One could say that we have a president who does not rush to decide or do things. In some cases that could be a positive thing. In others like the decision on whether to send troops and how many to Afghanistan it could be less so. The decision on whether to attend the Copenhagen summit at the beginning of December should not have been so agonizing for the president, specially if he believes in global warming. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest news from Afghanistan could be described as another setback for President Obama in his commitment to the war in that country. The re-election of Hamid Karzai as President of Afghanistan, is forcing the US and NATO to help one of the most corrupt governments in the world in the war against the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »

For the first time the White House has admitted that it does not expect to see a climate bill this year. This has raised doubts about how strongly the Obama administration will press the Senate for a climate bill when they are in the middle of the struggle over health care. And yet Obama received already severe criticism last month when he failed to urge the Senate to act during his speech to the United Nations summit on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »

Nobody is sure yet of how much was accomplished at the G20 meeting mostly because the most talked about event, one that was probably orchestrated behind the scenes but not expected to be presented, was the dramatic disclosure Friday made by Obama, flanked by Brown and Sarkozy, the leaders of Britain and France, of the existence of a covert Iranian nuclear enrichment site. Read the rest of this entry »

The White House released today an statement announcing that the G20 leaders -the group of 19 countries and the European Union- had agreed that the body should permanently replace the G-8 as the world’s main economic forum. Read the rest of this entry »

While the US was falling asleep watching non-stop programs about Michael Jackson and finally the circus of his memorial, people did not notice that at the same time their government was busy trying to get a health care program that could be one of the most important things in their lives. The government wanted to complete by the timetable President Obama wished. Never mind what. Read the rest of this entry »

On May 19, at a gathering at the Rose Garden in the White House and in the presence of 10 of the world’s largest auto manufacturers, environmental advocates, as well as elected officials from all across the country, President Barack Obama announced a new fuel economy standards saying “For the first time in history, we have set in motion a national policy aimed at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing greenhouse gas pollution for all new trucks and cars sold in the United States of America.” Read the rest of this entry »