Obama, not Bush, now seeking delay of Rove deposition
Former Bush Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove has a new president urging Congress not to force him to testify next week.
President Barack Obama.
In a court brief quietly filed Monday, Michael Hertz, Obama’s acting assistant attorney general, said it was necessary to delay an effort to force Rove to be deposed in a [...]
Author: Curbing Lobbyists’ Influence is Obama’s Most Difficult Task
With a tanking economy, warming planet and multiple bloody conflicts abroad, President Obama has his work cut out for him. His biggest challenge, however, might be keeping his campaign promise to transform American politics, according to Robert Kaiser, author of the new book “So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of [...]
Global Energy War: Washington’s New Kissinger
The appointment of US Marine General James Jones
Lost amid the national and international fanfare accompanying the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States is attention to the person who is slated to be the next major foreign policy architect and executor, retired US Marine General James Jones.
In nearly identical phraseology that cannot be [...]