Full Text: President Obama Speech on Stem Cell Policy Change

(Source: White House Press Office)

Today, with the Executive Order I am about to sign, we will bring the change that so many scientists and researchers; doctors and innovators; patients and loved ones have hoped for, and fought for, these past eight years: we will lift the ban on federal funding for promising embryonic stem cell research. We will vigorously support scientists who pursue this research. And we will aim for America to lead the world in the discoveries it one day may yield.

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Sunday Papers – November 30 – National – Economy, India, Pakistan, IL Cuts, Ted Stevens, Bill Clinton, Illegal Immigration, Opinion, Obama, Etc.

National

• Bill Clinton to name donors in deal with Obama – New York Times
• India faces reckoning as toll nears 200 – New York Times
• Attacks imperil U.S. role among two rivals – New York Times
• Mumbai Siege Tales – Washington Post
• Defiant Pakistan rejects Indian charges – Washington Post
• Auto dealerships in trouble – New York Times
• The General as Lobbyist – New York Times
• Healthcare: U.S. ‘Not getting what it pays for’ – Washington Post
• Economic rescue could cost $8.5 trillion – Los Angeles Times
• Illegal immigrants going home, labor market at risk – Miami Herald
• Opinion: What Would Keynes Do? – New York Times
• Op-Ed, Joseph Stiglitz: What Obama Needs to Do – New York Times
• Magazine: Google’s Gatekeepers – New York Times
• The Joint Chiefs and Obama – Washington Post
• Op-Ed, David Ignatius: Bush’s Iran Policy Has Failed – Washington Post
• Op-Ed, David Broder: Governors look to Obama on economy – Washington Post
• Illinois’ budget doomsday – St. Louis Post Dispatch
• Will Alaska pay price for ousting Stevens? – Anchorage Daily News

Obama’s New Ad – McCain Healthcare Tax