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On Friday, the president took action to preserve the reproductive rights of women. His Executive Order  seeks to advance reproductive healthcare services and promote access to critical reproductive healthcare services, including abortions. "It remains the policy of my Administration to support women's rights to choose and to protect and defend reproductive rights', wrote Biden. "Doing so is essential to justice, equality, and our health, safety and progress as a Nation." 1982 v. 2022 Biden . The president's Order calls for members of his cabinet to submit a report, within thirty days, that contains information on free, or reduced cost, reproductive healthcare services through Health Resources and Services Administration-Funded Health Centers, Title X clinics, and other providers while considering actions that would make reproductive healthcare for women as unencumbered as possible. Additionally, the Order seeks to promote awareness of, and access to, contrace...

President Obama, today, gave remarks on the steps his administration is planning to take to make it harder for Americans to gain access to guns. In a tearful demonstration the president recalled several incidents of gun violence during his tenure and became emotional, yet again, while mentioning the Sandy Hook massacre. "Everytime I think about those kids it gets me mad", he said. The president's Executive Order, which will include mandatory background checks, will be 21st century proof, according to President Obama. "We're going to bring an outdated background check system in to the 21st century", he said. The president's Executive Order, which bypassed Congress, have people talking --   including Congress . The owner of a Colonial Heights, Virginia gun shop, Dance's Sporting Goods, said his business has been very good since the president's action.   His customers, who fear they will not be able to own guns and fear the Second Ame...

The Administration revealed today its  Task Force On 21ST Century Policing .  Its mission is stated below. Sec .   3 .   Mission . (a) The Task Force shall, consistent with applicable law, identify best practices and otherwise make recommendations to the President on how policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust. (b) The Task Force shall be solely advisory and shall submit a report to the President by March 2, 2015. Demonstrator at "Justice For All" march in Washington, DC on December 13, 2014.  Photo CD Brown. On the heals of the latest incidents of cops, cowardly, murdering unarmed young people in Black neighborhoods, The Executive Order was released today just as the president and First Family head to Hawaii for their annual winter vacation.    See entire EO  here . See also :  White Middlesex teen brings 600 rounds of ammo to school.   No shots fired by police, teen lives ...

**Update** President Obama spoke at Del Sol High School to announce actions he plans to take to reform the country's immigration policy.  Click here to view. President Obama is set to address the nation Thursday, November 20, to lay out the executive actions he's taking on America's immigration system. Many are expecting that the president will allow illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. and will assist those wanting a path to citizenship with obtaining citizenship status, "the right way." For many undocumented immigrants, immigration reform is a very real issue; one they hope will be resolved quickly. Protest have occurred across the country from Latino Americans, the demographic immigration reform heavily emphasizes, urging the president to cease the deportation of illegal immigrants. Said Jose Cabellos at a campaign event in 2013, (see at 1:11 video mark here ), "We want comprehensive immigration reform.  Right now families are being ...

"I'm ready to act." Speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House this afternoon, President Obama made the case for U.S. intervention in Syria.  "This attack is an assault on human dignity.  It also presents a serious danger to our national security.  It risks making a mockery of the global prohibition on the use of chemical weapons.  It endangers our friends and our partners along Syria’s borders, including Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq.  It could lead to escalating use of chemical weapons, or their proliferation to terrorist groups who would do our people harm.   In a world with many dangers, this menace must be confronted." Congressional members are already in opposition of a strike on Syria. Representative Charlie Rangel (D-NY) doesn't share the president's views.  Speaking earlier today with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Rangel said he doesn't see where the U.S. is in any real danger, and opposes any action agains...

President Obama issued the following Executive Orders and Memorandums today, Friday, April 5, 2013. Executive Order -- Continuanc​e of Advisory Council Executive Order -- Adjustment​s of Certain Rates of Pay Presidenti​al Memorandum -- Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates that are set by Administra​tive Discretion Presidenti​al Memorandum -- Delegation of Functions Under Sections 404 and 406 of Public Law 112-208   While not an Executive Order or Memorandum, the president also today issued a new policy directive on security sector assistance.    The goals of this new policy are to:  help partner nations build the sustainable capacity to address common security challenges; promote partner support for the policies and interests of the United States; strengthen collective security and multinational defense arrangements and organizations; and promote universal values.    Also released today are the  job numbers for the m...

Congress kept the heat on Attorney General Eric Holder for several months, asking Holder to make available several thousand pages of documents pertaining to the Department of Justice's Fast and Furious program which alleges several US firearms have made their way to Mexican drug cartels. Holder has made several appearances in front of the House Oversight Committee over the past year to explain the program and most notably answer questions about any cover up and wrongdoing within the program. Said Holder of the allegations, "From the beginning, Chairman Issa and certain members of the Committee have made unsubstantiated allegations first, then scrambled for facts to try to justify them later. That might make for good political theater, but it does little to uncover the truth or address the problems associated with this operation and prior ones dating back to the previous Administration." Today, President Obama execute...