Obama forces GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign
Monday, March 30. The Obama administration has forced Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to stand down. The move has been described by pundits as
the most dramatic interference President Barack Obama… [continued]
Tim Geithner outlines plans to discipline Wall Street 
The arguments against slashing interest rates and saving car plants
Geithner outlines plan to discipline Wall St
Friday, March 27: The Obama administration revealed its ambitions to regulate Wall Street yesterday when US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlined plans to
curb the excesses of the financial sector. The measures are intended to… [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: Timothy Geithner: Obama's very convenient fall guy
Obama loses cool with CNN reporter at press conference
Wednesday, March 25. In a primetime press conference at the White House yesterday, Barack Obama told America that he could see signs of economic re-growth and
promised: "We will recover from this recession." The President also used the session - which meant the hugely popular American Idol show had to… [continued]
Cockburn: the AIG bonus row is sullying Barack Obama’s good reputation
Pundits demand action on banks as Obama and Geithner 'dither'
Obama ‘plans to undermine’ Karzai
Monday, March 23. The Obama administration plans to reduce the authority of Afghan President Hamid Karzai by planting a US-friendly figure in a new chief executive
or prime ministerial role in the Kabul government, according… [continued]
Dick Cheney says Obama is a risk to America
Obama hints at talks with a moderate Taliban
Obama thanks himself in teleprompter gaffe
Wednesday, March 18. Following last week's revelations that Barack Obama has a teleprompter 'addiction', the President last night fell foul of a teleprompter
malfunction that led him to thank himself in front of a live… [continued]
Barack Obama - teleprompter addict, not master orator
Obama and Geithner to claw back AIG bonuses, but is it too late?
Wednesday, March 18. US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner today announced that failing US insurer AIG would be forced to pay back bonuses it was due to award staff
courtesy of a taxpayer bailout. The announcement has mollified many pundits who had been highly critical of the Obama… [continued]
How the British taxpayer can claw back Sir Fred Goodwin's pension
Cockburn: America's empty malls speak of growing hardship
Dick Cheney: Obama increases terror threat
Monday, March 16. Former vice president Dick Cheney has said that Barack Obama's decisions to close Guantanamo Bay and outlaw certain interrogation
techniques will mean America becomes more vulnerable to terrorist attack. His comments are… [continued]
Robots are helping us fight the war on terror
Bush aide Karl Rove to testify before Congress
Obama takes on the Mexican drug cartels
Thursday, March 12. As if he doesn't have enough domestic issues to deal with, Barack Obama is being forced to confront the escalating drugs war in Mexico that
threatens to spill across the US border.… [continued]
People: Russian it girl loses billions
In pictures: Mexico's drug war
Lawless Mexico in the grip of drugs runners
Congress eases US restrictions on Cuba
Wednesday, March 11. The Democratically controlled US House of Congress has voted to ease restrictions on US dealings with Cuba. New legislation wrapped up in a $410bn spending bill
allows Cuban-Americans to visit the island… [continued]
Obama sends open letter to Iran
Obama indicates he may be ready to talk to moderate Taliban
Obama and Clinton send envoys to Syria
Pundits demand action on banks as Obama and Geithner ‘dither’
Tuesday, March 10. They are faced with what many people have called the biggest economic crisis in history. But, according to the pundits, President Barack Obama and
his Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner are not handling it very well at all. The accusations levelled against the pair range from "dithering" to… [continued]
Obama's treasury secretary – Tim Geithner
Treasury secretary Tim Geithner fluffs his big chance
Cockburn: Can Obama really steer America off the rocks?
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