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Obama answers questions submitted on YouTube

added on 2010-02-02 09:31:26 (Washington Post - Politics)
President Obama continued efforts to open himself to direct scrutiny from his critics on Monday, sitting for a half-hour of questions submitted to YouTube during his State of the Union address last week. ...more.

Obama budget calls for new spending to lower unemployment, help middle class

added on 2010-02-02 09:31:22 (Washington Post - Politics)
As President Obama announced his $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday, Republicans savaged it as a recipe for fiscal disaster, while Democrats defended the call to drive record deficits even higher to finance measures aimed at putting people back to work. ...more.

Obama officials present a strategic redefining of Homeland Security's mission

added on 2010-02-02 09:31:30 (Washington Post - Politics)
The Obama administration Monday delivered to Congress the nation's first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, defining homeland security for the first time as including hazards beyond terrorism, in a strategic document intended to drive long-term budget decisions. ...more.

Obama budget proposal scraps NASA's back-to-the-moon program

added on 2010-02-02 09:31:28 (Washington Post - Politics)
The Obama administration is killing Constellation, NASA's ambitious back-to-the moon program. The decision represents a thunderous demolition of the Bush-era strategy at the space agency, which had already poured $9 billion into a new rocket, the Ares 1, and a new crew capsule, Orion. ...more.

Spend and save

added on 2010-02-02 09:01:09 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
US deficit dilemma and why Obama needs to get it right ...more.

In budget, Obama tries to balance vision against current needs

added on 2010-02-02 09:31:29 (Washington Post - Politics)
President Obama, who set out on the campaign trail three years ago to "transform a nation," is increasingly doing all he can simply to keep his long-term vision in view amid the more urgent pressures bearing down on him. ...more.