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President Barack Obama and President Rene Preval of Haiti return to the Oval Office, following their remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 10, 2010. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
The New York Times urged the Obama Administration to follow through on Israeli-Palestinian talks and dealt with voting machines and antitrust.
The New York Times urged everyone to stick with the course of indirect talks in the Middle East, characterized Israel’s announcement of further settlements in East Jerusalem as a “slap in the face” and said that President Barack Obama had made a bit of a hash of peace talks efforts in the past, now he needs to get it right.
The US’s largest voting machine manufacturer just acquired the US’s second-largest voting machine manufacturer, ringing anti-trust alarms the country over. The New York Times wrote today that the Justice Department’s efforts to block certain parts of the deal are welcome, but that both the department and Congress need to do more “to protect the vote.”
The Washington Post talks about Haitian President Rene Préval’s recent visit to the White House and urged the Senate to enact a “sensible” food protection bill.
President Préval “dropped the ball on addressing corruption concerns” during his visit with President Obama yesterday, The Washington Post’s headline on its leading editorial read today. “Unsurprisingly, given Haiti’s history of wasted and purloined foreign aid, he is being asked about the perils of corruption and what measures the Haitian government might devise to minimize misuse and theft of the billions of dollars in recovery assistance flowing into the country and the billions more expected,” the paper wrote. “Surprisingly, he seems utterly unprepared to discuss the matter.”
The Washington Post also addressed food safety in the US, in the wake of the discovery of salmonella contamination in a flavour enhancer. “Unfortunately, legislation that would have prevented contamination at the source and would further secure the nation’s food supply languishes in the Senate,” the paper lamented. The Post concluded, “We know that there is other legislation waiting, but the Senate really needs to move on this bill.” Presumably, that “other legislation” is healthcare, so maybe it’s likely food safety is going to take a back burner for a little while?
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