Archive for October, 2011
President Barack Obama gestures before signing a proclamation to designate Fort Monroe , in Hampton , Virginia, a National Monument under the Antiquities Act at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
Members of the U.S. Air Force sit inside a bus transferring them to a plane flying to the U.S., at al-Asad air base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar. U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Oct. 21 that American troops would fully withdraw from Iraq by year-end, as scheduled under a 2008
U.S. will lack muscle at eurozone crisis meeting
— When President Barack Obama arrives in Europe for meetings Thursday and Friday with leaders of the 20 most industrialized nations, he’ll have limited influence over deliberations on how Europe should proceed in fleshing out its new but…
Foreign to them
When George W. Bush was elected president in 2000, he and the public were focused on domestic concerns. The previous decade, after the end of the Cold War, had been a period of relative peace, and it was generally assumed the following decade would be…
Revamped mortgage program: Will homeowners be able to refinance?
President Obama flew to Las Vegas, ground zero of the housing crisis, to unveil a revamp of the Home Affordable Refinance Program.
With mortgage interest rates at near historic lows, millions of homeowners have refinanced to rates as low as 4 percent for…
After 42 years, Tourmobile makes final run
Just moments after departing Washington's Union Station, as the tour bus drove past the U.S. Capitol, Mel Bruce made an announcement to a handful of tourists.
Barack Obama declared ‘tobacco free’ at annual medical
President Barack Obama has passed his latest physical check-up with flying colours and is now “tobacco free”.
U.S. sues S.C. over immigration law
Justice Department officials pressed their campaign against an immigration law in South Carolina on Monday, saying the measure passed there this summer unconstitutionally pre-empts federal authority.
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