May 2009

North Korea launched  another short-range missile today making it the sixth fired since the country conducted its underground nuclear test Monday.  Officials are concerned because it appears there is increased activity at a site used to fire long-range missiles.  Tests have been conducted and so far an air sample near the test site has come back  inconclusive--another test is ... read more

According to the government, the number of people requesting jobless benefits fell last week, however, the number of people receiving unemployment benefits rose to 6.78 million. White House economic officials said yesterday that the economic stimulus plan has created or saved 150,ooo jobs with President Obama promising it would help to create or retain at least 3 million jobs when it was ... read more

Many members of Congress are still concerned that President Obama does not have a detailed plan for closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay. "We're all awaiting the details of the plan and the president is going to come up with one,"  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in reaction to the President's recent speech.  Sen. Reid has said that "closing Guantanamo was the right decision," but in ... read more

After weeks of speculation President Obama  announced his nomination to the U.S.  Supreme Court this morning.    Sonia Sotomayor had been on the short list of possible nominees to replace retiring Justice David Souter,  along with Diane Wood from Chicago and two members of the administration, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Solicitor General Elena Kagan. Sotomayor grew up ... read more

     Thank you to all who are serving in the U-S military today,  to those who have served in the past -- and a special thank you to all of the families of those who have lost loved ones in the name of our country.               On this Memorial Day 2009 -- please read this -- it's something I just recently learned.. and I covered the Pentagon for 5 years.. and have been to ... read more

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This evening on Special Report we will take an indepth look at the speech that President Obama gave today from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. .. and the speech that former Vice President Dick Cheney gave at AEI.  The President delivered remarks on national security issues and accused the Bush administration of creating "a misguided experiment" that created more threats for the ... read more

The debate continues as the Senate battle over the war funding bill and the fate of the Gitmo detainees.   By a vote of 90-6 the Senate voted to pull $80 million to close down the detention facility at Guantanimo Bay Cuba from the war spending bill.  Congress is concerned that there is no plan of what to do with the detainees and lawmakers are concerned they will end up in the United ... read more

In the Rose Garden of the White House, President Obama today announced his new plan to regulate auto emissions and ultimately require the average fuel economy standard of 35.5 miles per gallon on all vehicles by the year 2016.  According to the White House, the new plan is expected to save approximately 1.8 billion barrels of oil as well as reduce 900 million metric tons of greenhouse gas ... read more

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