Dr. Jill Biden, The White House

This Memorial Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and I are asking our fellow citizens to honor the brave men and women who have served and sacrificed so much for our country by supporting our military families and veterans.
Will you join me in sending a note of thanks to our military families? You can submit your message on JoiningForces.gov:


Our military families are true American heroes: they are parents who raise their kids alone while their spouse is deployed overseas, they are the grandparents who provide much needed support, and they are military kids who work hard in school while bravely awaiting their mom or dad's return from deployment. They serve our country bravely and without asking for recognition for their sacrifices.

Skenario Kosovo Untuk Papua Merdeka

Penulis : Hendrajit (Penulis adalah Direktur Eksekutif Global Future Institute-GFI)

Ini bukan rumor ini bukan gosip. Sebuah sumber di lingkungan Departemen Luar Negeri mengungkap adanya usaha intensif dari beberapa anggota kongres dari Partai Demokrat Amerika kepada Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) untuk membantu proses ke arah kemerdekaan Papua secara bertahap.

Menarik juga informasi ini jika benar. Karena dengan tampilnya Presiden Barrack Obama di tahta kepresidenan Gedung Putih, praktis politik luar negeri Amerika amat diwarnai oleh haluan Partai Demokrat yang memang sangat mengedepankan soal hak-hak asasi manusia. Karena itu tidak heran jika Obama dan beberapa politisi Demokrat yang punya agenda memerdekakan Papua lepas dari Indonesia, sepertinya memang akan diberi angin.

Beberapa fakta lapangan mendukung informasi sumber kami di Departemen Luar Negeri tersebut. Betapa tidak. Dalam dua bulan terakhir ini, US House of Representatives, telah mengagendakan agar DPR Amerika tersebut mengeluarkan rancangan FOREIGN RELATION AUTHORIZATION ACT (FRAA) yahg secara spesifik memuat referensi khusus mengenai Papua.

Indonesia Harus Keras pada PBB

Barack Obama seems unrepentant over his comments on Israel's border and appears to think that his own personality will be enough to resolve a '100-year-old headache'.

Striding to the podium inside the Washington Convention Centre, President Barack Obama did his very best to avoid any sense that he felt intimidated by entering what was, in political terms, the lion's den.

There was tepid applause and a couple of isolated boos from the crowd of almost 10,000 members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as Aipac, the premier and most hardline mainstream group in the powerful pro-Israel lobby in the United States.

Obama defends vision, raps Hezbollah

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama defended Sunday his endorsement of Israel’s 1967 boundaries as the basis for a future Palestine, adding that his views reflected long-standing American policy that needed to be stated clearly. Speaking to an audience at the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC Policy Conference, Obama warned that the Jewish state would face growing isolation without “a credible peace process.” The U.S. president also vowed to “keep up pressure” on Tehran to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining nuclear weapons, as he condemned its support for groups in the region, namely Hezbollah, which is blacklisted as a terrorist group by the United States.

Obama and Romney lead the pack in fundraising

The two have raised far more than other contenders in the 2012 presidential race, which is expected to exceed the $2.4 billion spent in the 2008 election.

Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, began the week with a carefully… (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

May 20, 2011|By Kim Geiger and Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times

Frenzied fundraising by presidential contenders this week served to underscore the bracing reality of the 2012 campaign: When it comes to money, President Obama and Mitt Romney occupy a plateau far above everyone else.

Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, began the week with a carefully staged fundraising event that drew $10 million in pledges — an amount that, even if ultimately not fully realized, was meant as a brush-back pitch at his opponents.

Michelle Obama makes first foray into new campaign

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama made her first foray into the 2012 presidential campaign Thursday, telling donors that her husband needs them to "work like you have never worked before" so he can finish the job he started.

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Info news obama aktivitas

Netanyahu thanks Mitchell, blames PA for failure of talks

Jerusalem Post - ‎17 minutes ago‎

By JPOST.COM STAFF Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with newly resigned US envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell and thanked him for his efforts to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the PMO said in a statement released on ...

US modulates Middle East involvement

The Hindu - Narayan Lakshman - ‎17 minutes ago‎

AP President Barack Obama. File Photo In a possible indication that the United States is seeking to tamp down its intensive involvement in Middle Eastern politics, the White House refused to officially recognise the Libyan Transitional National Council ...

Mitchell resigns as US envoy in Mideast

Boston Globe - Steven Lee Myers - ‎7 hours ago‎

WASHINGTON — George J. Mitchell Jr., the former senator who brokered peace in Northern Ireland and investigated the use of steroids in Major League Baseball, is resigning as the chief US envoy to the Israelis and Palestinians amid ...

Bush Puji Obama: "Dia Mati. Itu Bagus!"

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - Mantan presiden AS George W Bush minggu ini dilaporkan memuji keputusan Presiden Barack Obama memerintahkan serangan yang menewaskan Osama bin Laden dan menyatakan: "Orang itu sudah mati. Itu bagus."

Bush - yang pernah menyatakan setelah serangan 11 September bahwa ia ingin tangkap Osama hidup atau mati - berbicara dalam sebuah konferensi di Las Vegas,  ABC melaporkan.

Mantan presiden mengatakan dia 'tidak senang' mendengar bahwa elit AS menyerbu Osama di Pakistan. Namun ia memuji hasilnya.

Rumah Nenek Obama Dijaga Ketat

NAIROBI – Pemerintah Kenya memperketat penjagaan di sekitar rumah nenek tiri Presiden Amerika Serikat (AS) Barack Obama, sehubungan tewasnya Osama bin Laden. Penjagaan dilakukan karena ada kekhawatiran ancaman keamanan terhadap keluarga orang nomor satu di Negeri Paman Sam tersebut. “Dengan munculnya tantangan keamanan termasuk ancaman teror,saya bisa konfirmasikan bahwa kami memutuskan untuk meningkatkan keamanan di rumah Mama Sarah,” ujar administrator regional Francis Mutie, yang menggunakan nama populer bagi nenek tiri Obama yang tinggal di kawasan barat Kenya. Belum ada ancaman langsung terhadap keluarga itu. Namun, Kenya sudah berada pada kesiapsiagaan tinggi terkait peringatan dari pengikut Al-Qaeda setelah Osama tewas di tangan pasukan elite Angkatan Laut AS (Navy Seals) pada 2 Mei di Pakistan.