Political News
Trade Agreements
October 21, 2011 at 2:13 PM
Three trade agreements signed October 21st
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Immigration Policy Change
August 19, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Department of Homeland Security announces priorities regarding undocumented immigrants
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Efforts to Improve Wikipedia
November 04, 2010 at 9:12 AM
The Public Policy Initiative enlists the aid of academia to increase and improve articles on public policy topics
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Forum Network
October 08, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Free video and audio of lectures on a variety of topics
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Obama issues executive orders regarding labor practices
January 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM
President Obama signed three executive orders today making it easier for employees to organize labor unions. It marks a change in policy from the Bush Administration. The executive orders are available in either PDF or HTML format from the GPO Access website.
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Want to read Obama's executive orders?
January 29, 2009 at 1:42 PM
If you would like to keep track of the administrative, and executive, orders made by the new Obama Administration you can do so at the GPO Access website which contains the daily version of the Federal Register. Presidential documents are available via the GPO in both HTML and PDF formats.
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Obama's new wheels
January 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM
In addition to a new residence, the first family is also changing their mode of transportation. The Christian Science Monitor reports on some of the security features installed on the president's new vehicle. The car is reportedly able to handle direct hits to its fuel tank, withstand a chemical warfare attack, and is covered with 8 inches of armor.
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Inauguration Day
January 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Today, of course, marks the transition of power in Washington. At 9am this morning, President Obama took the oath of office, making him the 44th President of the United States. Several million people attended the event, making it perhaps the largest political gathering in American history.
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Leon Panetta named CIA Director
January 05, 2009 at 12:23 PM
It has been announced this morning that Leon Panetta will be selected by the Obama Administration as the new CIA Director. Mr. Panetta is an alum of Santa Clara and did both his undergraduate work, and law school, here at Santa Clara University.
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Obama's case comment from the Harvard Law Review
August 22, 2008 at 11:19 AM
It has been determined that a case comment published in the Harvard Law Review was authored by Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama while he was the editor of the Harvard Law Review. You can read the case comment here.
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NY Times publishes Obama's law school exam questions
July 31, 2008 at 10:05 AM
The NY Times has published some of the exam questions given by Barack Obama during his time teaching law school at the University of Chicago. Nan Hunter at the blog, Feminist Law Professors, was impressed with the exam questions given. She states that "[a]lmost every exam includes a question that involves sexual orientation or reproductive rights or a combination. His 2001 con law exam, a few months after September 11, contained a question involving bioterrorism."
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