President Obama nominates federal judge Sonia Sotomayor as his pick for the US Supreme Court. This wasn't a big surprise. Rumors where circulating who the president would pick. Republicans have said they will try and block the nomination. Republicans do not have a majority and would have a hard time blocking Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor from sitting on the US's highest court.
Judge Sotomayor's record is readily available on YouTube and public record on the web.
Sotomayor juez del registro está disponible en YouTube y registro público de la web.
On this Memorial Day weekend, President Obama calls on the American people to join him in paying tribute to America’s veterans, servicemen and women – particularly those who have made the ultimate sacrifice - and their families.
The President spoke about funding for Veterns. The first increase in decade. He has some good ideas how we can all thank the folks in the military.
On Memorial Day when we are sitting in the backyard barbecuing or watch Charleston Hestine in Midawy thousands of men and won are in a strange land protecting us. we need to remember what this holiday is all about.
This was another exceptionally busy week around the White House. Credit Card Reform to NFL Players. Barack Obama was on the move as usual.
President Obama took a moment Thursday, May 21. 2009 to welcome the Superbowl Champions Pittsburgh Steelers to the White House, along with approximately 50 Wounded Warriors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center and their families. Afterwards they all joined up to work with USO to assemble 3,000 care packages for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Commencements are happening all across the country, but ones for military grads are special. These you men and women will be protecting America by serving.
Finally someone is knocking the credit card companies down a notch. It can be difficult to think of an issue that touches more people, or can get a rise out of more people, than credit card fine print, fees, and staggering interest rate hikes. For some it is an irritation, for people who have already hit a rough patch, it can become a brutal weight to carry having credit card debt.
