Iran Aiming to Provoke With Missile Tests?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2009 Is the Iranian regime taking a page from North Korea with its recent, potentially provocative displays of missile-launching power? Or are those preplanned exercises (nothing to see here, move along, folks)? Or, as White House press wrangler Robert Gibbs suggests, a little bit of both? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

White House: No News (Yet) on Afghanistan Strategy

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2009 Although the Obama administration was well aware of the fact that, by Monday morning, everyone and his cousin knew about Gen. Stanley McChrystal's warning about "mission failure" in Afghanistan, which the general had issued to the White House as part of a report that found its way into the clutches of Washington Post journalists, there will be no official call for more troops until an equally official request is submitted. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Counters Carter’s Race Claim

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2009 Although it certainly seems plausible that, as former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday, the intense hostility directed at President Barack Obama of late is partly rooted in racism, Obama apparently begs to differ. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Back-to-School Speech Ruffles Feathers on the Right

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2009 So, President Obama wants to give our nation's schoolchildren a personalized message Tuesday as they start a new year. One might imagine that the president plans to emphasize the importance of education, but some of Obama's detractors are reading much more into the motives behind his speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gibbs: Cheney’s Wrong on Interrogation

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2009 White House press secretary Robert Gibbs fielded a question about former Vice President Dick Cheney's ongoing Enhanced Interrogation Press Tour with restrained disdain Monday, calling Cheney's comments "the same song and dance we've heard since literally the first day of our administration," as well as "wrong." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gibbs Goes Before a Media Firing Squad

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Although news wires buzzed Monday with reports that President Obama had changed his tune when it came to pushing for the government to make a public health care option available to give private insurance companies competition, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs begged to differ during a press conference Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Nothing Has Changed’ for Public Option

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Press secretary Robert Gibbs called the media's determination that the president had abandoned the public option "one of the more curious things I've ever seen in my life." Is this a case of spin or spine? Read Gibbs' entertaining back-and-forth with reporters (full text after the jump) and come to your own conclusion. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Team Obama Ready to Surrender Public Option?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2009 The president and his lieutenants are on a whistle-stop tour of disappointment It started Saturday, when Obama called the public insurance option "just one sliver of" health care reform, "whether we have it or we don't have it " You don't have to be clairvoyant to see the cave coming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pelosi Finds Some Backing

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2009 Three new developments in the Nancy Pelosi drama this week: The Democrats are said to stand "solidly behind" the House speaker, who is under fire from Republicans for talking smack about the CIA that “misled” her on waterboarding. Meanwhile, President Obama gives a vote of confidence to Pelosi, while CIA Director Leon Panetta urges Congress to focus on actual national security threats, stating “We are a nation at war.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )