President Obama was trying to protect the security of our troops.
he had the gall to actually try to practice law and represent a defendant falsely accused on trumped up charges.
it is a horrific example of the worst kind of totalitarian justice, frankly, and it needs to be singled out and condemne...
A Member of Congress from the State Virginia, Opening Statement.
We can't be delusional about how much, but--and maybe it had counterproductive impacts, as well.
I actually believe there is a record of enormous transparency that is unprecedented in the Obama Administration.
agencies reduced the FOIA backlog, this is a fact, by 40 percent, eliminating 55,000 backlogged FOIA requests.
we can't frame this as an either/or. Either we pursue our self-interest very callously and turn a blind eye to all this ...
a reversal, I might add, of the Bush era policy, which certainly favored secrecy led by the distinguished Vice President...
the President issued the Executive Order... directing agencies to err on the side of disclosure rather than secrecy.
Did we not also put some money into advanced battery manufacturing?