Barack Obama earned the instant anger of environmentalists and many of his core liberal supporters yesterday by declaring his intention to open vast areas of off-shore waters for future drilling for oil and gas, reversing decades-old policies of leaving the waves to fish, gulls and holidaymakers. The highly controversial plan, unveiled at Andrews Air Force [...]
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PRESIDENT Barack Obama looked to energise his Democratic allies with an in-person appeal for his historic health care overhaul today, the eve of a cliffhanger vote on the sweeping legislation. Mr Obama’s 11th-hour appeal on behalf of the bill, which would bring the world’s richest country closer than ever to guaranteeing health coverage to all [...]
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Barack Obama is expected to announce his long-delayed plans for a troop surge in Afghanistan next week with a promise of between 3,000 and 7,000 extra troops from Nato allies – including Britain, so as to stop this looking like America’s war. An announcement by the US president is anticipated before the meeting of Nato [...]
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