Jul 15

Senator temporarily drops bid to kill F-22 funds 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – Senator Carl Levin on Wednesday temporarily withdrew a bid to kill $1.75 billion in funding for more F-22 fighter jets in a massive defense spending bill but senators leading the charge vowed they would try again soon. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 15

Obama threatens veto over defense budget changes 
    (AFP)

AFP – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto moves by Congress to build more F-22 fighter jets as well other changes to his proposed defense budget, his administration said. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 15

What are your opinions of President Barack Obama, now that he’s been in office for a few months?

Are you seeing the “change” you thought you would?

If you voted for him, do you feel he’s kept his campaign promises? Or are you starting to feel he said whatever he needed to in order to get elected, and you feel disillusioned, thinking maybe you were deliberately misled?

Or, as a popular e-mail asks, “How’s that ‘Hopey-Changey’ thing working for you?

Here’s Read the rest of this entry »