Yearly Archives: 2016

Senate confirms first openly gay official to top civilian Army post

Senate confirms first openly gay official to top civilian Army post

Fanning’s nomination to the position, made by President Barack Obama last September, had been held up in the Senate by Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, who wanted assurances from the administration that detainees at Guantanamo Bay would not be transferred to the U.S. military prison at Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas as part of the administration’s policy to try and close the prison in Cuba.
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Senate approves $1.1 billion compromise bill to combat Zika

Senate approves $1.1 billion compromise bill to combat Zika

At the same time, the White House issued a veto threat against a House Republicans’ bill introduced this week that would provide $622 million, a figure the White House called “woefully inadequate” to fight the rapidly spreading virus that can cause serious birth defects in newborns.
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Yearly Archives: 2016

Senate confirms first openly gay official to top civilian Army post

Senate confirms first openly gay official to top civilian Army post

Fanning’s nomination to the position, made by President Barack Obama last September, had been held up in the Senate by Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, who wanted assurances from the administration that detainees at Guantanamo Bay would not be transferred to the U.S. military prison at Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas as part of the administration’s policy to try and close the prison in Cuba.
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LISTEN: Presidential Historian JANE COOK Analyzed The Role Of Bill Clinton As First Husband & Econ Czar

LISTEN: Presidential Historian JANE COOK Analyzed The Role Of Bill Clinton As First Husband & Econ Czar

INTERVIEW — JANE HAMPTON COOK — Presidential Historian and Author of upcoming book “The Burning of the White House: James and Dolley Madison and the War of 1812   Janecook.com Jane is also a featured historian in the upcoming Newt Gingrich film “The First American” Bill Clinton Would Be ‘in Charge of Revitalizing the Economy,’ Hillary…Continue Reading

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