Robert Kelley: Latest IAEA report recycles old intelligence and is meant to bolster hard liners

It's going to be almost two years that Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. During his presidential campaign he promised change. But may be the person who runs the best campaign does not necessarily turn out to be the best president. Prof. Vijay Prashad does detailed analysis of Obama Administration and his declined popularity.

Hagai Ben-Artzi won his few seconds of fame hurling the “anti-Semitic” jibe at U.S. President Barack Obama.

Dr. Vijay Prashad compares the foreign policies of the Bush and Obama administrations

United States President Barack Obama has just accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo. His nomination had been controversial, not least because he is continuing and escalating two illegal wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also because it was awarded to him at the beginning of his term, before he has proven a genuine willingness to promote peace.

Companies, unions and other interests spent $849 million on federal lobbying in July, August and September, more than in any quarter since lobbyists began filing quarterly reports at the beginning of last year, according to a nonpartisan group that monitors political expenditures.

Dick Cheney and his neoconservative fringe are showing true gall and no grit in accusing President Obama of "dithering" and "waffling" on Afghanistan. They are, after all, the deep thinkers who rushed the Bush administration into Iraq, which diverted troops and other resources from their earlier mission to defeat the Afghan Taliban and catch or kill Osama bin Laden.

The Obama administration is urging China, Japan and other countries to scale down their Iranian petroleum purchases to put pressure on Iran while the U.S. and others consider toughening economic sanctions on the regime.

President Barack Obama unveiled plans Wednesday to refocus spending of the government's $700 billion financial bailout away from Wall Street's big financial institutions and toward small businesses on Main Street.

The Obama administration will tomorrow roll out a new policy aimed at resolving the Darfur crisis in Sudan, a much softer and more conciliatory line than the president promised during his election campaign.