Washington: US President Barack Obama has made history by using an autopen - an automatic signing machine - from an ocean away to sign a legislation into law hours before expiry. And stirred a new controversy. Originally, there had been a plan in place to have a White House aide hand-carry the legislation re-authorizing the Patriot Act, a controversial set of anti-terrorism and law enforcement measures passed in the wake...
12:35 PM, May 28, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that the United States strongly condemns the use of violence on protesters in Libya and said a unified international response was forming. "The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable," Obama said in his strongest and most direct statements to date on the unrest in Libya. "So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people...
09:18 AM, Feb 24, 2011
Washington: Talk about a high level language exchange. US President Barack Obama's nine-year-old daughter, Sasha, wanted to test her developing Chinese skills this week while Hu Jintao was in town. Just whom did she want to practice them with? The Chinese president himself, according to a White House official who recounted the story on Thursday after a formal state dinner the previous night. "The president pointed out last night at...
07:13 PM, Jan 21, 2011
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08:39 PM, Nov 08, 2010
Washington: Disenchanted US voters swept Democrats from power in the House of Representatives and increased the ranks of Senate Republicans on Tuesday in an election rout that dealt a sharp rebuke to President Barack Obama. Two years after Obama won the White House, voter anxiety about the economy and discontent with his leadership fueled big Republican gains that toppled Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from power and are likely to...
08:16 AM, Nov 03, 2010
Washington: With trade high on his agenda, some 200 odd top US business chiefs, including soft drink giant Pepsico's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi, are expected to join US President Barack Obama on his India visit next month. Also expected are Honeywell CEO David M. Cote, who co-chairs the India-US CEO Forum with Tata group chairman Ratan Tata. So is Terry McGraw, CEO of leading publishing house McGraw Hill, who took...
12:06 PM, Oct 29, 2010
Michelle will travel to Spain in the first week of August on a "private visit", a White House official said. ...
10:54 AM, Jul 27, 2010
Both the Presidents have decided to hold regular dialogues with each other. ...
04:55 PM, Nov 18, 2009
Both the Presidents have agreed to work together on climate change next year. ...
04:15 PM, Nov 18, 2009
The backlash over Obama's unfulfilled promises is starting. ...
02:04 AM, Nov 05, 2009
Obama will become the first sitting US prez to address an IOC session. ...
04:12 PM, Sep 30, 2009
Obama said for Gandhi, morality was the means to usher in change. ...
12:05 AM, Sep 10, 2009
Countries like India, China, Brazil and Russia may pose a challenge to US. ...
04:18 PM, Aug 06, 2009
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