While there is nothing to celebrate until job numbers turn around, the President cites the recent dramatic turnaround in gross domestic product as a sign of better things to come. He also applauds the fact that the Recovery Act has now created or saved more than a million jobs.
October 2009 Archives
Despite a number of crises, including the war in Afghanistan, President Obama is unflappable
Walkability, bike paths, and other qualities may cut odds of developing type 2 diabetes and obesity
Despite America's decades-long struggle to achieve racial equality and the election last year of the country's first African-American president, Americans remain hopeful but highly skeptical that race relations will significantly improve in the near future, according to a new Gallup Poll.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. and Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a gavel during a news conference about health care, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
It's been a mainstay of sex ed for more than a decade. Now, as the Obama administration cuts off federal funding, the movement scrambles for money, determined to continue its mission.
A series of recent polls reveals that Vice President Joe Biden's popularity has significantly declined over the past year, lagging well behind President Barack Obama's and even his recent vice presidential predecessors.
President Obama on how he makes tough calls on Afghanistan, healthcare, the economy, and more
Big city papers had lost as much as a quarter of their circulation in the last six months, and CNN finished dead last in prime-time against more partisan rivals like Fox and MSNBC.
President Barack Obama has been in office just nine months and already he is defending his legacy.
President Obama exhorted Virginia Democrats Tuesday to get behind their underdog gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds, urging them to shake off the complacency that has plagued the party this year.
Sarah Palin, as seen on the cover of her new book 'Going Rogue: An American Life.'
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty criticized President Barack Obama for "projecting potential weakness" on national security.
BOB HERBERT
One of the most cherished items in my possession is a postcard that was sent from Mississippi to the Upper West Side of Manhattan in June 1964.
The new indie horror movie has audiences screaming--and Hollywood drooling. How it got from one man's digital camera to the big screen.
Military Families, Organic Gardening, and a Failed Olympic Bid Do Not Make for a Lasting Legacy
Assessing a young presidency. Barack Obama campaigned as a populist firebrand but governs like a cerebral consensus builder. The founding fathers wouldn't have it any other way.
In advance of President Obama's and the Democrats' coming push for immigration reform, support for so-called comprehensive reform that would include a path to citizenship for many illegal immigrants already in the United States is building among a surprising constituency: conservative religious activists.
President Barack Obama golfs in August.
President Obama is touting his efforts to bolster small business, including his plan to make it easier for such companies to borrow money.
First lady Michelle Obama focused on health care reform as a women's issue at a breast cancer event at the White House Friday, marking the third time in recent weeks she has weighed in on the health debate so directly.
John Cornyn, Charles Schumer, Erin Burnett, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jane Mayer, Joe Scarborough, Dan Senor, Tavis Smiley
Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and health care reform. Plus; Bob Schieffer on First Ladies in the spotlight.
BOB SCHIEFFER
The First Lady's Job Description Is Expanding, Bob Schieffer Notes, In Ways We Can All Take to Heart
Interview With Abdullah Abdullah; Interview With Senators Brown, Hatch, Nelson
The 'Fox News Sunday' panel discusses Obama's pending decision on a strategy on Afghanistan after the show
America's Best Leaders 2009
Get to know more about each person who made this year's list.
Is the idea of common ground between liberals and religious conservatives a pipe dream? Not when it comes to one of the major goals of President Obama's first term: immigration reform.
The best ways for the 60-plus set to reenter the job market.
A job board at a Portland, Ore., training center
Women pay more than men for similar insurance policies. Is it discrimination?
Obama offers students film review
POTUS said he saw the movie over the weekend.
How the reinvention of higher education benefits parents, students, and schools.
LAMAR ALEXANDER
Hartwick college, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York, makes this offer to well-prepared students: earn your undergraduate degree in three years (six semesters) instead of four, and save about $43,000--the amount of one year's tuition and fees.
Sociologist Michael Eric Dyson tells Jacques Berlinerblau how race and religion motivate Obama's critics.
'He's JFK, not MLK.'
Maybe. But that's exactly why they should see it.
At 17, I killed a man. How I found redemption.
Interview With Rahm Emanuel; Interview With John Kerry
'Fox News Sunday' panel continues discussion on what President Obama should do about Afghanistan
Most climate researchers see the Arctic in color-coded satellite pictures. Fewer go to see it up close.
Why is Obama's reform plan largely ignoring small businesses?
From health-care reform to Afghanistan, Joe Biden has bucked Obama--as only a good Veep can.
A new Pew survey showing a marked uptick in the nation's antiabortion sentiment means trouble for a pro-abortion-rights president, right? Well, it certainly could. But as I explain in my latest U.S. News Weekly God & Country column, the survey also suggests that Obama has a major opportunity to reassure Americans who are anxious about his abortion position.
Carl Levin, Lindsey Graham, Barry McCaffrey, Richard Myers, Ron Brownstein, Paul Gigot, Katty Kay, Bob Woodward
"This Week" Transcript with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Rep. Jim McGovern, Gen. Jack Keane
President Obama's surprise win for a Nobel Peace Prize has his critics fuming and, as Bob Schieffer notes, the Nobel Committee has only managed to change the way we look on the honor.
Here's an early look at a faith-based Web ad promoting the climate change bill in the Senate that's scheduled to be unveiled this afternoon by a coalition of progressive religious groups.
The religious right admits it.
Barely nine months into office, President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - with the committee citing Obama's "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy" and his support for nuclear arms reduction.
WASHINGTON POSTAt a job training center that serves a largely black population in the District, a photograph of President Obama hangs on a wall with signs that say, "Yes, I can," and "Yes, you can."
How I learned to stop worrying and love my hair.
Fraser Robinson III and his wife, Marian, with their children, Craig and Michelle, now the first lady.
Medical scribe Hakan Pehlivan documents a patient's illness and why the patient is in the University of Virginia Medical Center, which enables the doctor to focus on treatment.
A guide to the behind-the-scenes players inside Barack Obama's Beltway.
From the staff of Who Runs Gov
Congressional leaders are miffed that Michael Steele is trying to take such an active role in policymaking.
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Susan Rice, David Brooks, E.J. Dionne, Rachel Maddow, Mike Murphy
"This Week" Transcript with Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan on Sunday asserted that the economic recovery was progressing despite September's worse-than-expected employment numbers, and dismissed calls for a new stimulus as premature, saying President Obama's first stimulus hasn't proven effective.
Fmr. Commander Says Delibrations on New Strategy Cannot Continue Much Longer
Unemployment Rate Hits New High: Stimulus Bill Necessary?; General Jones Still Expects to Close Gitmo
The 'FOX News Sunday' panel continues their discussion on health care reform after the show
JOSEPH C. PHILLIPSIt is good that the President has ceased attempting to sell his public option health care initiative on the strength of a comparison to the United States Postal Service.
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