Obama Administration
Events (297)
- April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Law Professor Slams Obama for Not Promising to Prosecute Bush Officials Who Sanctioned Torture 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Afghan Minister of Defense Surprised by Obama’s Plan for Afghan Security Forces; Expected Greater, Quicker Increase in Forces and Equipment 2009-04-16
- April 18, 2009: Blogger, Not Reporters, Discover Information regarding Number of Times Suspected Terrorists Waterboarded 2009-04-18
- April 19, 2009: Media Reports House Democrat Wiretapped by NSA as Part of AIPAC Investigation 2009-04-19
- April 19-22, 2009: Obama Contradicts Chief of Staff, Says He Favors Torture Investigations 2009-04-19
- April 20, 2009: Cheney Calls for Declassification of Documents Showing Results of Torture 2009-04-20
- April 20, 2009: Senator Lieberman Says He Supports Waterboarding, Opposed Release of Justice Department Torture Memos 2009-04-20
- April 20, 2009: Senator McCain: One Waterboarding Is ‘Too Much. Waterboarding Is Torture, Period’ 2009-04-20
- April 22, 2009: Cheney Requests Release of Classified CIA Memos that He Claims Prove Torture Works 2009-04-22
- April 26, 2009: Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Brent Scowcroft Advise Obama Administration to Ally with Jalaluddin Haqqani, Negotiate with Taliban 2009-04-26
- April 28, 2009: Appeals Court Rejects ‘State Secrets’ Argument in Torture Lawsuit 2009-04-28
- April 29, 2009: Former Military Commander Sworn in as New US Ambassador to Afghanistan 2009-04-29
- May 1, 2009: Prosecutors Drop Charges against Lobbyists Accused of Passing Classified Information 2009-05-01
- May 3, 2009: Fourth Grader Quizzes Rice on Bush Administration’s Use of Torture 2009-05-03
- May 5, 2009: Anonymous ‘Respectable Intellectual Center’ Has ‘Doubts’ about Prospective Supreme Court Justice, Columnist Writes 2009-05-05
- May 10, 2009: Cheney: Bush Knew of Torture Program 2009-05-10
- May 11, 2009: Former Black Operations Chief Stanley McChrystal Tapped to Replace David McKiernan as Top US Commander in Afghanistan 2009-05-11
- April 21-May 12, 2009: Senate Finance Committee Hearings Exclude ‘Single-Payer’ Proponents 2009-05-12
- May 12, 2009: Cheney Praises Obama’s Choice of Stanley McChrystal to Head War in Afghanistan 2009-05-12
- May 19, 2009: Government Sets Fuel Efficiency Standards for 2016 2009-05-19
- May 28, 2009: Rove: Supreme Court Nominee’s ‘Empathy’ Code for ‘Liberal Activism’ 2009-05-28
- May 31, 2009: Abortion Provider’s Murder May Presage Further Violence, Author Warns 2009-05-31
- May 31, 2009: Obama Condemns Tiller Murder 2009-05-31
- May 11-June 10, 2009: Stanley McChrystal Given Carte Blanche to Choose Afghanistan Staff; Assembles Team of Special Operations Veterans 2009-06-10
- June 13, 2009: Lawyer Says Difference in Federal Handling of Vandalism Complaints since Change of Administrations 2009-06-13
- June 15, 2009: CIA Releases Redacted Statements from Guantanamo Detainees Alleging Torture 2009-06-15
- June 22, 2009: Town Hall Health Care Meeting Disrupted by Angry Protesters; Representative Needs Police Escort to Leave Safely 2009-06-22
- June 26, 2009: Corporate Lobbying Firm Issues ‘Action Kit’ for Health Care Protesters 2009-06-26
- Early Morning July 2, 2009: US Marines Launch ‘Operation Khanjar’ Offensive in the Heart of Helmand’s Poppy-Growing Districts 2009-07-02
- July 10, 2009: Republican Congressman: Obama Health Care Reform ‘Is Gonna Kill People’ 2009-07-10
- July 16, 2009: Republican Health Care Reform Opponent Says Obama Reform Proposal Will Encourage Elderly to Die Sooner 2009-07-16
- July 16, 2009: Death Toll for Coalition Troops Reaches Record Level for Any Month in Afghan War, Approaches Highest Levels Seen in Iraq War 2009-07-16
- July 17, 2009: Tea Party Organization Holds National Day of Protests against Obamacare 2009-07-17
- July 21, 2009: Limbaugh: Health Care Reform Mandates ‘Death Counseling’ for Elderly 2009-07-21
- July 22, 2009: Republican Senator: GOP Must Stall Health Care Reform to Win 2010 Elections 2009-07-22
- July 22, 2009: US Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Record High for Month 2009-07-22
- July 23, 2009: Beck: Obama Colluding with Labor Union, Community Organization to Create ‘Modern-Day Slave State’ 2009-07-23
- July 23, 2009: Conservative Lobbying Organization Launches Bus Tour to Protest Health Care Reform Proposals 2009-07-23
- July 23, 2009: Republicans: Obama Health Care Reform Would Lead to ‘Government-Encouraged Euthanasia’ and ‘Mercy Killing’ 2009-07-23
- July 23, 2009: $76 Million Annually Can Be Saved by ‘End-of-Life’ Discussions; No Loss in Quality of Care 2009-07-23
- July 23, 2009: Claim that Health Care Reform Would Encourage Seniors to ‘Die Sooner’ Are ‘Ridiculous Falsehoods’, Investigations Claim 2009-07-23
- July 23-24, 2009: Health Care Lobbyist Accuses White House Advisers of Favoring Denial of Treatment to ‘Less Productive’ Citizens 2009-07-23
- July 24, 2009: Republican Lawmaker Joins Radical in Accusing Obama of Implementing ‘Eugenics,’ Nazi-Like ‘Youth Brigades’ 2009-07-24
- July 27, 2009: Anti-Health Care Reform Study Created by Health Insurance Corporation 2009-07-27
- July 27, 2009: Richard Holbrooke and Stanley McChrystal Call Eminent War Historian to Discuss Parallels between Vietnam and Afghanistan 2009-07-27
- July 27, 2009: Obama Administration Continues Bush Continuity of Government Policies 2009-07-27
- July 28-29, 2009: Beck: Obama a ‘Racist’ with a ‘Deep-Seated Hatred of White People’ 2009-07-28
- July 28, 2009: Republican: Seniors Will Be ‘Put to Death’ under Government Health Care Reform 2009-07-28
- July 28, 2009: Conservative Magazine Editors Decry ‘Birther’ Conspiracy Theory 2009-07-28