TSP's G Fund Helps Delay Debt Ceiling
Sequester Hits Disaster Relief
Feds Respond to Oklahoma Tornadoes
Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senator Wants Aid Offset by Budget Cuts
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
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WSJ: CIA asked to adjust drone strike policy
November 4, 2011 The CIA has secretly adjusted its drone strike campaign in Pakistan, bowing to pressure from military and diplomatic officials, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Behind closed doors, military and diplomatic officials have expressed concern that the CIA's large drone strikes are straining the relationship between the U.S. and ...
Ron Paul lays out ambitious agenda to shrink government
November 4, 2011 Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, laid out his ambitious agenda for reducing the size of government in a Washington Times op-ed on Thursday. "I'm not running for president merely to trim a little here and there from our bloated federal budget," Paul wrote. Paul's plan includes: Cutting $1 trillion ...
Postal workers hire former Obama 'car czar'
October 17, 2011 The National Association of Letter Carriers has hired President Obama's former "car czar" as the U.S. Postal Service looks at severe budget cuts, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The postal workers union has retained the services of Ron Bloom, who oversaw the bailouts of G.M. and Chrysler for ...
Alleged terror plot part of pattern of reckless behavior by Iran, Obama says
October 13, 2011 The alleged plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. was part of a pattern of dangerous and reckless behavior by the Iranian government, President Barack Obama said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference with President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea, Obama said the facts of the ...
Panetta: Armed Services must work together to absorb cuts
October 12, 2011 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta toughened up his rhetoric Wednesday in a speech to the Association of the U.S. Army in Washington, where he again was on the offensive over cuts to the Pentagon's budget. "The Department faces the imperative of cutting more than $450 billion over the next 10 years," ...
First lady visits Secret Service headquarters
October 5, 2011 Michelle Obama dropped by Secret Service Headquarters on Wednesday to thank employees and let them know how deeply they're appreciated by the first family. "We love our detail," the first lady told a crowd of about 200, according to White House pool reports. "People always ask, what is it like ...
Vermont senator: GOP call for disaster-relief offsets is 'absurd'
September 2, 2011 Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., slammed House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a USA Today op-ed on Friday, calling the Virginia Republican's demand that disaster-relief expenses be offset with cuts elsewhere "absurd." "I find the argument made by Congressman Eric Cantor, calling for funding offsets as a condition of disaster relief ...
Little progress on nearly one fourth of 9/11 commission recommendations, chairmen say
August 31, 2011 The United States has failed to make progress on nine of the 41 recommendations made by the 9/11 Comission, according to a report from commission co-chairmen Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton to be released Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported. "We're better off than we used to be," Kean told ...
Latest WikiLeaks State Department cable dump names confidential sources
August 30, 2011 Antisecrecy organization Wikileaks has published nearly 134,000 leaked diplomatic cables to its website in recent days, and for the first time has not removed the names of many confidential sources vulnerable to retaliation, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The recent dump is more than six times the total ...
Obama names labor economist to replace Goolsbee
August 29, 2011 In a Rose Garden announcement on Monday, President Obama tapped labor economist Alan Krueger to become chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He would replace recently departed CEA head Austan Goolsbee. Obama briefly mentioned the cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene before announcing Krueger's appointment, ...
