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What once may have seemed like routine work for the House of Representatives -- passing a bipartisan bill to improve job training programs -- was cause for celebration on Friday.House Speaker John Boehner, stanley cup R-Ohio, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., shared a photo-op on Friday to commemorate this week s passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill -- which consolidates some federal job training programs, provides more flexibility in the programs at the local level, and reforms the job training system for young people with disabilities -- has already passed in the Senate and now makes its way to President Obama s desk.GOP takes first step toward suing Obama Gates, Buffett, Adelson push immigration reform This is a great opportunity for us to show we can get thin stanley drinking cup gs done, Boehner said, in apparent acknowledgment of how rare bipartisan stanley mugs cooperation has become. The American people s priorities, he said, are, frankly, our priorities. Boehner said that the bill should help give the millions of unemployed Americans the skills needed to fill the approximately 4 million job openings in the U.S.The bill, Pelosi said, is a recognition that the American people are very talented and that the private sector is ready to work with the workforce to provide the training they need. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 { display: none Uwmz Senate reaches deal to avert nuclear option
Afghans express their rage over the accidental burning of Korans by U.S. soldiers at Bagram Airbase. President Obama on Wednesday dism stanley quencher issed criticism of his decision to issue a formal apologyfor the burning of Korans on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and said the apology helped to calm down the violence that broke out there in the wake of the Koran burnings. The apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai calmed things down, Mr. Obama told ABC News in an interview at the White House, though he added that we re not out of the woods yet. The burning of the Islamic holy book, which the White House said was accidental, prompted days of protests across Afghanistan and resulted in the death of four Americans and dozens of Afghans. The apology also prompted criticism from Mr. Obama s political opponents, including GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who said the president surrendered in making the apology. Gingrich said Mr. Obama is consistently apologizing to people who do not deserve the apology of the president of the United States, period. stanley mug In his interview with ABC News, Mr. Obama said that his criteria in any decision I make, getting recommendations from folks who are act stanley cup ually on the ground, is what is going to best protect our folks and make sure that they can accomplish their mission. He added that the politics of the issue don t concern him. Everything else -- the politics or second-guessing
What once may have seemed like routine work for the House of Representatives -- passing a bipartisan bill to improve job training programs -- was cause for celebration on Friday.House Speaker John Boehner, stanley cup R-Ohio, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., shared a photo-op on Friday to commemorate this week s passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill -- which consolidates some federal job training programs, provides more flexibility in the programs at the local level, and reforms the job training system for young people with disabilities -- has already passed in the Senate and now makes its way to President Obama s desk.GOP takes first step toward suing Obama Gates, Buffett, Adelson push immigration reform This is a great opportunity for us to show we can get thin stanley drinking cup gs done, Boehner said, in apparent acknowledgment of how rare bipartisan stanley mugs cooperation has become. The American people s priorities, he said, are, frankly, our priorities. Boehner said that the bill should help give the millions of unemployed Americans the skills needed to fill the approximately 4 million job openings in the U.S.The bill, Pelosi said, is a recognition that the American people are very talented and that the private sector is ready to work with the workforce to provide the training they need. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 { display: none Uwmz Senate reaches deal to avert nuclear option
Afghans express their rage over the accidental burning of Korans by U.S. soldiers at Bagram Airbase. President Obama on Wednesday dism stanley quencher issed criticism of his decision to issue a formal apologyfor the burning of Korans on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and said the apology helped to calm down the violence that broke out there in the wake of the Koran burnings. The apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai calmed things down, Mr. Obama told ABC News in an interview at the White House, though he added that we re not out of the woods yet. The burning of the Islamic holy book, which the White House said was accidental, prompted days of protests across Afghanistan and resulted in the death of four Americans and dozens of Afghans. The apology also prompted criticism from Mr. Obama s political opponents, including GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who said the president surrendered in making the apology. Gingrich said Mr. Obama is consistently apologizing to people who do not deserve the apology of the president of the United States, period. stanley mug In his interview with ABC News, Mr. Obama said that his criteria in any decision I make, getting recommendations from folks who are act stanley cup ually on the ground, is what is going to best protect our folks and make sure that they can accomplish their mission. He added that the politics of the issue don t concern him. Everything else -- the politics or second-guessing