CATEGORY: February 2010
Obama’s Nuclear Plans
After a gap of over thirty years, America will once again begin constructing nuclear power plants. President Obama’s State of the Union address proclaimed the commitment to a “new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country”. In accordance with that promise, a pair of 1,150 MW reactors will be built in Augusta, Georgia get with financial assistance from the Obama... [Read more]
Obama Names US Envoy to Islamic Conference
On Saturday, 13 February 2010, President Barack Obama announced that he had appointed Rashad Hussain, a lawyer in the White House to be his special envoy for the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The announcement was made by the President via a video conference being made to the US-Islamic World Forum held in Doha, Qatar. In his address, President Obama spoke of Hussain as an “accomplished... [Read more]
Obama Says Music Fueled Civil Rights Movement
Welcoming his invitees to the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama stated that the civil rights movement was fuelled and sustained by music. The transformed grand ballroom, which resembled a concert hall, featured an event with an all-star line up of top performers who paid tribute to such music. In the audience were members from President Obama’s Cabinet, Congress,... [Read more]
Obama Struggling with Jobs
In the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama stated that combating unemployment was his top priority. Since then Obama has focused on healthcare and bipartisanship. This is not a deliberate attempt to ignore promises, as experts point out, but rather a practical move as creating jobs is not an easy task. But the Obama Administration’s focus continues to come across as being scattered... [Read more]
Obama Overhauls Nasa’s Agenda in Budget Request
Early in February 2010, President Obama cancelled NASA’s Constellation program challenging the space agency to do more than put a man back on the moon. Though nothing has been spoken of publicly regarding President Obama’s new game plan for NASA, the entire scheme was part and parcel of his 2011 budget request. Major federal agencies do not take too well to huge changes, especially at NASA... [Read more]
Republicans target Obama Senate seat
After the unthinkable happened in Massachusetts, the Republicans now believe anything is possible. The Republican Party has its sights set on Illinois and is moving in for the kill, all its guns blazing. A victory in Illinois for the Republicans would be far worse for President Obama than the Massachusetts affair as it is his home state. The presidential elections witnessed Obama steamrolling John... [Read more]
Obama to Propose $3.8 Trillion Budget
President Obama is expected to announce many changes to government spending in his budget and some proposals are going to be hard to swallow. The $3.8 trillion budget is in favor of education, civilian research as well aid to states. Not surprisingly, the budget will create two distinct groups, winners and losers. Expected winners should include the Energy Department, the National Science Foundation... [Read more]
Obama pushes nuclear energy
President Obama is changing his tune on certain matters and this is not sitting well with many of his supporters. His long-standing priority on immigration reform was put on the backburner and now his cautious approach to nuclear energy has been thrown out the window. President Obama is actually endorsing the construction of nuclear power plants. However, it is not a complete changeover. The President... [Read more]
Obama brings NASA down to Earth
Dreams of a Neil Armstrong-like scene unfolding on Mars will have to stay as dreams for a little longer. President Barack Obama is scaling down spending on NASA missions. The economic crisis has everyone cutting corners and the Obama Administration is sparing no one in the process. The return to the Moon in 2020 has been postponed along with “Constellation”, the name of the project responsible... [Read more]
Obama Administration: Undecided on Terror Trial Venue
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and his cohorts are due for trial soon, but there seems to be a lack of a location. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made controversial headlines last year when he stated that the trial for the suspects would be held in close proximity to the World Trade Center property. Since then the public outcry at the inappropriateness... [Read more]
