Days before elections Joe Biden, the Vice-President-elect, told campaign donors: “Watch, we’re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle [of Obama].” Did Joe Biden really have in mind al-Qaeda?
In Britain, security officials say that there is genuine concern that during the transition period al-Qaeda will attempt a “spectacular” attack. [...]
Not even First Class is good enough for the CEOs of the biggest three automakers, Rick Wagoner of General Motors Corp., Alan Mulally of Ford Motor Co., and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler Corp. Each CEO flew in style in one of their company’s luxurious jets hoping to make their case to Washington that the auto [...]
If Hillary Rodham Clinton serves as a secretary of state, Clinton vetting would also include a closer look at Bill Clinton. Obama’s transition team has been carefully reviewing Bill Clinton’s international business deals and the Clinton-foundation fundraising to see whether certain activities would preclude the appointment of his wife as secretary of state.
Would Bill Clinton [...]
Dear President Elect Obama:
As you have hopefully inspired many Afro Americans to aspire to greater goals; I have been inspired by George Bush and Sarah Palin. I now believe that I am smart enough to be President. I realize that there are many people in Congress smarter than I, but few with as much common [...]
Although I did not vote for President Barack Obama, I wish him well and I hope that he is as successful as President Bill Clinton. If Obama governs as a centrist as Bill Clinton did, he should not have any problem getting a second term. But if he chooses to govern to the left, he [...]
2008 has been a year of change. For one, Cyprus reunification is now back on the agenda after the appointment of Dimitris Christofias to the presidency of the Republic of Cyprus, joining Mehmet Ali Talat to solve the disputes over Cyprus reunification.
That appointment, an appointment that can solve a problem that has lasted for over [...]
This week, Senator Barack Obama beat John McCain in the presidential elections for the USA, to become the first black president of the country. Citizens of nations across the world are heralding the news as a triumph, calling the ascension of a citizen of African-American descent to the White House a ‘world changing’ event.
Ramifications of [...]
The last election brought some interesting changes to the USA. You might say it brought “The Change” that some of us were looking for. The question now is “What does change look like?” and what shape will it take going forward.
President-Elect Obama’s inherited problems are mounting by the day. Today brings us a bailout which [...]
Barack Obama addressed close to 250,000 Americans at Grant Park on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to give his acceptance speech. As a result of winning 364 electoral votes (94 more than the 270 required to win), Obama is the newly-elected president of the United States.
Over the next few months, Obama will tackle the issues he [...]
Osama bin Laden and his followers subscribe to a deviant, radical form of Islam that threatens not only America, but also much of the Western world. The goal of radical Islam is world domination through global jihad. This jihad operates on many levels: financially, culturally, and through acts of terrorism, like 9/11.
The majority of the [...]
