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Politics: President Barack Obama Newsletter for 2023-01-08 ( 4 items )  
Congressional Research Service Issues Fact Sheet on Inauguration Day (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following fact sheet on the Inauguration Day (No. R46639) on Jan. 4, 2023, by Maya V. Thomas, reference and digital services librarian: * * * Introduction Inauguration Day is a quadrennial legal holiday in the District of Columbia and neighboring parts of Maryland and Virginia, observed when the President and the Vice President are sworn into office on January 20. If January 20 falls on a Sunday, Inauguration Day is  more PR

DOD Begins Implementing Naming Commission Recommendations (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By Jim Garamone, DOD News So long, Fort Bragg. Hello, Fort Liberty. The Naming Commission process is now over and the names of bases, posts, ships, streets and more named after Confederate soldiers will change. Illustration of torch with American flag behind it (https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jan/05/2003140607/825/780/0/230105-D-D0439-102.JPG). William A. LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition more PR

Durbin Statement on Swearing in of Tammy Duckworth to Second Term in the U.S. Senate (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today accompanied U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) onto the floor of the U.S. Senate for her swearing in ceremony. Duckworth was sworn-in by Vice President Kamala Harris for her second term as a Senator from Illinois. "It was my honor to accompany Senator Duckworth to her swearing-in ceremony to serve a second term as a U.S. Senator. Having first met Sena more PR

Rand Issues Commentary to Foreign Policy: The Myth of America's Ukraine Fatigue (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, Jan. 4 (TNStalk) -- Rand issued the following commentary to Foreign Policy on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * The Myth of America's Ukraine Fatigue By Raphael S. Cohen and Gian Gentile As the Ukraine war grinds into its second year, one of the big strategic questions is whether or not Americans and their allies are growing tired of the war. Indeed, there are media accounts of unnamed senior U.S. officials warning Kyiv about this concern-and Ukrainians, understandably, also worr more PR