President Barack Obama wants New York Governor David Paterson to step aside and withdraw his candidacy for the next NY Governor's race. The decision to ask Mr. Paterson to step aside was said to have been proposed by political advisers to President Obama, who gave his approval for the decision. The general election is still more than a year away, but Paterson's ratings are dismal.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is traveling the world, helping Barack Obama rejuvenate global opinion about America in a new spirit of cooperation, but at least part of her attention is not on the future, but the past – still trying to tackle what her website calls the "2008 primary election debt retirement." What better way that to market her husband? Always hip, always grinning, Bill Clinton is back on the dating scene. For one day.
The Bush administration says it aims to hand over a more stable and secure Iraq to the next U.S. president, but does not seek to "bind" the incoming administration to a set course in the country. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where a senior administration official spoke at length on U.S. efforts in Iraq Thursday.
The town of Brattleboro known for its controversial public nudity laws, as well as a similar effort in 2007 to impeach President Bush, has once again gained national attention. A petition was signed by 5% of voters from the town, or 436 signatures to charge the President and Vice President of the United States with war crimes.
President Bush says he is optimistic about reaching agreement with opposition legislators on an economic stimulus package. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the U.S. central bank has cut the key interest rate in an effort to boost the troubled U.S. economy and stop a global sell-off of stocks.
President Bush and members of Congress have been discussing how to stimulate the U.S. economy, which has seen growth hurt by tightening credit in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
U.S. Republican Party candidates seeking to replace George W. Bush as U.S. president have held their first televised debate. The debate among the 10 candidates took place on the evening of May 3 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in southern California.
Some would like to see Christians as weak and without values. Churches always supported charity and were open to the rest of the world, but do not expect Christians to evolve into faceless "social club"Â
As many of you know, over the last few months I have been thinking hard about my plans for 2008. Running for the presidency is a profound decision - a decision no one should make on the basis of media hype or personal ambition alone - and so before I committed myself and my family to this race, I wanted to be sure that this was right for us and, more importantly, right for the country.
President Bush on Monday said, "Today, I have the honor of signing a bill that will strengthen the partnership between the world's two largest democracies. The relationship between the United States and India has never been more vital - and this bill will help us meet the energy and security challenges of the 21st century."
U.S. President George Bush has signed into a law a series of new rules for interrogating suspected terrorists and bringing them to trial. Critics say the measure violates defendants' civil liberties.
