A group of Americans are demanding that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl be punished after the Obama administration secured his release from the Taliban in Afghanistan. The petition was created on Saturday, May 31 after President Obama announced that the United
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned the Obama administration after the announcement of negotiations that resulted in the release of five Taliban terrorists for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a prisoner of war. Cruz indicated that he was happy that
White House Press Secretary scolded the Today Show’s Matt Lauer after he repeatedly questioned President Obama’s decision to exchange five Taliban prisoners to secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Carney reminded Lauer that the United States was a country
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa announced Friday that he would release Secretary of State John Kerry from a scheduled hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks. Issa subpoenaed Kerry shortly prior to Boehner’s announcement that he would appoint a select
President Obama announced that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney would resign in mid-June, making a surprise announcement at the White House press briefing on Friday. Carney thanked Obama for allowing him the chance to serve at the White House.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki resigned today after an Inspector General report confirmed systemic misleading enrollment practices that delayed care for veterans. President Obama announced the news during a press conference without Shinseki, although he praised him as a war
In an interview on the “Kelly and Michael” show, President Obama assured Americans that he had a warm relationship with Hillary Clinton. Co-host Kelly Ripa asked Obama what he thought about Clinton’s glowing praise about how he handled the killing
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has released the chapter of her new memoir Tough Choices dealing with the terrorist attacks in Benghazi. In an exclusive preview to Politico’s Maggie Haberman, a defensive Clinton challenged her critics but offered very
Secretary of State John Kerry believes that President Obama doesn’t get enough credit for his successful foreign policy and blamed the media for any suggestion otherwise. Kerry pointed to foreign policy successes in Ukraine, Syria, and Iran as an example,
Seven vulnerable Democrats are now calling for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation after a preliminary Inspector General’s report confirmed allegations of a scandal in the agency. Here are the seven Senate Democrats – who coincidently are all running for
President Obama spoke on Thursday about the importance of recognizing concussions in sports and highlighted the dangers they have on young players. Obama said that although concussion awareness in sports has improved in recent years, it hasn’t improved enough. According
While the Seattle Seahawks joined President Obama at the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with the outspoken cornerback Richard Sherman for a video to promote her “Let’s Move” campaign. In the video, Sherman is shown preparing a
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki defended his leadership as he faces additional calls for his resignation in the wake of the Veterans Affairs scandal. A report released Wednesday from the inspector general’s office confirmed reports of delayed care at healthcare
President Obama delivered a speech yesterday on foreign policy, and the New York Times was not impressed. In their May 29 print editorial, the Times editors write that Obama’s speech at West Point “provided little new insight,” relied on “hackneyed phrases,”
President Obama delivered a major policy speech Wednesday, claiming that fighting climate change was every bit as important to America’s national security as stopping terrorism or working to stop countries from obtaining nuclear weapons. The world, Obama insisted, needed to
Political figures are calling for further investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal – even though President Obama and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki have vowed to investigate the allegations on their own. Shinseki has tasked the Veterans Affairs Inspector
A new interim report from the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs confirms that veterans are being forced to wait an average of 115 days for care in a Phoenix Veterans Health Care facility – confirming media reports of
President Obama outlined his foreign policy on Wednesday during a speech at the graduation ceremony at West Point. Throughout his speech, Obama used “straw man” arguments, setting up “critics” or “skeptics” that existed to disagree with the president before being
Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed any suggestion that the United States forced National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden into the arms of Russia. Snowden told NBC in an interview that he was intending to take refuge in Cuba until
First Lady Michelle Obama sent a strong message to Republicans in Congress who want to allow local school districts to opt out of the federal regulations on school lunches. “This is unacceptable,” she said during a roundtable discussion of the
The White House press office canceled the daily briefing with reporters Tuesday, dodging tough questions after the press office mistakenly revealed the identity of the top CIA official in Afghanistan. The official was named in a list of participants of
As President Obama toured the White House Science Fair, news broke that he would keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan after the end of the year even though he signaled that combat operations would end in 2014. After Obama finished talking
It depends on what the meaning of ‘scandal’ is. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi explained in an interview with Vox founder Ezra Klein that the situation surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs wasn’t quite a “scandal” in the official sense
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi admitted that Democrats won’t be talking about Obamacare much as they head into the 2014 midterm elections. Pelosi reminded Klein that the health care reform law signed by the president was called the “Affordable Care
