Barack Obama

Obama names Jewish woman as solicitor general

Barack Obama has nominated a Jewish woman to serve as his solicitor general.

Day school executive part of Richardson probe

A Los Angeles Jewish day school official is at the center of an investigation that forced Bill Richardson to withdraw from consideration for a Cabinet post.

The view from the Middle East

How is the U.S. election being seen in the Middle East? Arabs see Obama’s "change" as more of the same, Al Arabiya reports. Israel’s daily Ha’aretz backs Obama for president in a thinly veiled editorial. No American president, especially one whose middle name is Hussein, will voice too much sympathy for the Palestinian cause, writes […]

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