Call it the granddaddy of WikiLeaks. Four decades ago, a young defense analyst leaked a top-secret study packed with damaging revelations about America’s conduct of the Vietnam War. On Monday, that study, dubbed the Pentagon Papers, finally came out in complete form. It’s a touchstone for whistleblowers everywhere and just the sort of leak that gives presidents fits to this... Read more
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40 years after leak, the Pentagon Papers are out
June 14 | Posted by admin | US Government News Tags: Barack Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, government, John Kennedy, leak, Leslie H. Gelb, Lyndon Johnson, Pentagon, Robert S. McNamara, U.S. history, U.S. policy, Vietnam, WikiLeaks, World War II
Obama pushes jobs in trip fraught with politics
June 13 | Posted by admin | White House News Tags: America, Barack Obama, Ferrell Guillory, Florida, General Electric, government, Hispanic, Jeff Immelt, jobs, North Carolina, Obama, Puerto Rico, Republican, Richard Burr, unemploymentBedeviled by a bleak employment picture, President Barack Obama is pushing for more private sector hiring while seeking to protect his own job during a two-day domestic trip that aims to raise his political profile in two key states and with an important Hispanic constituency. In North Carolina on Monday, the president will press for more jobs in targeted industries, including... Read more
