Fireworks exploded in the sky over Iran as word circled the globe that President Barack Obama’s “negotiating team” had capitulated to nearly all of Iran’s demands – lifting sanctions and arms embargos, and putting Iran on a path to nuclear weapons even sooner than the paltry ten years the President originally promised.
“He should have walked away,” Christie said. “Iran joins the sad list of countries where America’s red lines have been crossed. The president is playing a dangerous game with our national security, and the deal as structured will lead to a nuclear Iran and, then, a nuclearized Middle East.” Christie also called on Congress to reject the deal in the interests of national security.
President Obama mistakenly said that “Iran” would have access to their nuclear program, when he meant to say “inspectors.”
Secretary of State John Kerry “began his service to this country more than four decades ago, when he put on our uniform and went off to war,” Obama stated, and was “making this country safer through his commitment of strong, principled, American diplomacy.”
President Obama celebrated his monumental agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, adamantly defending the lengthy process that blew by several deadlines before finally concluding on Monday. “America negotiated from a position of strength and principle,” Obama said in an
Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker argued that attacks directed at him by President Obama and Hillary Clinton were evidence that “it’s clear they have us on their mind” on Monday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Walker pointed to attacks
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, insisted during a congressional hearing that under “no circumstances” should there be relief for Iran on ballistic missiles and arms trafficking. But when asked if Dempsey spoke for the administration regarding the limits on conventional weapons, Earnest cryptically told reporters that Dempsey’s statement reflected his “personal point of view” and the advice he was likely giving the president.
“I believe that at its heart, America is a nation of second chances, and I believe these folks deserve their second chance,” he said, suggesting that a life sentence for non-violent drug offenders were “not hardened criminals” and didn’t deserve overly harsh prison sentences.
“Now, we’re often told that Medicare and Social Security are in crisis,” said Obama pointing out that it was used as an “excuse” by Republicans to cut spending. “But here’s the truth. Medicare and Social Security are not in crisis, nor have they kept us from cutting our deficits by two-thirds since I took office.”
What she didn’t say: Many Americans have dropped out of the labor force during the Obama presidency, and even those still working have seen wages stagnate or their full-time jobs turn into part-time. Even Clinton’s Democratic competitor, Bernie Sanders, has recognized that the “true” unemployment rate is far higher than the figures pushed by the Obama administration, due to those who have given up looking for work.
President Obama declared “a person’s zip code shouldn’t decide their destiny” while promoting the administration’s Fair Housing Act push during Saturday’s Weekly Address Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. It’s our job as citizens to make sure we keep pushing this
During his remarks, Obama praised the kid-created “Barack-a-mole” recipe and joked that “Barack-oli” was his favorite vegetable. “I also noticed that there are a lot of good vegetables on the menu, including my favorite vegetable ‘Barack-oli,’” he cracked.
In a surprise announcement this afternoon, Katherine Archuleta, the Director of the Office of Personnel and Management resigned suddenly after details were released regarding a massive hacking breach of over 21 million people.
Yesterday’s revelations about the OPM hack being six times the size the government originally admitted to was accompanied by assurances from OPM director Katherine Archuleta that she would not resign. Today, she has broken that promise, stepping down from the post.
“South Carolina taking down the confederate flag – a signal of good will and healing, and a meaningful step towards a better future,” he wrote. The flag was removed in a short ceremony this morning as some in the crowd shouted U-S-A! U-S-A! and sang “Na na na na, hey hey-hey, goodbye!”
SANTA CLARA, California — Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren recently addressed a packed crowd at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Santa Clara where he discussed his latest book Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide and the damaged U.S.-Israel relationship under President Barack Obama’s leadership.
Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) is facing heat for calling Sacramento’s newly-appointed Mexican Consul General Alejandra Garcia Williams “hot.” “All I can say, as politely as possible, is Alejandra is hot,” Moorlach said according to the Sacramento Bee. Garcia Williams shook
Trading was suspended at the NYSE this morning in reaction to what has been described as a “technical issue” that it was working to resolve.
As US President Barack Obama prepares to visit Kenya, the country of his estranged father’s birth, Kenyans are lining up to tell him: don’t come if you’re going to lecture us on gay marriage as we are still a God
The Greek financial crisis just got worse. As if the mountain of debt, default and ruination of the EU’s collective economy wasn’t bad enough, now US President Barack Obama has started cold calling European leaders to offer them words of economic counsel.
According to stories posted by authentic looking urls such as washingtonpost.com.co and usatoday.com.co, Obama indicated in a “second” WTF podcast with Marc Maron that he would press Congress for a federal holiday for the LGTB community needs a federal holiday to celebrate the transformational Supreme Court ruling last month legalizing gay marriage.
The Obama administration’s mad push for an Iranian nuclear deal has Iran throwing all sorts of last-minute spoilers onto the table, knowing that Obama will not, cannot, walk away. The President wants his historic diplomatic achievement, Secretary of State John Kerry is eyeing a Nobel Peace Prize, and there is no way the Obama team would hand its real adversaries–their domestic political opposition–a huge victory by scuttling the Iran deal.
If Jimmy Carter is “history’s greatest monster,” as deemed by the good people of Springfield in “The Simpsons,” then President Obama is “history’s most deluded jester.”
“This will not be quick, this is a long-term campaign,” he asserted, describing ISIS as “nimble” and infiltrated with civilians across the Middle East.
President Obama declared “Ideologies are not defeated with guns, they’re defeated by better ideas” and that investing in education is one of many things that can be a “powerful” counter to “extremist ideologies” in a speech at the Pentagon on
