The report came just as the Obama administration had been escalating its efforts to push Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ease conditions for homeowners, including those who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday escalated its efforts to restore a stronger federal role in protecting minority voters in Texas, announcing that the Justice Department would become a plaintiff in two lawsuits against the state.
Escalating its efforts to portray Senator Barack Obama as a candidate whose values fall outside the mainstream, the campaign of Senator John McCain on Tuesday unveiled a new television advertisement claiming that Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee, favors "comprehensive sex education" for kindergarten students.
PAGE A16 MCCAIN UNVEILS NEW OBAMA ADS Escalating its efforts to portray Senator Barack Obama as a candidate whose values fall outside the mainstream, the campaign of Senator John McCain unveiled a new television advertisement asserting that Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee, favors "comprehensive sex education" for kindergarten students.
The Democratic National Committee on Monday escalated its effort to define Mitt Romney, seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2012, as a flip-flopper with a new ad in five battleground states.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday escalated its effort to dismantle federal barriers to same-sex marriages, announcing that the Department of Veterans Affairs would immediately begin providing spousal benefits to gay men and lesbians despite a federal statute that limits such benefits to veterans' spouses who are "of the opposite sex".
Can America realistically escalate its war efforts abroad at a time when it is strenuously grappling with economic survival at home?" A lot depends on how much Obama commits to Afghanistan; it's easy to forget that America's wars are as big an item as the economy, health care and energy reform.
The European Central Bank, by contrast, continues to escalate its monetary stimulus efforts, leading some to worry that the dollar could appreciate in value too much relative to the euro, hurting U.S. manufacturing and creating other risks for the global economy.
Hanoi responds by de-escalating its insurgency efforts, and in October Johnson orders total halt to bombing.
"The NSA began rapidly escalating its hacking efforts a decade ago.
