I’m first to admit it, most times, I’m the last one to figure things out, now I’m beginning to get it though, ya see, I just finished watching 24, now I know why they do what they do, all those nasty things they do, you know, you never know who, sometimes the bad guys are [...]
Ash from an Icelandic volcano limiting European air traffic has forced the U.S. military to reroute some American troops wounded in Afghanistan through Iraq instead of Germany.
Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discussed the Administration’s interagency review of the U.S. export control system, which calls for fundamental reform of the current system in order to enhance U.S. national security and strengthen our ability to counter threats such as the…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Andrews Air Force Base 12:45 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Hey, guys, we good? Thank you all for joining us on the return flight home. Fire away. Q Goldman Sachs posted a near doubling in first-quarter earnings just days after the SEC launched its -- said it was launching its…
Washington, D.C. - Today, Vice President Biden announced that the Administration has issued a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter that withdraws a 2005 interpretation of Title IX policy. Enacted in 1972, Title IX mandates that any educational institution receiving federal funding for programs and activities…
A person who is standing near as you fill out a form, enter your PIN number, or punch in your calling card numbers may be doing more than just waiting their turn. To help prevent shoulder surfing, shield your paperwork from view using your body and cup your hand over the keypad. by Nitin Dewan
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Roger, thank you very much. And let me thank everyone who participated in the program this morning and for those putting on this program. It’s an honor to be here. Were I standing before you one year ago today, we’d be discussing the first quarter in which the economy…
Obama to discuss jobs and the economy with rural families and businesses WASHINGTON, DC - The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Iowa, Missouri and Illinois on April 27 and 28 for the next stops on the White House to Main Street Tour. During the visit, President…
8:01 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello, hello, hello! (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat. I’ve got so many good friends in this magnificent setting that I don’t want to single anybody out, but there are a couple of people that I do have…
The elections held recently in Sudan were an essential step in a process laid out by Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The United States notes the initial assessment of independent electoral observers that Sudan’s elections did not meet international standards. Political rights and freedoms…
A PROCLAMATION Throughout our Nation's history, extraordinary women have broken barriers to achieve their dreams and blazed trails so their daughters would not face similar obstacles. Despite decades of progress, pay inequity still hinders women and their families across our country. National…
5:30 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello! Good to see you! (Applause.) We’ve got a whole bunch of the congressional delegation -- (applause) -- you know who you are. (Laughter.) I see a whole bunch of supporters from way back. It’s good to see you again. It is just…
Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Dorothy Height - the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and a hero to so many Americans. Ever since she was denied entrance to college because the incoming class had already met its quota of two African American women, Dr. Height…
Journalists are invited to cover the STS-132 space shuttle crew's Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a practice countdown and related training, April 20-23 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Headquarters in Washington will welcome space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 astronauts for a visit from Tuesday, April 20, through Friday, April 23.
Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a 9:08 a.m. EDT landing Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA and the National Science Teachers Association have selected high school teachers to fly an experiment in microgravity.
NASA will hold a news briefing and unveil initial images from the Solar Dynamic Observatory, or SDO, at 2:15 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 21, in the atrium of the Newseum.
Community college students have been selected to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, May 20-22, for an out-of-this-world experience.
In the neighborhood of Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, the journey to school for children means crossing a treacherous road, but the U.S. Army may help change that.