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 »
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?
AFP – President Barack Obama hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities as an “important milestone,” but warned of difficult days of bloodshed and violence to come. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Barack Obama’s administration appears even more disposed to permit exports of advanced U.S. arms than that of President George W. Bush, a senior Boeing Co executive said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama says the United States has no intention of keeping its troops in Afghanistan and America seeks no permanent military bases there. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama’s national security adviser laid out a sweeping rebuttal Wednesday to former Vice President Dick Cheney’s charge that America is less safe under the new administration. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama granted the Pentagon new power to rein in wasteful defense spending Friday, a change he said was long overdue. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Barack Obama, seeking to end the schedule delays and cost overruns that plague U.S. defense spending, signed a law on Friday to reform the way the Pentagon purchases major weapons systems. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama’s proposed defense budget includes $130 billion for the nation’s two wars, a figure that may not be enough. Read the rest of this entry »