Tag: Barack Obama
Cartagena residents complain citys getting a bad rap for prostitutes
While prostitution is legal and prevalent in Cartagena, the city has a much more complex and appealing reputation as well. It's a World Heritage site, with ancient colonial buildings and a jumping off point for a family and adventure tours as well. Locals say that's being overlooked since the Secret Service prostitution scandal there....
Secret Service scandal widens with misconduct allegations in El Salvador, Argentina, Russia
The Secret Service is under fire because of allegations that 11 of its agents caroused with prostitutes immediately before President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia earlier this month. Now comes word of a similar incident in El Salvador in 2011 and other questionable incidents in Argentina and Russia last decade....
VIDEO: Obama outlines proposals to combat global atrocities, rights violations
President Barack Obama says preventing atrocities and violence globally is a core national security interest of the United States -- something that will be an emphasis of his foreign policy going forward. He outlined his previous commitment and new steps in a meeting at the Holocaust Museum....
Obama promises action to fight oil market speculators; other questions effectiveness
President Barack Obama is trying to tackle high gas prices by targeting what he says is oil price inflation caused by speculators and market manipulators. Republican are calling it a political gimmick, oil experts say the reason for high prices is high global demand....
Secret Service prostitution scandal widens, additional information comes out
As the Secret Service and Department of Defense investigations into inappropriate conduct with prostitutes in Colombia continues, new details are starting to emerge. Might this, just the latest but probably most severe embarrassment for the Secret Service under director Mark Sullivan, cost the director his job?...
If proven true, consequences of Secret Service prostitution scandal could be far-reaching
A group of 11 Secret Service agents are on a paid suspension while the agency investigates allegations of excessive drinking and prostitution while the agents were in Colombia in advance of President Barack Obama's trip there for the Summit of the Americas....
Growing pains at Groupon as it tries to grow business
Groupon was one of the fastest growing Internet companies ever. But the image was tarnish, especially when the online coupon giant came forward with financial reports revealing it had overstated its revenue. Now investors are wondering how long the Groupon model will last. ...
President's team tries to embrace the term 'Obamacare'
With President Obama's healthcare law in court, the administration has begun a campaign to co-opt and embrace the term "Obamacare." In an effort to defend the contentious Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obama and his supporters are redefining the word Obamacare....
Supreme Court justices could face blowback no matter how they decide healthcare case
As the U.S. Supreme Court debates the Affordable Healthcare Act, there's a growing discussion about the level of political heat that may come down, no matter what the decision is....
Obama travels to Cushing, Okla., to announce his support for part of Keystone XL pipeline
Cushing, Okla., is known to some as the pipeline intersection for the world. It's there where President Barack Obama traveled on Thursday to pledge his support for building the southern half of the Keystone XL pipeline, to get oil from Cushing to the Texas Gulf Coast refineries....
