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Angelina Jolie Wants Obama Administration to Take More Action in Darfur

TV Guide - 2 hours 17 minutes ago

Angelina Jolie wants to see the Obama administration take greater steps in bringing peace to Darfur. "I believe President Obama and his special envoy Scott Gration will do their best to bring peace to the region," Jolie, a U.N. goodwill ambassador, wrote in her OpEd story for Newsweek on Thursday. "Their policy, though, raises a number of questions. How is the Obama administration's approach to ...

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Feinberg to Hand Down New Pay Rulings
TheStreet.com - Fri Dec 11, 1:55 am ET
The Obama administration's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, plans to announce Friday his next wave of rulings on compensation at firms that received U.S. bailout funds, a report says.
Obama Pay Czar Puts Cap On Executives' Pay
CBS4 Miami - 22 minutes ago
The Obama administration's pay czar is limiting the cash compensation for executives at companies that received the largest taxpayer bailouts to $500,000 and delaying some other payouts. The rules apply to the 25th through the 100th top earners at Citigroup, GMAC, American International Group and General Motors. Treasury says about 12 executives were granted exemptions to the $500,000 cash cap.
Clinton calls North Korean talks 'positive'
CNN - Thu Dec 10, 2:39 pm ET
The Obama administration's first high-level direct talks with North Korea yielded no promise by Pyongyang to return to six-party negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear program, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday nonetheless called the meeting "quite positive."
Pay czar set $500K limit for some execs at bailed-out firms
New York Post - 38 minutes ago
The Obama administration's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, announced on Friday new limits on the pay of middle-level executives at four firms which received government bailout assistance. The new limits will cut pay for the 26th to 100th highest-paid emp...
Few troubled mortgages being modified permanently
Los Angeles Times - Fri Dec 11, 10:22 am ET
Only 31,382 of more than 700,000 home loans in the federal program have been converted, data show. Federal data released Thursday showed just how poorly banks are doing at turning the growing number of temporary loan modifications into permanent ones under the Obama administration's effort to curtail foreclosures.
DWI doesn't derail administration post
KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque - 45 minutes ago
A former New Mexico cabinet secretary, who was arrested for driving drunk three days after being named to a post in the Obama administration, will assume her federal job in the coming weeks.
Gates, Clinton to testify on cost of Afghan surge
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 2:14 pm ET
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will face questioning next week from lawmakers who control government spending about the cost of the Obama administration's surge of troops into Afghanistan, congressional aides said on Thursday.
Treasury pay czar limits pay at automakers, banks
KETK 56 Tyler - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration's pay czar is limiting the cash compensation for executives at companies that received the largest taxpayer bailouts to $500,000 and delaying some other payouts. The rules apply to the 25th through the 100th top earners at Citigroup, GMAC, American International Group and General Motors. Treasury says about 12 executives were granted exemptions to the $500 ...
Entergy CEO: EPA sending Congress message to act
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 1:50 pm ET
The Obama administration's moves toward regulating greenhouse gas emissions are sending Congress a message to act quickly on climate change legislation, Entergy Corp.'s chairman and chief executive said Wednesday.
NOAA Proposal Aims to Spur Cap-And-Trade Management of Fisheries
New York Times - Thu Dec 10, 1:42 pm ET
The Obama administration proposed a national fisheries policy today that promotes the use of new cap-and-trade management sch...