Obama Cabinet

Senator Compares Obama Cabinet Official To Convicted Felon Oliver North

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:54 GMT

Source: thinkprogress.org --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
A top Senate Republican is comparing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to convicted felon Oliver North for soliciting private donations to help implement the Affordable Care Act. In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) charged that Sebelius circumvented Congress’ refusal to provide funds for the administration’s health care law by raising those dollars from outside groups, just as “Col. North was accused of using money raised in an arms-for-hostages swap with Iran to fund and work with private organizations providing military support to rebel armies in Nicaragua.” In 1987, North admitted that he lied to Congress about his role in the Iran-Contra scandal — in which officials secretly sold arms to Iran to fund a resistance movement to the government in Nicaragua — and shred documents to cover-up the government’s actions. He was indicted on 16 counts and convicted of three: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and ordering the destruction of documents. “With Iran-Contra, Congress had also prohibited support for the rebels, while in the case of health-care funding, Congress has refused to provide the amounts that the administration has asked for,” Alexander wrote. “But the principle and the legal prohibitions are the same.” Republican chairmen and ranking Republicans on five congressional committees have ...

Obama Cabinet Flunks Disclosure Test With 19 in 20 Ignoring Law

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:01 GMT

Source: atomiclotusbox.wordpress.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Nineteen of 20 Cabinet-level agencies disobeyed the law requiring the disclosure of public information: The cost of travel by top officials. In all, just eight of the 57 federal agencies met Bloomberg’s request for those documents within the 20-day window required by the Act. “When it comes to implementation of Obama’s wonderful transparency policy goals, especially FOIA policy in particular, there has been far more ‘talk the talk’ rather than ‘walk the walk,’” said Daniel Metcalfe, director of the Department of Justice’s office monitoring the government’s compliance with FOIA requests from 1981 to 2007. via Obama Cabinet Flunks Disclosure Test With 19 in 20 Ignoring Law – Bloomberg . ...

Labor Unions Oppose Obama's Cabinet Nominee

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:00 GMT

Source: htjyang.blogspot.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Organized labor will break its silence and oppose President Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary, Chicago's Penny Pritzker, the Daily News has learned. The decision stems from long-standing grievances with labor practices at the Hyatt Hotels chain, a source of her family's fortune.... ...

Obama calls Sleiman, stresses need for Cabinet, polls

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:18:11 GMT

Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- Monday, May 20, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama calls President Michel Sleiman and stresses the need for the formation of a new government in Lebanon and that elections in the small Mediterranean country be held on time. ...

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:03:28 GMT

Source: hosted.ap.org --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf - in the rain.... ...