Topic: U.S. Politics
Fans of conservative darling Sarah Palin urged the former Alaska governor to jump into the race for the White House Wednesday, running a small ad on a local station in the key electoral state of Iowa.The ad comes as the Republican field ...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Myanmar Wednesday on the first top-level US visit for half a century, seeking to encourage a "movement for change" in the military-dominated nation.Clinton and her entourage flew into a little-used airport in Naypyidaw, the remote ...
Barney Frank's announcement that he will retire prompted Bryan Fisher to declare that the congressman promoted a 'deathstyle'Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's announcement that he will not seek a 17th term in 2012 has prompted Bryan Fisher to declare that the congressman should ...
Reacting to the news that Barney Frank won't seek a 17th term in 2012, President Barack Obama thanked Frank for his serviceReacting to the news that Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank will not seek a 17th term in 2012, President Barack Obama thanked ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barney Frank, one of the most colorful members of the House of Representatives, is expected to announce he is quitting after 32 years of representing his Massachusetts district, congressional aides said on Monday.Here are some highlights of the career ...
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich cemented his place as the main rival to Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination with a solid debate performance on foreign policy.Buoyed by opinion polls that gave him a four percent lead over the former Massachusetts ...
President Barack Obama Thursday pledged he would not let a Washington budget crunch compromise an expansive vision and military presence designed to cement America as a top Pacific power.In a message aimed both at a dynamic region he sees as key to ...
Republican White House hopeful Herman Cain stumbled badly Monday in a painful response to a journalist's question about whether he supported Barack Obama's response to the Libyan uprising.The five-minute video posted by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel soon rocketed across the blogosphere and was ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will announce a $1 billion program on Monday to support healthcare innovation to lower costs and boost the training and deployment of workers, a White House official said.The move is the latest in a string of ...
In the midst of the barbed wire and watchtowers dotting Guantanamo's green hills, construction workers continue to build despite US President Barack Obama's promise to close the prison.Nearly 10 years since the first handful of detainees arrived at the US naval base ...
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