Barack Obama

In shift, Obama accepts corporate funding for inauguration: “access to donor receptions for $250,000 in individual donations or $1 million in institutional or corporate contributions.”

  President Barack Obama’s inauguration committee is accepting corporate donations to help fund the parade and other events associated with his January 21 inauguration after tapped-out Democratic donors spent huge sums helping him get elected. The move is a shift… Read More ›

White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails “U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack” and the notation “SBU”, meaning “Sensitive But Unclassified.”

9:11pm EDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed… Read More ›