From a farm in the Midwest, President Obama talks about the determination and integrity of the American people and calls on Congress to put aside their differences to grow the economy. Print PDF This post was submitted by The White House / IM.
As the stock market plummeted yet again on Thursday, interest rates on 10-year Treasury notes dipped below 2 percent to the lowest levels in 70 years. For traders, Treasuries represented an obvious safe haven from stocks, and the frenzied buying drove down the yield. But what does that mean for you? It could very well spark [...]
Washington – In a move that could shake up the U.S. immigration system, the Department of Homeland Security is going to begin reviewing all 300,000 pending deportation cases in federal immigration courts to determine which individuals meet specific criteria for removal and to focus on “our highest priorities.” DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said the review [...]
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President welcomed the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers to the White House beforeheading out on a three day bus tour across the midwestern states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. During his tour through the heartland, the President heard directly from Americans including small business owners, local families [...]
Aug. 18 – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden continues his China trip and is due to meet with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao, but Reuters Editor Warren Strobel says Biden’s priority is to get to know China’s next generation of leaders Print PDF This post was submitted by Reuters.
Los Angeles , August 17, 2011 / Indonesia Media Dengan semangat Proklamasi 17 Agustus 1945, kita tingkatkan kesadaran hidup dalam ke-Bhineka-an untuk kokohkan persatuan NKRI, kita sukseskan kepemimpinan Indonesia dalam Forum ASEAN untuk kokohkan solidaritas ASEAN. Demikianlah slogan yang ditulis pada spanduk yang terbentang di sisi Barat lapangan parkir KJRI-Los Angeles, untuk memperingati HUT RI [...]
The final day of President Obama’s bus tour across America’s heartland was jam packed with meetings and spontaneous stops to enjoy the local landscape. On his way to a town hall in Atkinson, Illinois to talk about strengthening the economy, the President pulled in to the Whiteside County Fair and checked out the dairy cow judging. President Barack Obama talks with [...]
As I was driving down those little towns in my big bus we slowed down, and I’m standing in the front and I’m waving, I’m seeing little kids with American flags, and grandparents in their lawn chairs, and folks outside a machine shop, and passing churches and cemeteries and corner stores and farms — I’m [...]
Pengajaran agama yang bersifat eksklusif sangat efektif untuk membentuk umat menjadi teroris. Berdasarkan interaksi saya dengan para teroris Indonesia, mereka bukan psikopat, neurotic atau penderita sakit mental. Demikian hasil perbincangan Washington Ouikumene Masyarakat Indonesia (WOMI) dengan Prof. Dr. Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono di House of WOMI, Maryland, Sabtu, 6 Agustus 2011. Mereka memiliki rumah tangga yang [...]
When Ju Hong stepped before his class at UC Berkeley to discuss his status as an undocumented immigrant, the response was telling. “A lot of the students were surprised at seeing a yellow face,†says the soft-spoken 22-year-old, who notes there is a trend among many of his peers to equate undocumented with Hispanic. A [...]
On the first day of his tour of rural America, the President takes questions on the economy. Print PDF This post was submitted by The White House / IM.
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images New U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke addresses the media with his wife Mona (2nd R) and their children Dylan (L-aged 12), Madeline (2nd R-aged 6) and Emily (R-aged 14) in the courtyard of his residence on August 14, 2011 in Beijing, China. Sina Weibo A photo of U.S. China envoy [...]
PHILADELPHIA,  — Seorang pria berusia 65 tahun asal Amerika Serikat dijatuhi hukuman satu tahun penjara dan denda sebesar 10.000 dollar AS atau Rp 85,5 juta karena melakukan pelecehan seksual terhadap penumpang pesawat. Ramesh Advani, pria asal New Jersey itu, meraba-raba seorang wanita yang sedang tidur berselimut di kursi sebelahnya. Advani mengaku bersalah telah menjulurkan tangannya [...]
This morning, President Obama will visit Cannon Falls, Minnesota to kick off his economic bus tour. The President is traveling around the Midwest to stress the vital role rural America plays in ensuring the growth of our economy, the affordability of our food, the independence of our energy supply, and the strength of our communities. Cannon Falls, Minnesota, 35 miles [...]
WASHINGTON,— Regulator kembali menutup bank di Amerika Serikat, First National Bank Olathe, yang berlokasi di Olathe, Kansas, Jumat (12/8/2011). Dengan demikian, sudah 64 bank yang ditutup regulator dalam tahun ini. Belum jelasnya arah pemulihan ekonomi terus menekan sistem perbankan nasional AS, terutama bagi bank-bank kecil komunitas. First National merupakan bank komunitas pertama di Kansas yang [...]
What struck me this past week was China’s reaction to our credit downgrade. Its state-run media thundered that America needed to “cure its addiction” to debt. A Hong Kong newspaper widely read on the mainland ran a front page with a banner saying “The American Dream is Over.” Â It went on to report that Washington [...]
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