US President Barack Obama informed on Tuesday that the US homeland security and intelligence network had suffered a “systemic failure” in the run-up to the thwarted Christmas Day airliner attack, AFP reported.
Obama to announce economic team leaders, naming Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers. News from NEW YORK – President-elect Barack Obama will announce the leaders of his economic team Monday, naming Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and Lawrence Summers to direct the National Economic Council, transition officials said.
If confirmed by the Senate, Geithner, 47, president of the [...]
US Politics: Alaska Inquiry Concludes Sarah Palin Abused Powers: Gov. Sarah Palin abused the powers of her office by pressuring subordinates to try to get her former brother-in-law, a state trooper, fired, an investigation by the Alaska Legislature has concluded. The inquiry found, however, that she was within her right to dismiss her public safety [...]