Obama Nominates Lew As Budget Director : NPR President Obama nominated Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget Tuesday, charging him with putting the nation on a fiscally responsible path. If confirmed, Lew would replace Peter Orszag, who is s 07-13-2010 by glennwhitmann Tags director, nominates, obama
Obama Now Embraces Commissions : NPR In the history of federal commissions, few aside from the 9-11 Commission produced concrete policy results. Yet panels are convened all the time. President Obama, who derided their use during his presidential campaign, has created several to tackle big p 06-30-2010 by william Tags commissions, critic, obama
Ex-Obama Pastor: 'Obama Threw Me Under The Bus' : NPR The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is "toxic" to the Obama administration. The language is the strongest to date about the administration's 2-year-old rift wi 05-19-2010 by joshduhamel Tags obama, pastor, under
Obama Makes His Concern Over The Spill Public : NPR President Barack Obama travels to the Gulf Coast Sunday to see the damage caused by the oil rig disaster. Since receiving word Wednesday that the spill was much worse than expected, the Obama administration has dramatically upped the federal response &mda 05-02-2010 by brianreece Tags concern, makes, obama, over, public, spill
Obama and Coal Mining Firm Trade Barbs - WSJ.com President Barack Obama and the owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 miners died traded charges, with the president accusing mine owners of putting profits ahead of safety, and the mining firm warning of a rush to judgment. 04-18-2010 by brianreece Tags barbs, firm, mining, obama, trade