Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker, a top contender for his state’s vacant Senate seat, joined a panel of urban policy experts on Monday night to discuss national politics and local problem solving. George Stephanopoulos, the ABC news analyst and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, moderated the discussion at New York’s 92nd Street Y. [...]
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Obama defends Syria policy, plays down NSA spying ‘ruckus’
By admin on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Barack Obama promised in an interview broadcast late Monday that his decision to arm Syrian rebels does not mean the United States is “taking sides in a religious war.” Obama, speaking to PBS’s Charlie Rose, also played down the “ruckus” over the NSA’s controversial surveillance programs. “If you're a U.S. person, then NSA is [...]
Read More...Southern Baptists Condemn Policy Shift On Gay Boy Scouts
By admin on Thursday, June 13th, 2013 | Comments Off
At the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, a resolution is adopted condemning the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow openly gay boys to become Scouts. The resolution stops short of requiring member churches to break with the organization. News
Read More...Germany Defends ECB Policy
By admin on Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 | Comments Off
The German government urged the country’s highest court to throw out a legal challenge to the European Central Bank’s government bond purchase plan. WSJ.com: Economy
Read More...St. Louis Fed’s Bullard Discusses U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy
By admin on Monday, June 10th, 2013 | Comments Off
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard gave remarks Monday on “The U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy,” as part of a panel discussion at the 19th Annual Conference of Montreal, which… (PRWeb June 10, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/stlouisfed/bullard/prweb10816830.htm Business: Economy
Read More...Browns’ Gordon suspended for drug policy failure
By admin on Saturday, June 8th, 2013 | Comments Off
Browns’ Gordon suspended for drug policy failure NFL Football News : CBSSports.com
Read More...What Obama’s Picks Say About His Foreign Policy
By admin on Thursday, June 6th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Obama has selected trusted advisers Susan Rice and Samantha Power for key foreign policy positions. Rice has been under fire for her characterization of the attack last year in Benghazi. She withdrew her name for consideration as secretary of state after Senate Republicans threatened to block her possible nomination. Audie Cornish talks with NPR’s [...]
Read More...Ireland’s see-no-evil tax policy is antagonizing the people it owes money to
By admin on Monday, June 3rd, 2013 | Comments Off
When the US Senate called Apple on the carpet for using complex corporate structures to (legally) store billions of profits offshore, the collateral damage hit Ireland, which hosts subsidiaries that Apple … Economy, Government & Policy News and Information on Yahoo! Finance
Read More...Head of radical Islamist group who knew knifeman blames UK foreign policy
By admin on Monday, May 27th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – The head of a banned British radical Islamist group who knew one of the men who hacked a soldier to death on London streets said on Thursday British foreign policy was to blame for the attack. Anjem Choudary said Michael Adebolajo – filmed with his hands covered with blood, [...]
Read More...New EU climate policy unlikely before 2015: Poland
By admin on Friday, May 24th, 2013 | Comments Off
The European Union is unlikely to hammer out its new policy on global warming ahead of a global climate deal that could be clinched in 2015, Poland's environment minister said Wednesday. Environment News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
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