WASHINGTON – President Obama says the painful restructuring of America’s manufacturing base means a lot of jobs are gone forever, but that does not mean Americans must “settle for a lesser future.” In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said American manufacturers are reinventing themselves with new technology and new efficiencies that have [...]
Dec. 8, 2011: Images aired by Iranian state television show the secret U.S. drone that went down last week in eastern Iran. WASHINGTON – A U.S. official says Iran will find it hard to exploit any data and technology aboard the captured CIA stealth drone because of measures taken to limit the intelligence value of [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Des Moines Register announced Saturday it was endorsing Mitt Romney to become the Republican presidential candidate. In nominating the former Massachusetts governor, the newspaper’s editorial board said, “Sobriety, wisdom and judgment. Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated [...]
AP Nov. 6, 2011: Demonstrators march with a replica of a pipeline during a protest to demand a stop to the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline in Washington, D.C. The future of a proposed Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline is far from certain, despite a deal in the Senate that Republicans hope will fast-track the project’s [...]
As the Iraq war draws to a close, Mitt Romney cautioned in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” that President Obama is taking a risk by not leaving a residual force in the country to help prop up the military. “I’m very concerned in this setting. I hope it works out,” Romney said. The interview, [...]
FNC Shown here is Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell. The nephew of National Review’s founder effectively broke with the prominent conservative magazine after its editors published an editorial this week praising Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman as worthy Republican presidential nominees. Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center and several other right-leaning outfits, [...]
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Saturday confirmed Michael McFaul, President Obama’s top adviser on Russia, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Moscow. The voice vote to elevate McFaul to the ambassador’s post came on the last day the Senate is meeting this year after several months of delay. McFaul is regarded as one of [...]
AP July 13, 2008: Shown here is the Freddie Mac headquarters in McLean, Va Homebuyers, beware. In exchange for a two-month tax cut, the Senate on Saturday approved a permanent increase in fees attached to mortgages backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The fee hike would apply to new [...]
AP Shown here are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. CHARLESTON, S.C. – Newt Gingrich acknowledged Saturday that his rival’s attacks have taken their toll on his presidential campaign as he’s zoomed to be Mitt Romney’s chief challenger. Romney predicted that conservative voters will reject Gingrich as they learn [...]
AP Dec. 17, 2011: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta greets officials in Tripoli, Libya. TRIPOLI, Libya – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made history Saturday as the first U.S. defense chief to ever visit Libya. The visit comes after rebel forces ousted and killed Muammar Qaddafi, who ruled Libya for more than four decades and whose short-lived [...]