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NASA to get more money, but must scratch moon plan

President Barack Obama is essentially grounding efforts to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly $6 billion more, according to officials familiar with the plans.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Officials: US readies new Iran sanctions at UN as Clinton presses penalties in London

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband gestures during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Yemen’s foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, not seen, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Wednesday, Jan…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |
 

Obama to freeze top White House salaries

President Barack Obama will freeze the salaries of senior White House officials and other top political appointees for savings of $4 million in fiscal 2011, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

U.S. officials defend arrest of jet bomb suspect

The Justice Department defends its decision to treat as a criminal rather than an enemy combatant a man suspected of trying to blow up a jetliner on Christmas Day.

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |
 

Obama to seek $1.35 billion more for education

President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $1.35 billion in his 2011 budget proposal to extend an education grant program for states, although the Education Department remains months away from announcing its first round of awards, senior administrati…

[ More ] January 19th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |