U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a statement saying that she will be stepping down from her position following her first term and President Obama's January 2013 inauguration. Speculation abounds that Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is the most likely successor...
Hilary Clinton has been approved as the Secretary of State under the new Obama administration, despite concerns about a possible conflict of interest due to her husband's fundraising in foreign countries. The vote in the Senate was 94-2 and the former first lady and senator from New York was sworn...
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of The United States. Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York to Abraham Van Buren, a tavern keeper and farmer of Dutch descent, and Maria Hoes van Alen van Buren. Van Buren's early education began in a small school house in his...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was angered on Monday when a student asked her what Bill Clinton thought about the growing influence of China on the continent. Hillary Clinton, who is currently traveling in seven African countries, seemed puzzled when a student asked her the question during...
French cyber-warfare security officials have linked a United States and Israeli spy software program to a May 2012 hack of French Presidential office. On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 l'Express magazine published reports that a computer virus similar to Flame, a program used by an U.S./Israeli team...
Bruce "The Boss" Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer and songwriter born on September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Springsteen was born to Douglas Frederick Springsteen, a bus driver of Irish and Dutch ancestry, and Adele Ann Serilli, a legal secretary of Italian descent....
A 42-year-old attorney has been appointed to the Senate by New York Governor David Paterson. Kirsten Gillibrand will be taking over the seat that became vacant when Hillary Clinton resigned after being appointed Secretary of State in the Obama administration. Ms. Gillibrand previously worked in...
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it” - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778. Our nations’ leaders are supposed to be paragons of virtue and strength, ever striving to better the populace’s lot in life and aid their country’s economic,...
Tropical Storm Ketsana is hammering the Phillipines with more rain than it can possibly handle. Dumping as much as a months worth of rain all over the Phillipines creating the worst flooding in almost 50 years. "More than a month's worth of rain fell in just 12 hours Saturday as Tropical Storm...
The 20th century was a time of great change, with devastating wars, the rise of two superpowers and the fall of one. Demonstrations have been used throughout history to change the world, both peacefully and violently, but in the 20th century activism came into its own in an age of protest. 1)...
