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azleg.gov 2/5/2009 — Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the ...

Obama Recognizes Anti-Communist Forebears
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 5/1/2009 — Happy Law Day and Loyalty Day everyone! That's right, it's May Day or Labor Day in most of the world today, and President Obama has issued a pair of proclamations recognizing the homegrown American institutions of Law Day and Loyalty Day. Law Day, established amid the anti-Communist ...

Some Facts For Obama To Consider
obsidianwings.blogs.com 1/16/2009 — by hilzoy (1) According to Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution , the President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed". (2) According to Article VI of the Constitution, " This Constitution, and the Laws of the ...

Looming Protectionism
corner.nationalreview.com 1/30/2009 — It's been a bad week for trade. First, Timothy Geithner engaged in a little economic saber-rattling toward China, and now Congress is attempting to exclude foreign companies from competing for infrastructure projects in the stimulus package. The ...

The LA Times On Rendition
obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/2/2009 — by hilzoy The LA Times has an article today called " Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool ": " The CIA's secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go ...

Obama’s Speech on Detainees and National Security
blogs.wsj.com 5/22/2009 — The prepared remarks of President Barack Obama at the National Archives Museum on detainee policy and national security. These are extraordinary times for our country. We are confronting an historic economic crisis. We are fighting two wars. We ...

Khalilzad's "Exit Interview"
undispatch.com 1/14/2009 — Just returning from and event at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC in which Steve Clemons played host/inquisitor/moderator to a discussion with outgoing United States ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad. Khalilzad ...

Sleeper Agent
longwarjournal.org 1/24/2009 — This article was originally published at The Weekly Standard . Ali Saleh Khalah al Marri. As one of his first acts as president, Barack Obama ordered his new cabinet to review the case of Ali Saleh Khalah al Marri, the ...

Racial Divisions vs. Public Social Spending
openleft.com 8/10/2009 — This is a follow-up to my diary yesterday, "Obama Quandary Comes Into Sharper Focus: Part Two, Economic Substance" , in which I faulted Michael Lind for misperceiving the role of race in the story of New Deal liberalism.  But I originally began ...

Obama's National Security Speech
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 5/21/2009 — The following is the prepared text of President Obama's speech today on national security. You can also watch the speech live . These are extraordinary times for our country. We are confronting an historic economic crisis. We are fighting two ...

News Analysis: China Jittery About Obama Amid Signs of Harder Line — NYT > Politics 1/24/2009
Timothy F. Geithner’s assertion that China manipulates its currency isn’t the only sign that an Obama administration may take a harder line toward Beijing. >

China dismisses US remark on currency manipulation (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/24/2009
AP - A top official at China's central bank has dismissed U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner's comment that President Barack Obama believes Beijing is "manipulating" its currency.

Under Obama, US-China ties may face shaky start (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/24/2009
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said no nation is more important to the United States than China. But ties between the two powers may be off to a rocky start just days into the Obama administration.

Arts Leaders Urge Role for Culture in Economic Recovery — NYT > Politics 1/26/2009
As the Obama administration tackles the challenge of shoring up the economy, cultural leaders are urging the president not to forget arts institutions. >

Sometimes, a Political Position Is Just About Wanting a Cigar — NYT > Politics 1/26/2009
The latest issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine advises President Obama on relations with Cuba and argues for abolishing preconditions if the United States should re-engage the Caribbean nation. >