Obama Watch

UN resolution against Israeli settlements
/node/15238

Obama formally ends 'Muslim registry' program
/node/15174#comment-453896

Obama 'permanently' bans Arctic offshore drilling?
/node/14386#comment-453891

CIA: Russia meddled in US election
/node/15176#comment-453848

Obama drug war commutations surpass 1,000
http://globalganjareport.com/node/1263

Dakota Access pipeline blocked —for now
/node/15201

Syria and Iraq in the Trump world order
/node/15159

Burma sanctions lifted amid ethnic cleansing
/node/15099

Syria: nuclear flashpoint
/node/15089

Trump plays Jerusalem card for Jewish vote
/node/15054

Syria: hideous escalation fruit of bogus 'ceasefire'
/node/15052

Yemen: Saudis bomb anti-bombing demonstration
/node/14989

White House releases (contested) drone kill count
/node/14901

Obama signs draconian new drug law
/node/14500#comment-453513

India: court convicts 24 in 2002 Gujarat pogrom
/node/14851

US rejects autonomy for Syrian Kurds
/node/14838

Is Obama really helping Cuban dissidents?
/node/14728

Argentina: Kissinger crimes in the news again
/node/14727

Obama delivers Gitmo closure plan to Congress
/node/14656

Plan Colombia to become 'Peace Colombia'?
/node/14647

Obama's seventh year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
/node/14571

National protests against immigration raids
/node/14563

Rights groups criticize arms sale to Saudi Arabia
/node/14510

Drone memos may stay secret: US appeals court
/node/14479

Contradictions of post-Paris anti-ISIS convergence
/node/14466

Obama and the KXL-TPP contradiction
/node/14434

US embraces Iran as (ironic) 'peace' partner in Syria
/node/14421

Obama's nuclear upgrade: Euro-missiles redux?
/node/14405

Yemen: Amnesty demands halt to arms transfers
/node/14360

Four Corners haze: harbinger of climate change
/node/14228

Obama pursues nuclear 'modernization' —not disarmament
/node/14224

Turkey continues to bomb anti-ISIS forces
/node/14218

US betrays Rojava Kurds (inevitably)
/node/14208

Protests as Japan moves toward remilitarization
/node/14192

Iran, world powers reach nuclear agreement
/node/14185

Obama disses Kurdish 'partners' against ISIS
/node/14170

Iraq: US sends more troops —amid reprisals
/node/14115

White House criticizes Egypt, supports military aid
/node/14114

Drone strike survivors file suit against US
/node/14113

SCOTUS rules in Jerusalem passport case
/node/14111

US drops Cuba from terrorism list
/node/14083

Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill
/node/12778#comment-452828

Obama's new offshore plan: don't believe the hype
/node/13940

Obama's sixth year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
/node/13917

Threat to South Korean nuclear plants: no thanks
/node/13838

Venezuela: US imposes sanctions on officials
/node/13839

Cuba: US agrees to normalize relations
/node/13842

Immigration enforcement: anti-labor tool
/node/13810

US and China in new carbon pact; trading seen
/node/13719

Net neutrality and the extinction of journalism
/node/13180

Judge orders release of Gitmo force-feeding videos
/node/13606

Warlords cut deal on Afghan electoral dispute
/node/13564

Obama, Assad and ISIS: our grim vindication
/node/13522

Obama sees long war against ISIS
/node/13512

Iraq: great power convergence against ISIS
/node/13351

Obama to send 300 military 'advisors' to Iraq
/node/13313

Obama climate plan: too little, too late
/node/13279

US POW released in exchange for Gitmo detainees
/node/13273

Gov study: climate change happening now
/node/11658#comment-452093

Rival trade pacts vie for Pacific hegemony
/node/13207

Obama's fifth year: a World War 4 Report scorecard 
/node/12965

Obama, Mandela and Castro: absurd hypocrisy
/node/12712

Gitmo lawyer: declassify interrogation techniques
/node/12712

Syria: what is the imperial agenda?
/node/12663

Will Obama cut Egypt military aid?
/node/12532#comment-451591

US troops to Philippines amid Mindanao fighting
/node/12436

Will 'peace' mean betrayal of Afghan women?
/node/12362

Obama preparing martial law?
/node/12346

NSA collecting phone call data under top secret court order 
/node/11668#comment-451338

Samantha Power signals Syria intervention?
/node/12308

Will OAS summit broach drug decrim?
/node/12298

Obama addresses drone strikes, steps to close Gitmo
/node/12269

Obama addresses Gitmo hunger strike
/node/12238

No Miranda rights for bombing suspect?
/node/12203#comment-450244

US to redeploy troops as Morocco axes war game
/node/12194

Jerusalem: troops fire on Palestinian protesters
/node/12110

Israeli forces surround new "village"
/node/12106

Obama schmoozes petro-oligarchs
/node/11859#comment-450091

Court upholds statutory protection for polar bears
/node/12058

Press was prone on drones, but cover blown
/node/11962

Prison evidence at issue in 9-11 trial
/node/11925

Obama's fourth year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
/node/11896

Bolivia wins coca-chewing victory at UN
/node/11870

Chuck Hagel: revenge of the paleocons?
/node/11854

Obama signs NDAA —despite Gitmo restrictions
/node/11850

North Korea joins ICBM club —but why now?
/node/11781

PSY sells out —but righties use him to bash Obama
/node/11769

Cornhuskers pack Keystone XL hearing
/node/11767

Military coup d'état against Obama?
/node/11739

Israel launches new assault on Gaza
/node/11690

Petraeus prostration: Benghazi blowback?
/node/11676

Obama's re-election: more historic than 2008?
/node/11669

ACLU urges Obama to close Gitmo in second term
/node/11668

Obama and Romney both fudged facts on Libya
/node/11615

Obama urges Supreme Court to limit corporate liability
/node/11597

Italy high court upholds sentences of 23 former CIA agents in rendition case
/node/11532

East China Sea flashpoint for Sino-Japanese war?
/node/11515

Unprecedented maneuvers in Strait of Hormuz
/node/11514

From Afghanistan to Tunisia: back to GWOT?
/node/11513

Will provocateur film derail Arab Spring?
/node/11507

Yemen drone war: 29 dead in eight days
/node/11480

Jerusalem political football in US horserace
/node/11477

Holder closes investigation into alleged torture deaths of CIA detainees
/node/11454

Petro-oligarchs play presidential candidates —again
/node/11427

Keystone vs Enbridge: race or stratagem?
/node/11416

Pakistan NATO resupply deal: house of mirrors
/node/11260

Republicans push "Fast and Furious" conspiracy theory
/node/11220

Supreme Court partially strikes down Arizona immigration law
/node/11213

Congressman to sue Obama over new immigration policy
/node/11170

Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over US medical experiments in Guatemala
/node/11169

US to downsize drones amid growing outcry over civilian casualties
/node/11154

US resumes arms sales to Bahrain —despite ongoing abuses
/node/11075

Iraq: court dismisses charges against former US detainee
/node/11067

Full-on propaganda push for fracking
/node/11059

Obama wins Afghan deal for extended troop presence
/node/11053

Obama approves Colombia FTA —despite continued anti-labor violence
/node/11004

American Indians reach trust settlement with federal government
/node/10987

Anti-Obama conspiracies seen in oil price spike
/node/10884

US, Mexico open transboundary waters to oil and gas exploitation
/node/10868

Drones cleared to patrol US cities; avatar robots not far behind
/node/10857

Another Gitmo detainee to face military tribunal; second under Obama
/node/10844

Obama acknowledges Pakistan drone strikes
/node/10782

Obama shilling for drilling, backing fracking
/node/10761

Azerbaijan drawn into Iranian spy-vesus-spy intrigues
/node/10757

Obama's third year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
/node/10749

Obama denies permit for Keystone XL pipeline
/node/10736

Protests mark tenth anniversary of Guantánamo Bay prison camp
/node/10720

Pentagon prepares for new cold war with China
/node/10701

Obama signs NDAA with indefinite detention provisions —despite "reservations"
/node/10687

US transfers final detainee to Iraqi government
/node/10659

Obama resumes military aid to Uzbekistan dictatorship
/node/10604

Obama's Australia deployment signals new cold war with China?
/node/10546

Obama announces final Iraq pull-out (except special forces)
/node/10452

Hezbollah leader could get US military trial: report
/node/10365

War criminal Burhanuddin Rabbani eulogized by Obama
/node/10341

White House expands drug watch list to include all Central America
/node/10332

Obama caves in on smog regulations
/node/8167#comment-327783

Cuba high court upholds US contractor's 15-year sentence
/node/10200

Brutal ICE raids continue —despite Obama's new policy
/node/10192

Iraq: US announces talks to stay beyond December deadline —as new atrocity is reported
/node/10189

Afghanistan draw-down modeled on "Sons of Iraq" program
/node/10060

Libya: France arms rebels as DC pols prevaricate
/node/10058

Congress and the Libya war: Orwellian logic on both sides
/node/10031

Libya: Qaddafi exploits civilian casualties, Gates says air-strikes are "not hostilities"
/node/10011

Libya: mercenaries fighting on both sides?
/node/9973

Patriot Act extended through 2015
/node/9932

Obama's Mideast speech: risking Jewish support to domesticate Arab Spring
/node/9907

Obama to open Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve
/node/9889

Libya: Contact Group to fund rebels
/node/9847

Osama bin Laden, the GWOT and the Arab Spring: what has changed?
/node/9846

Did Osama bin Laden hit violate international law?
/node/9839

Was Osama bin Laden sheltered by Pakistan regime?
/node/9838

Petraeus to CIA; regime change on agenda?
/node/9827

Supreme Court hears arguments in global warming case
/node/9796

Colombia agrees to FTA labor conditions; opponents don't buy it
/node/9758

Lawmaker proposes halt to US military action in Libya
/node/9704

US signs nuclear development deal with Chile —amid Fukushima disaster
/node/9686

Obama: no retreat from "clean nuclear power" plans
/node/9685

US and Britain join air-strikes against Libya; Congress to approve action?
/node/9664

Yemen: 30 dead in massacre of protesters
/node/9658

Obama orders resumption of Gitmo military trials
/node/9608

Mexico: Calderón fights WikiLeaks fallout in DC
/node/9605

Yemen: embattled prez blames Israeli subversion (of course)
/node/9566

Fatah calls for "day of rage" against US
/node/9511

Mexico: federal police fire on Oaxaca protesters
/node/9510

US Defense Secretary says Gitmo closing unlikely
/node/9508

Egypt: military dismantles Mubarak regime —and protest movement
/node/9480

Egypt: protesters defy push for "normality"
/node/9460

Egypt: Mubark hangs on, Washington sends more mixed signals
/node/9433

Egypt: will US dump Mubarak?
/node/9427

Egypt: protesters prepare "departure day" march as street battles continue
/node/9422

Italy: court convicts former Gitmo detainee
/node/9417

Egypt: "march of a million" gives Mubarak three days to leave country
/node/9415

Fear in Washington, Israel as general strike is declared in Egypt
/node/9407

Obama administration won't dump Mubarak as protests paralyze Egypt
/node/9403

Obama exploits South Sudanese independence struggle for propaganda
/node/9387

Obama pays lip service to Tunisians —betrays Egyptians, Algerians, Yemenis
/node/9386

Pakistan: thousands march against US drone strikes
/node/9374

Tunisian virus spreads to Algeria
/node/9372

Obama's second year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
/node/9367

US to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014: Biden
/node/9365

Obama administration may resume military commission trials: NYT
/node/9366

Angry protests spread in Jordan
/node/9335

White House acknowledges Gitmo to remain open for foreseeable future
/node/9284

UN investigator calls for inquiry into Iraq rights abuses
/node/9200

Obama administration invokes state secrets to block targeted killings lawsuit
/node/9141

Clinton: Mexico needs "equivalent" of Plan Colombia
/node/9090

Last US "combat troops" leave Iraq; private sector to pick up slack
/node/8966

Iraq: countdown to withdrawal?
/node/8943

Merida Initiative funds mired in red tape: GAO report
/node/8858

ZOG theory goes mainstream
/node/8824

Gitmo detainee to be repatriated to Yemen after judge orders release
/node/8791

McChrystal ouster: the neocons strike back?
/node/8783

Haiti: Obama signs HELP sweatshop law
/node/8698

Obama to send National Guard to Mexican border; Fox fuels terror scare
/node/8666

Kerry-Lieberman climate bill wins praise —and outrage
/node/8617

Obama Justice Department urges Supreme Court not to hear Maher Arar appeal
/node/8615

Robert Gates does Colombia, Peru; calls for more bases, free trade
/node/8592

Obama threatens to nuke Iran?
/node/8526

Obama names new chief for Gitmo tribunals
/node/8512

Napolitano halts work on "virtual" border fence
/node/8466

UN rights experts urge civilian trials for 9-11 suspects
/node/8438

White House revives military commission option for 9-11 trials: reports
/node/8416

Obama plans "dramatic reductions" in n-arms —but not "no first use" pledge
/node/8414

Federal judge upholds detention of Yemeni Gitmo detainees
/node/8371

White House mulls indefinite detention: Sen. Graham
/node/8350

Holder "flexible" on trying 9-11 suspects in civilian or military courts
/node/8336

Moscow demands answers on US-Romania "missile shield" deal
/node/8320

Pentagon abandons two-war doctrine —but not the two wars
/node/8314

White House asks Congress for $410 million under Merida Initiative
/node/8312

US, Russia agree to nuclear arms reduction treaty
/node/8300

White House to boost nuclear weapons funding
/node/8293

White House drops "Plan Colombia" nomenclature
/node/8291

US imperialism to outsource lunar invasion
/node/8285

Obama orders government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
/node/8267

Obama's first year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
/node/8237

UK rights group urges further investigation of Gitmo suicides
/node/8231

"Doomsday Clock" moves one minute away from midnight
/node/8206

US officials concealed details of immigrant deaths in detention: NYT
/node/8182

Afghan authorities commit to taking over former Bagram detention facility
/node/8181

EPA proposes stricter smog regulations
/node/8167

Obama administration announces new rules for public land drilling leases
/node/8166

New airline passenger screening unconstitutional: rights groups
/node/8154

Obama declassification order rolls back Bush secrecy legacy
/node/8151

Guantánamo prison may remain open until 2011: reports
/node/8108

Obama's peace prize and its anti-war critics: Which is more Orwellian?
/node/8045

Obama administration calls for dismissal of suit against John "torture memo" Yoo
/node/8044

Afghanistan's secular opposition dissents from Obama's troop surge
/node/8027

Gitmo detainees to Illinois?
/node/7952

Obama adminstration to open new Afghan detention facility
/node/7951

Holder announces federal trials for accused 9-11 conspirators
/node/7941

Anti-nuclear protesters greet Obama in Japan
/node/7937

Honduras: US seeks "happy end" —at cost of democracy?
/node/7934

Obama's EPA silences dissent to carbon trading
/node/7928

Honduras: US and Latin America split over elections
/node/7925

US citizen sentenced in Tehran protests; neocons charge Obama with betrayal
/node/7856

Obama at crossroads on Afghanistan —and anti-war movement?
/node/7800

Afghanistan: new Bagram rules "step in wrong direction"?
/node/7763

Honduras: repression continues; Obama acquiescing in coup?
/node/7697

Obama and the Honduran coup: our readers write
/node/7682

Honduran golpista: Obama a "little black man who knows nothing"
/node/7537

White House loosens up on ICE workplace policy; "gang" raids continue
/node/7531

Bolivia bashes Obama over trade sanctions
/node/7528

Obama pledges progress on FTA in meeting with Uribe
/node/7508

Obama to Muslims: let's chill out!
/node/7470

Obama border strategy emphasizes enforcement
/node/7413

Obama in Cairo: selective historical memory
/node/7408

Obama denies White House to run GM
/node/7395

White House announces national vehicle emissions policy
/node/7329

Obama places Chrysler under heavy manners
/node/7328

Obama administration reviving military commission system —with changes
/node/7319

UN rights chief urges US to hold Bush-era officials accountable for torture
/node/7315

Obama seeking delay of torture photos release
/node/7313

Obama affirms position that waterboarding is torture
/node/7267

Our readers write: How rad is Obama's agenda?
/node/7252

Obama open to prosecuting CIA interrogation memo authors
/node/7230

Obama reassures CIA on torture
/node/7221

Latin leftists bash Obama at Caribbean confab
/node/7216

Obama pledge not to prosecute CIA interrogators draws criticism
/node/7204

Obama moves against Mexican cartel finances
/node/7194

Mexico: Obama met with protests on immigration reform
/node/7193

Obama administration to appeal Bagram detainees' habeas ruling
/node/7173

CIA says no more secret prisons —and rendition?
/node/7170

Pakistan: thousands flee US drone attacks
/node/7153

Iraq: Obama won't speed pullout; clashes in Baghdad
/node/7110

Obama forges "Af-Pak" strategy as Taliban insurgency spreads
/node/7090

Obama administration drops GWOT nomenclature
/node/7074

Obama's Nowruz message to Iran: "appeasement" or Trojan horse?
/node/7048

Freeman affair opens window on intra-elite paleo-neocon wars
/node/7032

Obama administration drops "enemy combatant" nomenclature
/node/7022

Panetta: Obama to continue GWOT; widening of Pakistan air strikes seen
/node/6975

Obama and the GWOT: our readers write
/node/6942

50,000 combat troops to remain in Iraq after "withdrawal"
/node/6925

Obama should cut military aid to Israel: Amnesty International
/node/6892

Obama: no rights for Afghan detainees
/node/6887

Afgahanistan: five-year troop build-up seen
/node/6875

Obama orders 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan; civilian casualties soar
/node/6867

Pakistan: drones versus sharia?
/node/6864

UK sends team to Gitmo in Binyam Mohamed case
/node/6853

Obama has four years to save planet: leading scientist
/node/6838

Obama urged to halt military detention of journalists
/node/6837

Obama continues Bush-era "state secrets" argument in Gitmo torture case
/node/6836

Sheriff Arpaio's ugly publicity stunt: Obama's immigration reform wake-up call?
/node/6810

Obama White House bullies Britain on Gitmo torture case?
/node/6781

Obama and Lincoln: our readers write
/node/6763

Obama brother busted for ganja in Nairobi
/node/6764

Latin America: reactions as Obama takes office
/node/6741

UN torture rapporteur calls for charges againt Bush, Rumsfeld
/node/6737

Obama directs EPA to reconsider Bush auto emission policy
/node/6736

Potsdam peaceniks give Obama a chance
/node/6735

Chávez hot and cold on Obama
/node/6729

Afghanistan: US air-strike sparks protests —again
/node/6719

Pakistan: pro-government leader, family wiped out in US air-strike
/node/6718

Obama's State Department to Mauritania: restore "constitutional order"
/node/6717

US bombs Pakistan —again
/node/6713

Obama orders on Gitmo, torture leave "wiggle room"?
/node/6711

Deported Mexican activist to Obama: stop the immigration raids
/node/6710

Obama moves to halt Bush regs on ecology, public lands
/node/6704

Obama calls Abbas; Hamas holds victory rally
/node/6703

Obama calls for halt to Gitmo tribunals
/node/6702

Obama to maintain Cuba embargo…for now
/node/6697

Obama names George Mitchell as Middle East envoy
/node/6696

Activists fast to demand Obama close Gitmo
/node/6641

Obama inspires Black Iraqi freedom movement
/node/6637

Activists to Obama: demand Israel lift Gaza siege
/node/6619

Obama's rightward tilt: our readers write
/node/6600

Lipan Apache to Obama: stop border wall construction
/node/6564

Cuba: no "turning point" with US
/node/6554

Climate scientists warn of coal threat —is Obama listening?
/node/6547

Obama to close Gitmo —in two years?
/node/6541

Obama USDA pick another "biofuel" booster
/node/6536

Obama urged to suspend CAFTA
/node/6528

Obama Energy Department pick is "biofuel" booster
/node/6511

Obama drug czar pick linked to fraud, Christian right, anti-Semitism
/node/6504

Obama pick for National Intelligence director linked to East Timor genocide
/node/6458

Obama team member linked to Hindutva fascist movement
/node/6457

Anti-Obama backlash: right-wingers broach "secession"
/node/6426

Mexico: Calderón warns Obama on NAFTA revision
/node/6420

"Humanitarian" interventionist Samantha Power back on Obama team
/node/6406

Czech Green Party MP asks Obama to reconsider missile shield
/node/6405

Obama: ominous appointment for Homeland Security
/node/6360

Bolivia's Evo Morales seeks "improved relations" with Obama White House
/node/6359

Eric Holder: death-squad defender
/node/6357

Tom Daschle: "regime change" extremist
/node/6356

Al-Qaeda disses Obama, invokes Malcolm X
/node/6355

Obama: out of Iraq, into Afghanistan?
/node/6345

HRW urges Obama to repudiate "abusive" counter-terrorism policies
/node/6339

Obama pressured following election-week ICE raids in Florida
/node/6338

Emanuel disavows dad's diss of Arabs
/node/6331

Taliban to Obama: pull out now
/node/6321

Russia to Obama: rebuild "strategic partnership"
/node/6283#comment-314754

Emanuel: Obama won't link Colombia FTA to stimulus package
/node/6306

Iraq's civil resistance to Obama: end the occupation
/node/6299

Obama on board with policy-elite consensus for Iran attack?
/node/6288#comment-314715

Obama's first appointment: pro-Israel hardliner
/node/6292

Right wing prepares anti-Obama "underground"
/node/6289

And in related news…

Deepwater Horizon: the petro-oligarchs strike back
/node/8572

Gitmo detainee repatriated to Kuwait
/node/7802

Abu Ghraib photos depict rape, sexual assault: ex-US general
/node/7377

Panama: trouble for FTA in US Congress?
/node/7367

Cheney defends Bush-era interrogation policies
/node/7350

Senate passes amendment delaying Gitmo closure funds
/node/7332

Military judge grants government motion for continuance in Gitmo case
/node/7331

France to accept one Gitmo detainee
/node/7145

Hugo Chávez offers to accept Gitmo detainees
/node/7123

Pakistan between two poles of terrorism
/node/7106

US, Yemen should allow "meaningful legal process" in Gitmo repatriation: HRW
/node/7103

Spanish judge weighs probe of US federal attorneys on Gitmo
/node/7092

Mexico: US backpedals on "failed state" claim
/node/7087

Netanyahu expects blank check from Obama; green light for Israeli far-right?
/node/7080

Rights advocates welcome rehearing denial in detainee photo case
/node/7038

US pledges to respect neutrality in Salvador elections —despite GOP bluster
/node/7026

Maine neo-Nazi prepared "dirty bomb"?
/node/7021

Mexico tops agenda for new Drug Czar
/node/7018

Iraq: more terror as Obama begins draw-down
/node/7003

Holder: Gitmo will close, despite "improvements"
/node/6919

Homeland Security to review Bellingham ICE raid
/node/6920

Gitmo complies with Geneva Conventions: Pentagon report
/node/6888

DC Circuit rules against release of Gitmo Uighurs
/node/6870

Econo-protests paralyze Mexico City, Juárez-El Paso bridge
/node/6755

Gitmo alum heads Yemen Qaeda franchise?
/node/6716

Military announces transfer of six Gitmo detainees
/node/6690

Mexico reacts to ominous Pentagon report —as pundits plug military aid
/node/6679

Another Gitmo detainee ordered released; use of torture admitted
/node/6670

Gaza: Israel pours in reserves as death toll nears 900
/node/6654

Message from Palestinian trade unions on Gaza
/node/6653

Bolivia: plot to assassinate Evo Morales?
/node/6567

US Army War College issues report on martial law
/node/6540

Three Gitmo detainees released to Bosnia
/node/6532

9-11 survivors pawns in Gitmo controversy —others dissent
/node/6503

Chicago: workers occupy factory
/node/6471

India and Pakistan ready for war, US threatens intervention?
/node/6473

Taliban "surge" into Pakistan, destroy NATO convoy
/node/6474

US releases first tranche of Plan Mexico funds
/node/6451

Our readers write: January Surprise?
/node/6427

Cheney indicted in Texas prison scandal
/node/6358

US bombs Pakistan —again
/node/6354

Latin America plays leading role at first G20 summit; Fidel unimpressed
/node/6351

US admits more juveniles held at Gitmo
/node/6340

Veterans occupy National Archives to demand impeachment —again
/node/6332

US bombs Pakistan —again
/node/6320

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