Via: NewsOne Coast Guard Administration’s Thad Alen called the development a “significant step forward.” The next step is to place a containment dome over the well. Unfortunately it won’t be as snug and oil will continue to flow into the Gulf. The repair attempt hit a snag Wednesday when the diamond-head saw got stuck and placed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border, an administration official and an Arizona congresswoman said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment.
Via: Business Week After facing much criticism over the massive oil spill having no precise plan of containment, President Obama announced the appointment of a bipartisan commission to investigate the disaster. Democrat Bob Graham and Republic William Reilly were named to lead the investigation. It’s been just over a month since the oil spill disaster […]
WASHINGTON – Scientists are anxiously awaiting signals about where a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico may be heading, while containment of the looming environmental catastrophe proves elusive.
From the Washington Post: The growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is not only an environmental danger, but also a widening political headache for President Obama, who just last month agreed to open vast stretches of the U.S. coastline to oil drilling.
Among the outspoken African-American political and social figures that have criticized President Obama for not doing more for black Americans in these tough economic times, Al Sharpton has emerged as the voice of support for Obama’s presidential initiatives designed to help all Americans. According to an article written for The Wall Street Journal, “President Barack […]
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Via: EURweb.com President Barack Obama and his family attended Sunday services at St. John’s Church, an Episcopal church on Lafayette Square just across the street from the White House. Obama, first lady Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia listened to a sermon about how Christianity has consequences. Mike Angell, a seminarian of the church, told the […]
Via: Eleve8.com Can you rel8 to this? When I was in college, I looked forward to the summer break. I knew this was a time when I could let my hair down (if I hadn’t already chopped it off) and unwind from a grueling semester of GE’s, prerequisites and step shows (did I say that […]
