White House
Obama meets with US Governors on economy, health care and education
February 23, 2010By Paula Wolfson U.S. President Barack Obama is turning to the nation's governors for help in meeting his domestic priorities. State leaders came to the White House for closed-door discussions on the economy, health care and education. The private...
Visiting U.S. diplomat pledges support for Moldova
November 20, 2009A high-ranking U.S. diplomat visiting Chisinau said the White House supports Moldova's democratic process and will stand by it as it makes its foreign policy choices, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Daniel...
Biden to Bucharest: Why Romania?
October 23, 2009By Damon Wilson Vice President Biden is visiting Central Europe this week as part of the administration’s damage control efforts in the wake of the botched roll-out of its missile defense decisions. The White House’s objective extends...
Senior Bush financial adviser steps down
November 28, 2007The Bush administration's White House exodus expanded Wednesday with the resignation of National Economic Council chief Alan Hubbard. An unidentified senior administration official confirmed to ABC News that Hubbard, 60, was leaving after leading...
Report: Musharraf poses risk for Bush
November 18, 2007Some foreign policy strategists say long-standing White House loyalty to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is now a liability. U.S. President George W. Bush forged close ties with Musharraf when he pledged to stand with Bush against the Taliban...
White House 'edits' environmental report
October 25, 2007The White House acknowledged it edited out half of environmental testimony given Congress on global warming by a U.S. expert. Tuesday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Julie Gerberding testified to the Senate Environment...
White House releases security strategy
October 10, 2007The Bush administration said it hopes to create a “culture of preparedness” in the United States as it released a new report Tuesday on homeland security. “This strategy is a national strategy and not simply a federal strategy,"...
Romney wants more military, less govt.
September 20, 2007GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney told Florida voters his plan for the White House calls for bigger military, smaller government and less foreign oil. The former Massachusetts governor, campaigning Tuesday near Jacksonville, Fla., said he plans...
White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official
July 26, 2007A former Reagan official has issued a public warning that the Bush administration is preparing to orchestrate a staged terrorist attack in the United States, transform the country into a dictatorship and launch a war with Iran within a year. Paul...