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#39;CAPTAIN GNOSTIC AMERICA #39; About Obama #39;s Kill List, Say Film #39;s Directors...
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Obama is an agent for Saudi Arabia Jim Garrow pt 1
http://www.briancraigshow.com Obama is a agent for Saudi Arabia, say Dr. Jim Garrow who is a guest on "The Brian Craig Show Podcast.
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WASHINGTON President Obama plans two new executive actions this week to promote equal pay for women and to promote equal pay as a critical issue for Democrats this election year.
One action, an executive order, will prohibit federal contractors from retaliating against employees who talk about how much money they make, according to an administration official familiar with the plans.
The other, a presidential memorandum, will require contractors to report data to the government showing the compensation they provide their employees by sex and race.
Advocates for pay equity say that a major challenge to enforcing equal pay laws is secrecy about what people are paid. Some employers maintain policies that punish workers who voluntarily share salary information with coworkers, according to the National Womens Law Center.
Tuesdays actions will affect only businesses that do work for the federal government. The executive order doesnt require workers to discuss pay or employers to make public their pay data, but the explicit ban on retaliation would provide what White House officials say will be an important tool to encourage transparency.
The new data collected under the presidential memorandum will allow more targeted enforcement by focusing efforts where there are discrepancies, said an administration official, speaking anonymously because the policies had not yet officially been announced.
Advocates have been seeking the changes for some time, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
This is a huge victory for the one in five American workers employed by federal contractors, said Deborah J. Vagins, ACLU senior legislative counsel and co-chair of the National Paycheck Fairness Coalition. Congress still needs to do its part" to pass legislation that would apply to other companies, "but were one step closer to achieving pay equity thanks to this White House.
The actions are scheduled for Tuesday, what activists call Equal Pay Day the day on the years calendar that marks the approximate extra time the average American woman would need to earn as much as the average man did in the prior year. According to the federal government, women make an average of 77 cents for every dollar that men earn.
Democrats are trying to make equal pay for women a major issue in the 2014 elections, as they look for ways to motivate a key voting bloc to get to the polls. Working women, particularly those who are single, have become among the most heavily Democratic of voting groups, and party strategists have been looking for ways to increase their enthusiasm for voting this fall.
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April 4, 2014: People sign posters fo the families of the victims affected by the Fort Hood shootings, Killeen, Texas.AP
President Obama will attend a memorial service Wednesday for the victims of a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, a White House official said Sunday.
Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told CBS' "Face the Nation" that the president will attend the event and will be accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama.
Three people were killed and 16 were woundedin the April 2 attack at the military base, near Killeen, Texas.
A Fort Hood spokesman confirms there will be a remembrance ceremony on Wednesday.
Investigators say that an Army truck driver, Spc. Ivan Lopez, had an argument before opening fire.
The base commander hasn't discussed the cause of the argument. The attack was the second at the base since 2009, when 13 people were killed in a shooting by an Army psychiatrist.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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