Stories tagged with "Barack Obama"

Obama taps 2 Hoosiers for U.S. roles by indystar

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has tapped two Hoosiers for roles in his administration, White House officials announced today. Obama wants attorney Anne Slaughter Andrew to be... – Oct 15, 2009 at 5:51 PM in Politics & Government

Redoing Afghan policy by indystar

Afghanistan could be the most important decision of Barack Obama’s presidency. Maybe that’s why he is, in effect, making it twice. What’s odd about the... – Oct 15, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Commentary

Obama calls for $250 payments to seniors by indystar

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social Security next year. The... – Oct 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM in Nation & World

Health-care bill passes key test by indystar

WASHINGTON — Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled... – Oct 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Politics & Government

Snowe helped craft health-care bill by indystar

Only GOP senator to vote for measure warns she might not support final version WASHINGTON — Long before Republican Olympia Snowe bucked her party Tuesday to support the... – Oct 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Politics & Government

Bayh talks health care, deficits with president by indystar

WASHINGTON — Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and President Barack Obama discussed health-care legislation and how to address the growing federal deficit in an Oval Office meeting... – Oct 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Politics & Government

Obama's rave reviews by indystar

Boy, I’ll tell you. Sometimes I think Barack Obama couldn’t please some folks if he won the Nobel Peace Prize. What’s that you say? No! And how’d they take... – Oct 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Dan Carpenter

Further evidence that world was relieved by election by indystar

Our Declaration of Independence includes the phrase “a decent respect for the opinions of mankind.” In the 2004 presidential debates, John Kerry embraced that concept... – Oct 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Letters to the editor

Daniels' 'no' has the ring of 'not yet' by indystar

Gov. Mitch Daniels is not running for president. Nope. Not gonna happen. No way, no how, no chance. Not this guy. That’s what he says, anyway. But today, let’s talk... – Oct 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Matthew Tully

Bayh talks health care, deficit reduction with Obama by indystar

WASHINGTON – Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and President Barack Obama discussed health care legislation and how to address the growing federal deficit in an Oval Office meeting... – Oct 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM in Politics & Government

Committee passes health bill. Now what? by indystar

WASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 today to approve a landmark health care overhaul bill. That proposal now must be merged with a version approved by... – Oct 13, 2009 at 3:10 PM in Politics & Government

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David Broder: A heavy question by indystar

Every time you think politics has hit a new low, it finds a way to go lower. I thought we had reached the nadir last month when Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “You... – Oct 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Commentary

World must recognize appeasement as peace by indystar

The award of the Nobel Appeasement Prize to President Barack Obama is well deserved. His record is replete with accommodation: his refusal to send defensive missiles to Poland,... – Oct 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Letters to the editor

Bayh meeting with Obama Tuesday by indystar

WASHINGTON — Sen. Evan Bayh is sitting down in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama Tuesday to discuss a number of items on the congressional agenda including health... – Oct 12, 2009 at 9:46 PM in Politics & Government

Nobel naysayers by indystar

Somebody explain this to me: The president of the United States wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and Rush Limbaugh joins with the Taliban in bitterly denouncing the award? Glenn Beck... – Oct 12, 2009 at 6:03 PM in Commentary

IU professor Elinor Ostrom joins in Nobel economics prize by indystar

Indiana University educator Elinor Ostrom heard the phone at 6:30 a.m. this morning and thought one thing: Phone salesperson. But she picked up the phone anyway and learned from a... – Oct 12, 2009 at 4:16 PM in Education

Perfect costume awaits you at a Halloween store by Tj Banes

Whether you want to memorialize a pop icon or turn into a fairy princess, chances are, you’ll find the perfect costume at a local Halloween store. “We have scary,... – Oct 12, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Living

Uncivil tongues revisited by indystar

A few years ago, a representative of Palestinian interests in the United States wrote a newspaper op-ed piece that had to give pause to any thinking person regardless of his... – Oct 11, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Dan Carpenter

Nobel prize may not smooth Obama's way by indystar

Surprise Nobel honor might only increase expectations WASHINGTON — Now that he’s Nobel laureate Barack Obama, will he find smoother sailing for his plans to rid the... – Oct 10, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Communities