http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=64&catid=-1News Feed for - Politics/Lawhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96395654&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T02:08:00WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House. Secret Service spokesman Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96460085&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T04:24:00President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit to offer the first US plan to cut carbon emissions, officials said, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed. The Agehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96509687&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T02:17:00REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON PARDONING OF THE NATIONAL TURKEY North Portico 11:41 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Welcome to the White House. On behalf of Sasha and Malia and myself, Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96438672&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T03:04:00WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation next Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said. In a defining DefenseNews.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96414278&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T03:53:00White House budget director Peter Orszag told reporters via conference call that the $848 billion bill pending before the Senate contains important cost-cutting tools. He added, however, that further Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356669&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T02:52:00first pardon - to Courage, a 45lb turkey spared from the Thanksgiving dinner table. Accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama stood under the North Portico of the White House to honour a holiday Kerrymanhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96414355&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T02:50:00WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to 'finish the job' of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around K5k6 Live and Localhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96398240&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T01:07:00Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of the lobbying firm America's Health Insurance Plans, has visited the White House eight times since March 5. Her most recent visit was on August 6. Leonard Schaeffer, Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374158&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T04:27:00President Barack Obama embarked on his highly anticipated maiden visit to Asia last week, furthering his efforts at global outreach. The trip comes as global leaders are reckoning with an unsynchronized Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96502053&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T01:49:00A couple of aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia appear to have crashed the White House's state dinner Tuesday night, penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes MSNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96419188&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T01:19:00Oracle has received help from lawmakers seeking to speed up the review by the European Commission of its planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Fifty-nine U.S. senators have asked the EC to quicken CIO Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96339979&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T02:50:00VIDEO WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has K5k6 Live and Localhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96484047&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T01:33:00The United States will offer a 17-percent reduction target of its greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2020 at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December, the White House said in a statement on People's Daily Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96424839&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T02:06:00peace, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's offer has been welcomed by the White House. However, it was instantly rejected by the Palestinians, because Kerrymanhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96532735&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T04:51:00By Alex Spillius 3 Comments In my interview with Obama?s 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe, he draws comparisons between the down days of Obamaâs bid in mid 2007 and controversies such as Rev Wright Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96502227&Channel_ID=64&Category_ID=-12009-11-26T06:13:00* President's approval rating now at about 50 percent * Democrats, Republicans, fret about 'Obama's economy' WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is paying a price for a recession Reuters