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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is calling it “a bit of a head-scratcher” that rumors are surfacing that President Barack Obama will tap Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to serve as his running
Now the Minority Leader has his party poised to retake the House and is preparing to become the third Republican Speaker since the 1950s.
Central Command. A dozen other nominations, however, were returned to the White House, including Donald Berwick’s to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Tulsa World reported that Inhofe “hopes to join up with the House delegation for some of the official visits, but he also plans to use the trip for what his office described as private religious missionary
votes on the House floor.”
While White House officials have set their sights on beginning to withdraw troops from Afghanistan next summer, Sen.
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Petraeus attempted to walk a fine line between supporting White House policy and assuring concerned Senators that the U.S. will not withdraw from
Some White House officials have indicated that the July 2011 deadline is inflexible; others have suggested it would be based on conditions on the ground at the time.
While not as complete as the emissions market called for by its counterpart bill in the House, it would create a substantial market.
I feel comfortable making this statement as a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, which appropriate all spending
Vice President Joseph Biden will travel to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday for an update on the BP oil spill cleanup, the White House announced Friday.
Central Command, to take over Afghanistan operations last week after he relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of the post.
David Petraeus to take over command in Afghanistan from Gen. Stanley McChrystal was quickly embraced on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill, with Senate confirmation expected within days.
David Petraeus, head of the Central Command, will take over the war effort.
David Petraeus to take over command in Afghanistan from Gen.
Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (N.D.) and House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) called Tuesday for Gen.
But he also offered the White House — as well as Congress — some subtle criticism, suggesting that both could do more to embrace Orszag’s very public and long-held views on the need for fiscal austerity
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday declined to say whether Obama was prepared to fire McChrystal over his remarks.
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) also told Hayward she was “indeed a little bit frustrated” at his inability to answer questions and asked him about the chain of command at his company.
Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, told a House panel that an impartial approach was needed to investigate the spill “because this incident represents a dramatic departure from the industry