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Administration Plans to Strengthen Antitrust Rules

May. 11, 2009
The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush administration policy shift that precluded antitrust actions against big corporations.
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Castro notes 'genocidal' blockade remains

Castro notes 'genocidal' blockade remains

HAVANA, April 14 (UPI) -- Fidel Castro Tuesday criticized the Obama administration for not ending the embargo when it dropped travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans.

Obama sticks to Bush detainee policy

WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- The Obama administration is sticking, for now, with a policy that contends U.S. detainees held in foreign prisons have no U.S. legal rights, observers say.

Noble welcomes U.S. policy shift

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The head of Interpol has welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's break from the Bush administration's military-led counter-terrorism policy.
Food safety to take backseat to economy

Food safety to take backseat to economy

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Fixing the U.S. food system will take a backseat to bigger problems such as the failing economy and healthcare, says Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

300,000 seek Obama administration jobs

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Nearly 300,000 people have applied for about 7,000 available positions in U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration, a source said.
Report: Obama may reverse Bush orders

Report: Obama may reverse Bush orders

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama may undo about 200 Bush administration decisions and executive orders, officials in Washington said.

Iran hopeful on Obama

TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Tehran said it was hopeful the next U.S. presidential administration would change course in national security policy and end regional aggressions.

Judge overturns Bush forest road rule

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A federal judge in northern California has overturned a Bush administration policy that would have allowed roads to be built through national forest land. U.S. District Judge Elizbeth D. Laporte said the policy ignored the National Environmental Policy Ac

Bush administration revisits Iran talks

WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The Bush administration recently made an abrupt shift in U.S. policy on Iran, but may have missed a key earlier opportunity, The Washington Post said.

Administration perceptions may alter NATO

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Analysts at a recent think tank forum characterized as "a sea change" the Bush administration's shift away from the post-World War II policy of conducting war only alongside allies such as NATO. The new U.S. foreign policy may reduce the military allianc
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic