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| U.S. to seek ASEAN cooperation on new Myanmar tack
February 25, 2009 at 7:44 am
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| HANOI (Reuters) - The United States wants Southeast Asian states to press for reform, openness and political progress in Myanmar, while seeking views on a new approach toward the military-ruled country, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday. |
| WTO urges G20 to uphold pledge to fight protectionism
February 25, 2009 at 7:34 am
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| TOKYO (Reuters) - Leaders of the G20 developed and emerging countries should not backtrack on their agreement last year to fight protectionism when they meet in London in April, the head of the World Trade Organization said on Wednesday. |
| Republican Jindal says Americans will solve U.S. problems
February 25, 2009 at 4:41 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a rising star of the Republican party, on Tuesday said the answer to America's problems lay in its citizens and not in big government. |
| Obama seeks U.S. carbon emissions cap
February 25, 2009 at 4:23 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to send him legislation that places a market-based cap on U.S. carbon polluting emissions and pushes the production of more renewable energy. |
| Obama: More money may be needed for financial fix
February 25, 2009 at 1:25 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that more money may be required to repair debt-laden U.S. banks and revive the economy. |
| Obama: U.S. to survive economic "day of reckoning"
February 25, 2009 at 1:21 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to strike a delicate balance between hope and reality on Tuesday to reassure Americans mired in economic crisis that they would survive a "day of reckoning." |
| Detroit mayoral field narrows from 15 to two
February 25, 2009 at 12:37 am
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| DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's interim Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. and NBA legend-turned-businessman Dave Bing appeared set to face off in a May election to pick a mayor for the troubled and cash-strapped city for the remainder of 2009. |
| Obama backs revamped auto industry
February 24, 2009 at 10:12 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he supports revamping the U.S. auto industry to make it competitive but the government would not protect automakers from their own bad decision-making. |
| Golf bash puts bailout bank in rough with Congress
February 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Northern Trust Corp took a pounding on Tuesday from U.S. lawmakers who said the bank must repay millions of taxpayer bailout dollars spent on "lavish parties" during a Southern California golf tournament. |
| Goal of U.S. autos task force not bankruptcy: senator
February 24, 2009 at 6:14 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration task force is carefully analyzing restructuring plans of General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC, but bankruptcy is not the panel's goal for them, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday. |
| Government bank stakes should be transitional: Pelosi
February 24, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that government equity stakes in banks should be temporary and come with some accountability from their directors. |
| Obama to tap Locke for Commerce nominee
February 24, 2009 at 5:49 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will make another effort on Wednesday to fill the post of commerce secretary, nominating former Washington state Governor Gary Locke after his first two picks pulled out. |
| Sen. Burris says will not resign: Sen. Durbin
February 24, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Roland Burris, under pressure to resign after only five weeks in office, told a leading fellow Democrat he has no intention of leaving despite a raging controversy over his appointment to fill the vacancy left by President Barack Obama. |
| Obama seeks to reassure Americans on economic revival
February 24, 2009 at 5:33 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to reassure recession-weary Americans about his efforts to heal the crippled economy, insisting "we will rebuild, we will recover." |
| British PM Brown to address Congress
February 24, 2009 at 5:21 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will address the U.S. Congress on March 4 in a speech that is expected to touch on international terrorism, environmental problems and the troubled global economy, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday. |
| D.C. moves a step closer to vote in Congress
February 24, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation giving residents of the U.S. capital a full voting member of Congress cleared a hurdle on Tuesday and headed toward passage, meeting demands first made by democratic activists two centuries ago. |
| Treasury battles financial crisis short-handed
February 24, 2009 at 9:54 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is battling an epic financial crisis that hasn't paused since the Obama administration took over, but the department's bank-like, colonnaded building still has a lot of empty desks. |
| Obama's high-stakes speech to press broader agenda
February 24, 2009 at 9:34 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama takes center stage on Tuesday to try to sell the American people on his broader agenda for jolting the United States out of deep recession and confronting long-term economic challenges. |
| U.S. envoy to Middle East to visit Turkey
February 24, 2009 at 9:24 am
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| ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell will visit Turkey on Wednesday as part of a regional tour that also takes him to Israel and the West Bank, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. |
| Obama, Japan PM to discuss economy, North Korea
February 24, 2009 at 9:11 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economic crisis and concerns about North Korea will dominate talks on Tuesday between President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso aimed at reassuring Tokyo it remains a top U.S. ally. |
| Most Americans support Obama's economic plan: polls
February 24, 2009 at 6:07 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large majorities of Americans support President Barack Obama's plans to revive the economy and his efforts to work across party lines, according to a pair of public opinion polls released on Monday. |
| Pentagon says F-22 fate to hang for while longer
February 23, 2009 at 11:41 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A high-stakes decision on the fate of Lockheed Martin Corp's premier F-22 fighter jet will be made known only with the release of the fiscal 2010 budget likely in April, not by March 1 as had been sought by Congress. |
| Dennis Ross appointed special U.S. advisor on Gulf
February 23, 2009 at 10:08 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. foreign policy veteran Dennis Ross has been appointed special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Gulf region, including Iran, and southwest Asia, the State Department announced on Monday. |
| Obama says U.S. helicopter project costs "gone amok"
February 23, 2009 at 8:52 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to crack down on costly military programs, citing a project to build a new presidential helicopter fleet as an example of the procurement process "gone amok." |
| Former governor Locke likely commerce nominee
February 23, 2009 at 8:38 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Washington state Governor Gary Locke is President Barack Obama's "likely nominee" for U.S. commerce secretary, an administration official said on Monday. |
| Housing bill to shield firms modifying loans
February 23, 2009 at 8:21 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bankruptcy judges would get power to modify home loans and mortgages services who alter loans would win protection from bondholder lawsuits under a bill to be considered by U.S. lawmakers later this week, sponsors of the legislation said on Monday. |
| Obama pledges to halve budget deficit by 2013
February 23, 2009 at 7:15 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to cut the ballooning U.S. budget deficit by half in the next four years and said the country would face another economic crisis if it did not address its debt problems soon. |
| Tufts Prof. Merrigan tapped for No 2 USDA post
February 23, 2009 at 6:28 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama chose Kathleen Merrigan, an assistant professor at Tufts University who helped develop U.S. organic food labeling rules, for the Agriculture Department's No 2 job, the White House said on Monday. |
| Democrat leader sees bankruptcy bill this week
February 23, 2009 at 5:53 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives said on Monday lawmakers expect to begin debating legislation this week that would let judges erase some mortgage debt for borrowers who file for bankruptcy. |
| Senior Republican urges rethink of Cuba policy
February 23, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should rethink its decades-old policy of isolating Cuba, a key Senate Republican said on Monday, encouraging President Barack Obama's administration to move ahead with a promised review. |
| Congress tries to finish overdue 2009 spending
February 23, 2009 at 5:30 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just days after the fight over the $787 billion U.S. economic stimulus package, Democrats Monday unveiled a $410 billion measure to fund the government for the remaining seven months of fiscal year 2009. |
| Obama questions presidential helicopter project
February 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Lockheed Martin Corp's presidential helicopter program, hit by soaring cost overruns, was an example of the government procurement process "run amok." |
| U.S. plans "substantial" pledge at Gaza meeting
February 23, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to offer more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel's invasion and to strengthen the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, U.S. officials said on Monday. |
| Obama casts doubt on presidential helicopter project
February 23, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama cast doubt on Monday on Lockheed Martin Corp's presidential helicopter replacement project, which has been hit by soaring cost overruns, saying it was an example of the procurement process "run amok." |
| Clinton to visit Israel, West Bank
February 23, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will make her first visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank as U.S. secretary of state next week, Israeli officials said on Monday. |
| Supreme Court won't hear appeal in Bush al Qaeda plot
February 23, 2009 at 11:59 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court turned down on Monday an appeal by an American citizen convicted in 2005 for plotting to assassinate then-President George W. Bush and conspiring with al Qaeda. |
| Obama to name watchdog to oversee stimulus outlays
February 23, 2009 at 11:33 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, intent on countering criticisms of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan as wasteful, plans to name a watchdog on Monday to make sure the money is spent wisely. |
| Obama says help for states to begin soon
February 23, 2009 at 11:14 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday money from the $787 billion economic stimulus plan would go out within two days to help states pay for the Medicaid health program. |
| Republican governors split over Obama stimulus
February 23, 2009 at 5:20 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican governors were split on Sunday over whether to accept all of the money their states stand to receive from a $787 billion economic stimulus plan which President Barack Obama signed last week. |
| Obama to reassure Japan of its place in U.S. policy
February 23, 2009 at 5:16 am
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| TOKYO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will reassure Prime Minister Taro Aso this week that Tokyo remains a key ally, but questions remain as to whether a summit with the lame duck Japanese leader can yield concrete results. |
| Obama seeks new momentum in pivotal week
February 23, 2009 at 3:38 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama has had to deal with everything from Cabinet missteps that have strained his "no-drama Obama" image to an economic crisis that seems to worsen by the day. |
| Feds question Burris in Blagojevich case: report
February 23, 2009 at 1:35 am
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal authorities have interviewed Senator Roland Burris in a probe into whether former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the Senate seat Burris now occupies, the Chicago Tribune reported on Sunday. |
| Rolls-Royce wins two U.S. helicopter contracts
February 22, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Group Plc announced two new contracts on Sunday -- a $35 million deal with the U.S. Army and a deal worth up to $400 million with Bell Helicopter -- and said it expects more than 15,000 turbine helicopter deliveries over the next ten years. |
| Obama to name watchdog to oversee stimulus outlays
February 22, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, intent on countering criticisms of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan as wasteful, plans to name a watchdog on Monday to make sure the money is spent wisely. |
| Republican governors split over Obama stimulus
February 22, 2009 at 1:23 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans governors were split on Sunday over whether to accept all of the money their states stand to receive from a $787 billion economic stimulus plan which President Barack Obama signed last week. |
| Feds question Burris in Blagojevich case: paper
February 22, 2009 at 11:48 am
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal authorities have interviewed U.S. Senator Roland Burris in a probe into whether former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the Senate seat Burris now occupies, the Chicago Tribune, reported on Sunday. |
| Clinton says U.S. and China are in the same economic boat
February 22, 2009 at 7:38 am
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States are both dependent on a revival of the U.S. economy and will rise or fall together, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a visit to Beijing on Sunday. |
| Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013
February 22, 2009 at 5:53 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to slash the ballooning deficit in half by 2013, U.S. officials said on Saturday, after massively increasing public spending to stem the worst economic crisis in decades. |
| Governors unlikely to turn down stimulus funds
February 22, 2009 at 4:48 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even Republican governors who have said they will reject some of Washington's stimulus money will end up taking much of the funding, the leader of the National Governors' Association said on Saturday. |
| Clinton: diplomat, politician or advice columnist?
February 22, 2009 at 3:56 am
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton strolled past open-air sewers in Jakarta, talked robots over tea in Tokyo with the empress of Japan and met women students in Seoul, one of whom asked how she knew her husband "would be your love". | | | 
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