders of Barack Obama ... 1 KB (163 words) - 13:28, 9 October 2009 Executive Order 13504 Executive Order 13390 of November 1, 2005, as amended, is further amended by ... BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE,February 20, 2009. ... 1 KB (170 words)... Wikisource.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410789/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324722/posts Where is Cecilia Ibru? By Ruona Agbroko August 21, 2009 01:56PMT For someone whose intimidating frame, trademark pearls and penchant for A-list events on NigeriaÂ’s social circuit is legendary, Cecilia Ibru, the recently sacked managing director and chief executive officer of Oceanic Bank Plc, is doing an excellent job of going underground. On Friday August 14, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria announced her dismissal, alongside that of the CEOs and executive directors of Afribank, Intercontinental Bank, Union Bank and Finbank. Declaring that the CEOs came under the axe for acting “in a manner detrimental to... 234Next.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324722/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:16:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256364/posts Governor Maintains Stance on Stimulus Funds, Favors Local Control on Building Codes May 21, 2009, Juneau, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin announced today that, as previously stated, she will veto the $28.6 million in federal “stimulus” funds tied to adoption of building codes by municipalities. "Alaskans and our communities have a long history of independence and opposing many mandates from Washington, D.C.,” Governor Palin said. “This principle of maximum self-government for local communities is also set out in our constitution. There isn’t a lot of support for the federal government to coerce Alaska communities to adopt building codes, but lawmakers... State Of Alaska Governor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256364/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 16:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240332/posts This is in response to questions and comments I have received pertaining to this announcement: Just like at the federal level, a state legislature can override a governor's veto. So, if Governor Palin had vetoed, yes it would have been overridden -- the legislature overwhelmingly wanted that money. Of course, since she is the one signing the bill, those who hate Governor Palin are accusing her of being a hypocrite -- this is why we need to be well-informed about this matter. It's complex, and quite frankly -- dry subject matter -- and easy to just "sloganeer". Had the legislature... Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Accomplishments http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240332/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:23:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232226/posts GM Daewoo 'Top-Heavy' with 210 Foreign Executives GM Daewoo had 210 foreign executives as of the end of February, data shows. A subsidiary of General Motors, GM Daewoo published the figures at the request of its labor union. That was 17 times more than the 12 foreign executives at Renault Samsung and almost the same as the entire 250 executives at the headquarters of Hyundai Motor, the world’s fifth largest automaker in terms of sales. There is a growing criticism that GM Daewoo has too many executives given that it is a production-centered subsidiary of GM. Hyundai has 250 executives... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232226/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:46:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222907/posts "And where the government has acted, like in Fannie and Freddie or like in AIG, where we've had to do exceptional things to stabilize them, we have replaced the management and the board," Geithner said. Asked if chief executives of big banks such as Citibank and Bank of America should worry about their jobs if their companies don't improve their performance, Geithner said the government would not shy from such a restructuring. As part of the new administration's overhaul of the $700 billion bailout effort, banking regulators are requiring stress tests for the 19 largest banks to see whether they... FOXNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222907/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:07:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191923/posts SHOULD executives get to keep lavish pay packages when the profits that generated their compensation go up in smoke? As the financial crisis deepens, what might have been a philosophical question is now the topic of the day. With losses mounting at the nation’s largest financial institutions, years of earnings have been erased, investors have lost billions, thousands of employees have been let go, and taxpayers have been tapped to rescue the financial system. But executives who helped set the problems in motion, or ignored them as they mounted, are still doing fine. Humbled, perhaps, but well paid for their... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191923/posts#comment Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:42:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2178183/posts President Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. — facing just 38 percent approval ratings in the poll for his stimulus spending package, according to this week’s Gallup poll — is taking further, dramatic action to destroy the U.S. economy. He is proposing a salary cap for executives who run companies in the U.S. which receive federal monies. Obama described executives as “living a life high on the hog.” Interesting metaphor, as communist activists derided capitalists in the past as “pigs.” See, http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/03/2009-02-03_obama_puts_salary_cap_on_bailout_busines.html Obama is acting as if this proposed “cap” on executive salaries will be limited only to Citicorp, AIG and the... Republican Liberty Caucus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2178183/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:23:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154189/posts In between meaningful football games yesterday, I saw clips of Vice President Cheney with Chris Wallace and read some comments on the interview. Frequent readers of my blog understands that I am far from a Bush / Cheney apologist. In fact, I am pretty close to a non-entity in conservative Republican circles because of my early public support for Obama last January. However, in this case, I have to agree with the Vice President (almost) in his opinion that the Congress is equally culpable in both the breach of civil liberties but also the Constitutional idea of checks and balances.... examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154189/posts#comment Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152709/posts Legal Battles, Technical Difficulties Delay Required Transfer to Archives The required transfer in four weeks of all of the Bush White House's electronic mail messages and documents to the National Archives has been imperiled by a combination of technical glitches, lawsuits and lagging computer forensic work, according to government officials, historians and lawyers. Federal law requires outgoing White House officials to provide the Archives copies of their records, a cache estimated at more than 300 million messages and 25,000 boxes of documents depicting some of the most sensitive policymaking of the past eight years. But archivists are uncertain whether the... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152709/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:16:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152700/posts Vice President Dick Cheney blamed Congress for failing to bail out the auto industry, saying the White House was forced to step in to save U.S. car companies. In an interview broadcast Sunday, Mr. Cheney said the economy is in such bad shape that the car companies might not have survived without the $17.4 billion in emergency loans that President George W. Bush approved on Friday. "The president decided specifically that he wanted to try to deal with it and not preside over the collapse of the automobile industry just as he goes out of office," Mr. Cheney said in... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152700/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:52:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148198/posts A Carnegie Mellon University study has concluded that women executives out-earn their male counterparts. The study, which examined 16,000 executives over 14 years, found that women at the top of the business world bring in a bit more than men and are promoted at the same rate, countering the popular notion that women earn less than men for the same work. "That common perception is not borne out by this study," said Robert A. Miller, professor of economics and strategy and one of the authors. "If you're looking for evidence of gender discrimination in executive promotion and compensation, it's not... Pittsburgh Post Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148198/posts#comment Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:40:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134368/posts President-elect Barack Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder, a Washington lawyer who served as the No. 2 official in the Clinton Justice Department, as his next attorney general. AOL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134368/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:49:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2128893/posts The incoming administration is reviewing President Bush's executive orders on stem cell research, oil and gas drilling, and other matters, President-elect Barack Obama's transition chief said on Sunday. John Podesta said the idea is that a president can use such orders to move quickly without waiting for Congress to act. "I'm not going to preview decisions that he has yet to make. But I would say that as a candidate, Senator Obama said that he wanted all the Bush executive orders reviewed, and decide which ones should be kept, and which ones should be repealed, and which ones should be... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2128893/posts#comment Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:26:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030066/posts The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today called on President Bush to exercise his authority to repeal the Executive Order banning energy production on America’s outer continental shelf (OCS) Since the Congress has made it clear - year after year - that it does not have the courage to take decisive action, President Bush should take the first step. He has the authority to tear up one of the two bans on offshore energy production that form a wall between American consumers and affordable energy. We’re asking the president to tear down that wall.” Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030066/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:08:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021061/posts WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign is in a troubled stretch, hindered by resignations of staff members, a lagging effort to build a national campaign organization and questions over whether he has taken full advantage of Democratic turmoil to present a case for his candidacy, Republicans say... Some state party leaders said they were apprehensive about the unusual organization Mr. McCain had set up: the campaign has been broken into 10 semi-autonomous regions, with each having power over things like television advertising and the candidate’s schedule, decisions normally left to headquarters... "They finally assigned someone to West Virginia three... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021061/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 16:48:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006576/posts BOSTON (WBZ) ― WHDH Channel 7 announced Thursday that general manager Randi Goldklank is now undergoing medical treatment after an allegedly drunken tirade Sunday night that ended with her arrest at Logan Airport. "The unfortunate events of last Sunday night were unanticipated and Ms. Goldklank is deeply regretful," said Ed Ansin, president of Sunbeam Television Corp. in a prepared statement. Mike Carson, the station's previous general manager will take over on a temporary basis while Goldklank remains on administrative leave. According to a State Police report, Goldklank, 40, of Boston, threatened to put a trooper on TV and ruin his... WBZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006576/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:08:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999558/posts Climate Change: Imagine a group of lawyers at work on guidelines for instituting an imperial presidency. There would be an uproar, and rightly so. But what if the goal is to blunt global warming? Well, then, in that case it’s OK to bypass the checks and balances between the branches of the federal government, right? We can’t think of a single proposal on the right side of the political spectrum in which academics could construct a manual to help the president unilaterally fast-track policy because the legislative and judicial gears of government move too slow. The media and law professors... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999558/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:32:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961984/posts Calls restrictions unconstitutional WASHINGTON - President Bush this week declared that he has the power to bypass four laws, including a prohibition against using federal funds to establish permanent US military bases in Iraq, that Congress passed as part of a new defense bill. Bush made the assertion in a signing statement that he issued late Monday after signing the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008. In the signing statement, Bush asserted that four sections of the bill unconstitutionally infringe on his powers, and so the executive branch is not bound to obey them. "Provisions of the act . .... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961984/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932385/posts " A Senate chairman acknowledged explicitly on Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys last winter. . . . 'I hereby rule that those claims are not legally valid to excuse current and former White House employees from appearing, testifying and producing documents related to this investigation,'" AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932385/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:38:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922468/posts ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, Nov. 7, 2007 – Wearing a protective vest and Kevlar helmet and carrying an M-16 rifle, Fassil Gabremariam struggled to climb into the turret of an armored Humvee. Members of the 74th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference receive a safety briefing at the munitions storage area of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Nov. 6, 2007. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison, USAF  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. It was hot, and he was sweaty and tired. But as he poked his head through the gunner’s access hole in the top of the military vehicle,... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922468/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870786/posts Congress' power to oversee the executive branch for lawlessness or maladministration stands at an abyss. If it neglects to enact a revised edition of the lapsed Independent Counsel Act of 1978, Congress will have been disarmed by President Bush from knowing what the executive branch is doing. Secret government will flourish. And darkness invites executive machinations to violate the law and to destroy political or personal rivals. Remember President Richard M. Nixon's ill-conceived Huston Plan recommending domestic burglaries, illegal electronic surveillances and mail openings of political radicals. President Bush has announced his intent to decline criminal contempt prosecutions of any... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870786/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:18:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1862055/posts NEW YORK - Advertising executive, author and columnist Lois Wyse, who coined the memorable catchphrase "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good," died Friday after a long struggle with stomach cancer, her family said. She was 80. Wyse died in her Manhattan home shortly after midnight and 18 months after her cancer diagnosis, said her son-in-law, Henry Goldman. During her lengthy career in advertising, Wyse raised the glass ceiling for other working women while counseling clients from American Express to Revlon to one-time Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes. She created the advertising slogan that propelled Smucker's from a... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1862055/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jul 2007 02:42:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777554/posts More than at any time in a decade, official Washington is focused on how to curb the gilded pay packages of corporate executives. The problem: It's not easy to legislate a pay cut for some of America's most powerful people. It's clear that the issue has gained traction this month, thanks to public concern about income inequality, investor outrage over pay at companies such as The Home Depot, and the politics of a new Democratic Congress ...The recent signs include: •As part of a minimum-wage hike under consideration in the US Senate, new taxes would be imposed on one important... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777554/posts#comment Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:55:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763436/posts For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 6, 2007 President's Radio Address       Audio      THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Earlier this week, the newly elected members of the House and the Senate took their oaths of office and became part of the 110th Congress. I congratulate them all, and I look forward to working with them over the next two years. Since the November elections, I've had a number of productive meetings with the new leaders in Congress, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. I was encouraged... WhiteHouse.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763436/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jan 2007 18:27:07 GMT