List/Grid Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Obama’s Grandmother in Kenya Under Heavy Security
U.S. President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother in Kenya has been faced with threats after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Kenya has since tightened its security around the elderly woman, Sarah…
Rebels Gain Tunisia Border Crossing
Rebels in Libya have had some major strategic wins, gaining control of a Tunisia border crossing and fighting back Moammar Gadhafi’s troops in Misrata. Witnesses reported that rebels were able…
Obama’s Libya Campaign
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to reporters about the ongoing campaign in Libya last week. Obama and the leaders of France and Britain also published a joint newspaper article pledging…
Rebels Losing Misrata in Libya
The Libyan western city of Misrata was pounded by Moammar Gadhafi‘s troops on Friday. The last major rebel stronghold in the western portion of the country was assaulted with tanks…
President Obama Signs Finding to Support Libyan Rebels
News outlets are reporting on Wednesday that U.S. President Barack Obama signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces in Libya. According to Reuters, government officials…
Obama Delivers a Speech to Explain Libyan Intervention
U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the nation on Monday in order to clarify the military intervention in Libya and outline the United States’ plans for the North African nation that…
Violence Continues in Libya
In the northern African nation of Libya, things are looking worse. Despite military escalation by the United States, things in the nation are increasingly violent. Moammar Gadhafi‘s snipers and tanks…
Obama Visits Brazil, Yet The Wars Rage On
President Obama travelled to South America over the weekend, despite the missile strikes that were being launched at the Northern African nation of Libya. The Obamas were in Rio de…
Kucinich Slams Obama
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has criticized President Obama’s decision to take part in Saturday’s missile strikes against the northern African nation of Libya. Kucinich questioned whether the strikes could be…
Gadhafi’s Forces Withdraw from Key Cities
On Wednesday, rebel forces and coalition airstrikes forced Moammar Gadhafi’s tanks to roll back from two key western cities in Libya. The rebels forces remain in disarray, however they were…
Newt Gingrich’s March Madness
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is looking increasingly like someone who is running for president. He spent the past week attacking President Barack Obama. He ridiculed the president…
Rudy Giuliani Travels to New Hampshire
The former mayor of New York City has not decided if he will take another stab at the GOP presidential nomination yet, joining the dozen other potential candidates who also…
The Week in Media: Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh
On his Thursday radio show, Glenn Beck attacked President Obama and accused him of being “sympathetic” to the cause of terrorists. The conversation began when Beck started talking about the…
Presidential Election 2012: Trump Joins the Birther Bandwagon
Donald Trump, reality star dude and business mogul, has been suggesting that he is seriously considering a presidential run. To make himself more like the rest of the potential GOP…
Hillary Clinton Not Interested in Second Term
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer during an interview on “The Situation Room” that she is not interested in serving a second term if President Barack Obama…
House Approves Short-Term Spending Measure
The House approved another stop-gap spending bill on Tuesday, funding the government for another three weeks until April 8. The measure provides an additional $6 billion in budget cuts and…
Voter Rights are Targeted
Democracy continues to slip away. After Republican lawmakers, especially at the state level, have recently rammed through widely unpopular legislation, states are now looking at ways to reduce the likely…
Obama to Blame for Rising Gas Prices?
In the latest round of “Blame the President for Everything”, there is a growing chorus of GOP lawmakers that are now accusing President Obama of somehow being behind the growing…
