From ABC News
When President Obama heads to Asia later this week, he goes with a wide-ranging agenda. White House officials said today the administration hopes to reach common ground with a number leaders on strengthening alliances, trade, the war in Afghanistan, nuclear non-proliferation, how to deal with Iran and North Korea, and energy/climate issues.The president will visit Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. He’ll meet with the leaders of all four nations, and several others as he attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) and becomes the first U.S. president to hold a multi-lateral meeting with all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).,..The trip is Obama’s first to the region as president and is particularly important when it comes to trade. “Right now, 1.6 million jobs in the United States are associated with exports to Asia. And as the Asian region grows, we could see hundreds of thousands of more jobs being created there as well,” said Jeffrey Bader, National Security Council Senior Director for East Asian Affairs…
When President Obama heads to Asia later this week, he goes with a wide-ranging agenda. White House officials said today the administration hopes to reach common ground with a number leaders on strengthening alliances, trade, the war in Afghanistan, nuclear non-proliferation, how to deal with Iran and North Korea, and energy/climate issues.
The president will visit Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. He’ll meet with the leaders of all four nations, and several others as he attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) and becomes the first U.S. president to hold a multi-lateral meeting with all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).,..
The trip is Obama’s first to the region as president and is particularly important when it comes to trade.
“Right now, 1.6 million jobs in the United States are associated with exports to Asia. And as the Asian region grows, we could see hundreds of thousands of more jobs being created there as well,” said Jeffrey Bader, National Security Council Senior Director for East Asian Affairs…
From the Dallas Morning News
When Barack Obama stands today before the mourning children, spouses and comrades of those cut down last week at Fort Hood, he will confront one of the most delicate and painful duties a president undertakes.Only a president can offer the condolences of a nation. In a moment of crisis and sorrow and anger, only a president can soothe raw emotions, allay fears, elevate a senseless act into a call to action, and offer the assurance that – as his aides put it Monday – no stone will be left unturned. This is by far the biggest test of Obama's ability to fulfill the role of consoler in chief…"He's taking a message from the American people as a whole to the victims and their families," said Martha Joynt Kumar, a Towson University professor who studies presidential communications. "He represents the American people and can express the feelings of pain and tragedy and put it into words." Standing before a sea of grieving Americans, acknowledging communal pain, is a task presidents have always undertaken…Much of Obama's efforts today will be out of public view. Shortly after arriving at Fort Hood, he and first lady Michelle Obama plan to meet with families of those killed, at III Corps Headquarters. They'll also meet with some of the wounded and their families before the memorial service that starts at 1 p.m…
When Barack Obama stands today before the mourning children, spouses and comrades of those cut down last week at Fort Hood, he will confront one of the most delicate and painful duties a president undertakes.
Only a president can offer the condolences of a nation. In a moment of crisis and sorrow and anger, only a president can soothe raw emotions, allay fears, elevate a senseless act into a call to action, and offer the assurance that – as his aides put it Monday – no stone will be left unturned.
This is by far the biggest test of Obama's ability to fulfill the role of consoler in chief…
"He's taking a message from the American people as a whole to the victims and their families," said Martha Joynt Kumar, a Towson University professor who studies presidential communications. "He represents the American people and can express the feelings of pain and tragedy and put it into words." Standing before a sea of grieving Americans, acknowledging communal pain, is a task presidents have always undertaken…
Much of Obama's efforts today will be out of public view. Shortly after arriving at Fort Hood, he and first lady Michelle Obama plan to meet with families of those killed, at III Corps Headquarters. They'll also meet with some of the wounded and their families before the memorial service that starts at 1 p.m…
From the New York Times
President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them.“There needs to be some more work before we get to the point where we’re not changing the status quo” on abortion, Mr. Obama said in an interview with ABC News. “And that’s the goal.”On the one hand, Mr. Obama said, “we’re not looking to change what is the principle that has been in place for a very long time, which is federal dollars are not used to subsidize abortions.”On the other hand, he said, he wanted to make sure “we’re not restricting women’s insurance choices,” because he had promised that “if you’re happy and satisfied with the insurance that you have, it’s not going to change…”
President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them.
“There needs to be some more work before we get to the point where we’re not changing the status quo” on abortion, Mr. Obama said in an interview with ABC News. “And that’s the goal.”
On the one hand, Mr. Obama said, “we’re not looking to change what is the principle that has been in place for a very long time, which is federal dollars are not used to subsidize abortions.”
On the other hand, he said, he wanted to make sure “we’re not restricting women’s insurance choices,” because he had promised that “if you’re happy and satisfied with the insurance that you have, it’s not going to change…”
On KVBC-NBC in Las Vegas, NV
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley received a warm welcome when she arrived at McCarran International Airport Sunday afternoon. She cast one of the 220 “yes” votes on the House floor Saturday night, helping to pass President Obama’s health care reform bill.“It’s up there at the same level as Social Security, Medicare, the civil rights legislation," she says.The bill would create a public option and extend coverage to an estimated 96 percent of Americans, including many of the 460,000 Nevadans currently uninsured…“People lose health insurance, don’t have coverage every day. That’s the biggest concern for Nevadans,” says Jennifer Lopez, State Director for Organizing for America. “This bill will help many, many people.” What was passed Saturday night is not the definitive piece of legislation but just the first step. Now, the Senate will consider its own legislation. Both versions must be voted on and pass before they are sent to the president.
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley received a warm welcome when she arrived at McCarran International Airport Sunday afternoon. She cast one of the 220 “yes” votes on the House floor Saturday night, helping to pass President Obama’s health care reform bill.
“It’s up there at the same level as Social Security, Medicare, the civil rights legislation," she says.
The bill would create a public option and extend coverage to an estimated 96 percent of Americans, including many of the 460,000 Nevadans currently uninsured…
“People lose health insurance, don’t have coverage every day. That’s the biggest concern for Nevadans,” says Jennifer Lopez, State Director for Organizing for America. “This bill will help many, many people.”
What was passed Saturday night is not the definitive piece of legislation but just the first step. Now, the Senate will consider its own legislation. Both versions must be voted on and pass before they are sent to the president.
