Obama wants to change security funding
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wants to change the government's formula for giving states money for homeland security, with the early voting states getting a little extra.
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Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama unloaded a sharp new attack on rival Hillary Clinton Thursday, coupled with a ringing new call for change, one week before first 2008 votes are cast.
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Barack Obama, who criticized big spending by outside groups that boosted his rivals in Iowa and New Hampshire, is getting some help of his own these days as the campaign moves on to delegate-rich Feb. 5 contests.
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The Bush administration&#39;s plans to divert $3.46 billion in Iraq reconstruction funds for security could increase dangers in the long run
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Infiltrating Al Qaeda and other terror groups will require changes in techniques and culture.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told thousands at a rally Thursday that he would bring serious change to Washington if elected.
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President Bush on Monday asked a skeptical, Democrat-run Congress to approve $700 billion in new military spending -- much of it for the Iraq war -- and to curb many domestic programs.
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The call, at a donor&#39;s conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, comes as attacks by Iraqi fighters have prompted Washington to shift funding from reconstruction to security.
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The near doubling of funding is part of an effort to burnish the presidentâs humanitarian credentials.
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The president wanted to give a new national intelligence chief "full budgetary authority," a sharp shift from an earlier position.
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The Bush administration is trying to fund homeland security "on the cheap," cutting grants to local emergency workers and other programs, the chairman of a House committee said Friday.
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Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep.
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Plan to channel funds from reconstruction to security signals focus on shorter-term goal of holding elections.
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Russia announced Tuesday it was pouring &#36;5.4 billion in additional funding into its security agencies, indicating it was trying to mobilize resources quickly for a battle on terrorism that President Vladimir Putin has called the country's No. 1 priority.
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The president's 2008 $65.5 billion budget request for federal IT spending reflects his priorities to cut budget deficits while improving cybersecurity, according to Bush advisors.
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The chairman of the U.S. military's  Joint Chiefs of Staff has asked lawmakers to give less budget  authority to the national intelligence director than has been  proposed by the commission that investigated the Sept. 11  attacks and backed publicly by the White House.
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His changes push officers to focus on eradicating terrorism, rather than on politics or securing perks.