Archive for March, 2011

U.S. presidents throughout modern history have developed their own foreign policy doctrines as conflicts around the world tested their leadership.

A Massachusetts congressman is calling on the federal government to distribute potassium iodide pills to Americans living near nuclear reactors, a preventive step one expert warns might do more harm than good.

While witnesses at a Senate hearing listed cases of bigotry against Muslim-Americans, Republicans said they couldn’t discuss the community without concerns of its radicalization.

Two weeks into Japan’s nuclear crisis, a top U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission official and an industry critic gave Congress starkly different opinions on whether lessons can already be gleaned from the disaster and applied to U.S. plants.

The Libya operation is an example of how the world “should work” with the United States at the centre of a broad international coalition, according to Barack Obama.

Throughout March, President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have been visiting schools around the country talking to students, parents, and teachers about the best ways to make sure that all our students get the best possible education.At the heart of a good education, is a good teacher. Writing on the White House blog, Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, lays out how the administration is helping recruit the next generation of great teachers.One of the greatest challenges facing our country is the coming retirement of more than 1 million baby boomer teachers. This challenge has presented us with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help reshape education in America by recruiting and training the next generation of great American teachers.Teaching is a rewarding …

Telegraph View: The president has signalled a new role for the US in the world, one not welcomed by us.

Telegraph View: The president has signalled a new role for the US in the world, one not welcomed by us.