Texas Sen. John Cornyn has just released a letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to come right out and acknowledge that Maj. Nidal Hasan was likely "compelled by a fanatical religious ideology. "If Islamist terrorism was the driving force...
From the White House to Texas, elected officials expressed their support for the families of those killed and wounded in the Fort Hood attack. Here is a sample of their reaction to the tragedy. President Barack Obama: "My immediate thoughts...
Organizing, apparently, does not take a holiday. Even if they call it an anniversary. The 2008 Obama campaign team has been transformed in 2009 into something called Organizing for America, designed to keep those grassroots seeded and active. On the...
The task was simple enough for leaders of eight youth political groups: grade the performance of President Barack Obama and Congress thus far. The youth leaders, who represented interests from climate change to veterans affairs, had no problem doling out...
President Barack Obama is busy these days with issues like the war in Afghanistan and the reform of the health insurance industry. So I figured I'd tell him about the latest addition to the Chicago Cubs family. The team just...
A group called the Playoff PAC has been developed to push for the dismantling of the Bowl Championship Series. Like Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, the PAC wants some sort of post-season playoff. On Monday Barton spoke in support of the...
Nearly missed this in my weekend reading: Among the 1,000 or so protesters at Texas A&M on Friday, venting anger and criticism at President Barack Obama, was Tina Benkiser -- who quit this month as state Republican chairwoman to joint...
The president, accompanied by former President George Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, just stopped by a dining hall on the A&M campus, where about 1,800 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine cadets were waiting. "Your commander-in-chief draws inspiration...
President Barack Obama offered an eloquent and moving homage to his Republican predecessor, George H.W. Bush, the 41st president. He called Bush's words, works and entire life an inspiration -- an example of the "extraordinary ripple effect that one...
At Texas A&M, the crowd inside and the protesters outside are all awaiting the arrival of President Obama. The warm-up act has begun - a conversation on community service with panelists Melody Barnes, director of the domestic policy council; U.S....
In case you missed it, Saturday Night Live couldn't resist a poke at President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. And not just Obama. Seems like they took a swing at the 43d president, George W. Bush,...
He's said it before, but last night, President Barack Obama reiterated in no uncertain terms that he still plans to allow gays to serve openly in the U.S. military, by reversing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy adopted by President...
Nobel laureate Barack Obama appeared in the Rose Garden this morning 42 minutes late. The news conference at which the president humbly accepted the Peace Prize was supposed to start at 10:30. At 10:15, aides said it would start at...
Word just in: Chicago has been eliminated from the 2016 summer Olympics bid. In the first round of voting by the International Olympic Committee. The contrails from Air Force One have barely faded in the skies over Copenhagen. That was...
Daniel Hannan doesn't really like the British system for delivering health care. On Tuesday he told those gathered at a National Center for Policy Analysis luncheon in Dallas that President Barack Obama's plan to reform the health insurance industry was...
Not widely known is the fact that assistants to the president get to make use of the president's physicians at Bethesda Naval Hospital for free. Former George W. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer writes about in his new book, Speechless, which...
Presidents 41 and 44 will meet next month in Texas for a forum on public service a the George Bush Presidential Library at A&M. The October 16 event featuring President Obama and hosted by former President Bush to aimed at...
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, tonight lauded President Barack Obama for citing his constituent, Robin Beaton - a breast cancer survivor from Waxahachie whose insurance company used a preexisting acne condition to drop her coverage. Barton pressured the insurer to back...
President Obama has cited a Texas case as a case in point for what's wrong with the health care system - a woman whose breast cancer treatment was delayed when the insurance company canceled her policy for failing to...
The president has arrived at the U.S. Capitol after a quick six-minute motorcade from the White House. Expectations are high. But high or low, Democrat or Republican, you can count on seeing one thing at a presidential address to Congress:...
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