* 1954 – Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer and Obama Administration advisor

In 2010, the Obama Administration reversed the Bush Administration policy and pledged to protect " critical habitat " and draft a recovery plan for the species.

The Obama Administration proposed a revision of Constellation in 2010 to focus on the development of the capability for crewed missions beyond low earth orbit ( LEO ), envisioning extending the operation of the ISS beyond 2020, transferring the development of launch vehicles for human crews from NASA to the private sector, and developing technology to enable missions to beyond LEO, such as Earth / Moon L1, the Moon, Earth / Sun L2, near-earth asteroids, and Phobos or Mars orbit.

In the United States, the Obama Administration cites the screening of a Youtube trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims as the cause of the attacks.

The newest policy passed by Congress and the Obama Administration regarding highways is the Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011.

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* Sachin H. Jain ( born 1980 ), physician and Obama Administration official.

However, under the Obama Administration funding for development of Yucca Mountain waste site was terminated effective via amendment to the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, passed by Congress on April 14, 2011.

The Obama Administration has been criticized for opposing Glass-Steagall reenactment.

In July 2009, the Obama Administration approved clearcut logging on in the remaining old growth forests of the Tongass.

* For a renewed approach of CRAs business model, see Vincent Fabié, A Rescue Plan for rating Agencies, Blue Sky-New Ideas for the Obama Administration ideas. berkeleylawblogs. org.

Under the Obama Administration, these roles are filled by Nancy-Ann DeParle and Alyssa Mastromonaco.

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Kelly succeeded John Berry, who was the National Zoo director for three years until February 2009 when he resigned to become the director of the U. S. Office of Personnel Management, under the Obama Administration.

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In January 2010, the Obama Administration began to increase the deployed presence of Aegis BMD-equipped warships in the Persian Gulf.

MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow expressed her frustration with the Obama Administration position on same-sex marriage in August 2010.

After becoming Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Issa has become a vocal advocate for investigations into the Obama administration, including the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, corruption in Afghanistan, WikiLeaks, and the Food and Drug Administration, among other issues.

Citing Podesta's influence in the formation of the Obama Administration, a November 2008 article in Time stated that " not since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a single outside group held so much sway.

* Henry DeSio ( MPA ' 01 )-Deputy Assistant to U. S. President Barack Obama for Management and Administration ; COO, Obama for America ' 08

On July 7, 2011, Tom Parkinson reported that Nelson had said that Congress “ starved ” the space program of funding for several years, but suggested that the situation was turning around and called on the Obama Administration to push for NASA funding.

Shelby took a leading role in the resistance to bailing out the banks and other corporations ( such as AIG ), both under the Bush Administration, in 2008, and the Obama Administration, beginning in 2009.

Ortiz, initially as a money-making venture, sought gigs as an Obama impersonator.

Another change of direction created uncertainty in 2010, however, when President Obama and Congress declared the end of the Vision for Space Exploration and sought to chart a new course for human space flight and NASA.

During their talk Obama sought further assistance from Malaysia in stemming nuclear proliferation which Obama described as the greatest threat to world security.

The family also indicated that they had sought the assistance of Charles Ogletree, a Harvard Law professor who is known for being a mentor to President Barack Obama and a part of his inner circle.

The Washington Post has identified Haridopolos as “ one of the state Republican Party ’ s rising stars .” The Sunshine State News called him “ Telegenic and energetic ,… a rising star in the party, a relentless campaigner and a bona fide conservative who would draw a sharp philosophical contrast to Nelson .” Haridopolos sought to tie Nelson to President Barack Obama, saying, “ Up to this point, he has been lock-step with President Obama.

During the Obama administration, Congress has sought to clarify the organization of OSD, and has worked with the Department to move toward a standardization of official naming conventions.

President Obama argued that the bill would reduce foreign influence over American elections.

In response to the issues surrounding the healthfulness of convenience and restaurant foods, an initiative in the United States, spearheaded by first lady Michelle Obama and her " Let's Move " campaign, to reduce the unhealthy aspects of commercially produced food and fight childhood obesity, was unveiled by the White House in February 2010.

Another goal that President Barack Obama had in regards to efficient energy use was to reduce emissions that are unsafe to the environment, which in turn would result in climate change and cause air and water pollution.

Following General Motors ' announced decision to terminate its contract with Columbus-based Stillwater Mining Company to procure palladium, platinum, and rhodium for use in automobiles to reduce air pollution, Schweitzer broke Democratic party ranks to protest a perceived bias against Montana on the part of the Barack Obama administration.

Simplot is one of six major companies to join the Obama Administration in an effort to significantly reduce energy use over the next 10 years.

Foreign-policy proposals announced by the recently elected President Barack Obama include restoring the Global Poverty Act, which aims to contribute to meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals to reduce by half the world population living on less than a dollar a day by 2015.

The program's funding was denied in 2011 by the Obama administration and the Constellation program ended.

In January 2009 President Barack Obama restored US funding to UNFPA, saying in a public statement that he would " look forward to working with Congress to restore US financial support for the UN Population Fund.

On October 30, 2009 President Barack Obama reauthorized the Ryan White HIV / AIDS Bill which expanded care and treatment through federal funding to nearly half a million.

* As part of a large spending bill passed to get the federal government through the 2012 fiscal year, federal funding for NEPs was banned again just two years after Obama repealed the original ban.

Although the Obama administration has not approved a budget for NASA as of March 2011, the currently proposed budget would actually increase funding to Glenn Research Center by $ 100 million.

Subsequent to the findings of the Augustine Committee that the Constellation Program could not be executed without very substantial increases in funding, on February 1, 2010, President Barack Obama announced a proposal to cancel the program, effective with the U. S. 2011 fiscal year budget, but later announced changes to the proposal in a major space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2010.

In March 2010, President Obama and Stupak reached an understanding whereby the President promised to sign an Executive Order barring federal funding of abortion through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Stupak and several of his allies promised to withdraw their opposition to the bill.

During the federal funding dispute for the fiscal year 2011, President Obama sided with the BBG agreeing to language that the organization would “ expand unrestricted access to information on the Internet .” This work includes anti-censorships campaigns in China and other repressive regimes.

On May 7, 2009, President Barack Obama, in his budget, requested a reduction in federal funding for the EWC, from $ 21 million in fiscal year 2009 to $ 12 million for fiscal year 2010.

O ' Malley has said that President Obama has looked at StateStat as a potential model for tracking stimulus funding.

As of February 2011, the Obama administration is attempting to secure funding to re-purpose the DSCOVR spacecraft as a solar observatory to replace the aging Advanced Composition Explorer ( ACE ) spacecraft.

On January 28, 2010, when Iorio welcomed U. S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Governor of Florida Charlie Crist, and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, all of whom came to the University of Tampa for a national " Town Hall Meeting " to announce federal funding for Florida High Speed Rail and other projects.

On the May 14, 2009 episode of the satirical late night show The Daily Show, correspondent Samantha Bee noted the ACSH's opposition to the Obama family's organic garden and the organization's funding by the petroleum, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

While current U. S. regulations, initiated by the executive order of President Barack Obama in 2009 allow federal funding for hESC lines that are approved by the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ), the derivation of new hESC lines using federal funding is prohibited by the Dickey-Wicker Amendment.

While the Bush administration had promised to increase funding for PEPFAR, January 2010's Obama administration budget proposes to ' flatline ' its funding.

Anand Reddi in The Huffington Post argues: " By not providing " new " money towards maternal and child health, President Obama has in de facto pitted HIV / AIDS funding against other global health priorities.

In March 2009, President Obama issued an executive order which removed the restriction against federal funding of stem cell research.

Critics of the cuts, including a team of neuroscientists who lost funding, argued that when coupled with the Obama administration's increased funding for science, the cuts could produce a brain drain as researchers move to the United States and secure funding.