President Obama has nominated Dana Perino, George W. Bush's last press secretary and a frequent critic of the new administration, to a board overseeing government-sponsored international broadcasting.
After accepting a $2.3 billion emergency cash infusion fro the feds one year ago, CIT Group is in bankruptcy court. TARP funds recipient United Commercial Bank of San Francisco failed last week at a cost to taxpayers of $299 million.
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, on a visit to Tokyo on Wednesday, told reporters that "as growth recovers and strengthens, we're going to bring our fiscal positions back to a sustainable balance." And if growth dosn't do what Mr.
This happened right in the backyard of the White House and Congress. When the government is handing away free money, the thieves crawl out of the woodwork to help themselves and deprive patients of access to the care they so sorely need.
I can't look at these photos without tears coming to my eyes. Anyone wishing to support the work of this organization can do so through their website. As of today I am a financial supporter myself.
A superb insight into the demise of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and the apparent complicity of the SEC, the Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve.
Steve Robertson, legislative director for The American Legion, said delaying the bill hurts families caring for severely wounded combat veterans who would benefit from the stipends, health care, counseling and respite care that would be provided to caregivers in the bill.
I'm a professional software developer, and imagine my surprise when recently I stumbled onto the source code for the United States of America of all things. Now I'm familiar with a number of programming languages, but this one's just way out in left field.
In the 1970s, Dr. Schure gave me a full scholarship to study computer technology at the New York Institute of Technology. In the 1980s he invited me back to be the Chief Systems Programmer at the NYIT Computer Graphics Lab.
All things considered, the gaffe was the result either A or B: A) The Obama administration is made of pig-headed, tone-deaf people, who don't expect other cultures to have nuances — and so they don't bother to consult with experts.
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