More on Barack Obama
Obama caves in to Catholic Church, religious right on contraceptives
By Kate Randall, February 11, 2012
President Obama on Friday caved in to pressure from the Catholic Church and the religious right, announcing that religiously affiliated employers would not be required to provide access to birth control as part of medical coverage for their women employees.
Australia lines up with US for war with China
By Peter Symonds, February 11, 2012
The Australian defence posture report is the latest sign of the Obama administration’s aggressive push against China on all fronts.
Obama cowers before religious right on contraceptives
By Tom Carter, February 9, 2012
Once again, the Obama administration is demonstrating its lack of commitment to core democratic principles on the critical issue of separation of church and state.
Venture capital explodes into the US education market
By Nancy Hanover, February 8, 2012
The Obama administration’s education initiatives have been extraordinarily successful—not as measured by student achievement, but as tallied on Wall Street by the flow of venture capital.
Obama pushes community colleges to serve corporate America
By Charles Bogle, February 7, 2012
As part of its effort to tailor higher education more closely to the needs of corporate America, the Obama administration is pushing four-year colleges to drop remedial education.
January employment report masks depth of US jobs crisis
By Barry Grey, February 4, 2012
President Barack Obama on Friday hailed the Labor Department’s January employment report, calling it “good news.”
Israel threatens war against Iran within months
By Peter Symonds, February 4, 2012
While the Obama administration has cautioned against Israeli military action, there is no indication that Washington has vetoed such an attack.
Obama publicly embraces drone killings
By Bill Van Auken, February 2, 2012
President Obama is deliberately embracing and thereby seeking to justify and normalize the criminal actions of the US military-intelligence apparatus.
US pushes for renewed military presence in Iraq
By Peter Symonds, February 2, 2012
Iraq’s refusal to allow a permanent US military presence was a setback for the Obama administration as it prepared for a confrontation with Iran.
Obama backs hydrofracking in State of the Union speech
By Philip Guelpa, February 2, 2012
In an attempt to curry favor with the energy industry in advance of the presidential election, President Obama used his State of the Union address to declare his backing for hydrofracking.
Obama administration prosecutes CIA whistleblower for exposing torture
By Alan Gilman, January 31, 2012
In a criminal complaint filed January 23, the Obama administration’s Justice Department charged John Kiriakou, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative, with disclosing classified information to journalists about the waterboarding of Abu Zubayda.
Washington to expand military presence in the Philippines
By Joseph Santolan, January 27, 2012
The deployment of US vessels in the Philippines would be a further ratcheting up of the Obama administration’s confrontation with China.
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