WASHINGTON – The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama administration was overly confident in its job-counting and did not acknowledge significant errors in the figures.
Numbers released last month identified more than 640,000 jobs linked to stimulus [...]

Despite pressure to leave China having racked up political wins, President Obama found time today to sightsee and marvel at the Great Wall.
Wrapping up his visit, President Obama’s thoughts were spread across a myriad of issues, and he even hinted at revealing his strategy regarding Afghanistan.
“This decision will put us on a path towards ending [...]

WASHINGTON  – President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he’ll host a White House summit next month on combating the chronic joblessness that continues to be a drag on a struggling economy.
“We are open to any demonstrably good idea to supplement the steps we’ve already taken to put America back to work,” Obama said before taking [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an unscheduled visit on this Veterans Day, President Obama spent time among the graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
Specifically in a section set aside for the fallen from Iraq and from Afghanistan, where Mr. Obama’s considering sending more U.S. troops.
It’s a tough decision for the president.
“And as long as I am commander-in-chief, [...]

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON VETERANS DAY
Memorial Amphitheater
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia
THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Please, be seated.
Thank you, Secretary Shinseki, for the generous introduction — more importantly, the extraordinary bravery in service to our country, both on and off the battlefield.  I want to thank our outstanding Vice President, Joe Biden, and [...]

WASHINGTON  – President Barack Obama’s political influence a year after his election is being tested as voters cast ballots in Virginia and New Jersey, two states he’s worked hard to keep in Democratic hands. A handful of congressional and mayoral races and a same-sex union initative also are among the featured face-offs this Election Day.
Obama [...]

WASHINGTON  – The United States says North Korea’s use of more nuclear fuel for weapons violates the North’s past commitments at international disarmament talks.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Tuesday that the Obama administration is focused on getting back to stalled six-nation nuclear talks.
He says that “reprocessing plutonium is contrary to North Korea’s own [...]

By: SARAH HOYE
Media General News Service
One professor called it spiteful. Another said it was far-fetched.
Those were the reactions to a request by three Republican congressmen that President Barack Obama get the permission of Congress before he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize.
On Monday, U.S Reps. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Cliff Stearns of Florida and Ron Paul [...]

WASHINGTON  – President Barack Obama says small businesses that participate in a proposed government health care plan could save a quarter on their premiums by 2016.
Obama on Thursday told small business leaders that few people have a bigger stake in health reform than they do. He says the House version of a health care bill [...]