Obama Administration

Carter expressed concern about China's expanding influence and growing military might. But he reserved his stronger words for Russia.

Officials say the administration is close to approving plans for the Pentagon to arm the Kurds.

Public relations personnel are generally required present during pre-screened media interviews and decide who's allowed access.

The NSA's deputy director, John Inglis, said the phone surveillance contributed to disrupting or discovering attacks 12 times.

Some of the low level IRS employees have got to be tired of being thrown under the bus.

Panelists discuss the IRS and Benghazi scandals currently facing the Obama Administration.

The Chamber leadership will also present their mid-year progress report to the members.

An official with the State Department has revealed to the National Journal that "The War on Terror is Over."  The official went on to say that, “Now that we have killed most of al Qaida, now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate Islamism...

The Obama administration report on how the Gulf Coast can be restored is out. The report comes from the White House's Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter today made the following statement regarding news that the Obama Administration will be launching an energy partnership with Brazil this week.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jeff Landry scolds the Obama Administration regarding the May unemployment report.

Congressman Jeff Landry has respectfully declined an invite to visit the White House.

Sen. David Vitter is upset over an appeals court refusal to lift a stay blocking enforcement of the state of Arizona's immigration enforcement legislation passed last year.

WASHINGTON – At a Capitol Hill press conference today hosted by Women of the Storm, United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., welcomed the Obama Administration’s support for dedicating at least 80% of civil Clean Water Act penalties incurred by those responsible for the spill to the Gulf Coast.

WASHINGTON – In a letter to President Barack Obama, United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined 13 Senate colleagues to once again press the administration to address the shortfall in the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal judge in New Orleans who overturned the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling after the Gulf oil spill has ordered the administration to act on two more drilling permit applications.

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today issued the following statement in response to federal judge Martin Feldman’s ruling that the Obama administration must decide within 30 days whether to grant a set of five deepwater drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. Senator David Vitter joined the Morning Report to give details on his latest effort to get the Obama administration moving on drilling permits.

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-Southwest Louisiana) today questioned Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at a Ways and Means hearing.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., issued the following statement in response to news that the second-largest shallow water driller, Seahawk Drilling, will file for bankruptcy due to the lack of drilling permits being issued in the Gulf of Mexico: