WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 — The World Health Organization on Friday forcefully endorsed wider use of the insecticide DDT across Africa to exterminate and repel the mosquitoes that cause malaria.
Roger Clemens unleashed the equivalent of a verbal fastball Tuesday, forcefully denying the allegations that Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, made about his using steroids and human growth hormone.
KAMPALA, Uganda —Police officers on Monday forcefully countered a small demonstration here over rising commodity prices, swiftly dispersing demonstrators with tear gas and live ammunition and arresting two former presidential candidates.
DETROIT — Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan, in testimony on Monday, forcefully defended Detroit's bankruptcy filing as a last-ditch effort to stem the city's decades-long financial decline.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla .— Pointing to Mars and asteroids as destinations, President Obama on Thursday forcefully countered criticisms that he was trying to end the nation's human spaceflight program.
In a speech expressing his solidarity with the National Association of Evangelicals at its annual convention here, President Bush on Thursday forcefully restated his call for passage of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage to enthusiastic rounds of applause.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a vocal supporter of Israel but also a frequent advocate of free speech, on Wednesday forcefully defended Brooklyn College's decision to co-sponsor a panel discussion about a movement that calls for economic boycotts and sanctions against Israel.
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday forcefully rebuked Republicans on the presidential campaign trail and in Congress for "beating the drums of war" in criticizing his efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Iran's nuclear program, underscoring how squarely the national security issue had entered the election-year debate.
— Senator Barack Obama on Tuesday forcefully addressed concerns that he had moved too quickly to the political center, acknowledging complaints from "my friends on the left" about his statements on Iraq, his approaches to evangelicals and his remarks on other issues that have alarmed some of his supporters.
Jeremy Scahill sparred with NBC political director Chuck Todd on Friday, forcefully criticizing journalists and lawmakers for treading lightly on Blackwater's recently-revealed misdeeds.
Vice President Joseph Biden on Tuesday forcefully rejected the argument, made most notably by his predecessor Dick Cheney, that the United States is less safe under President Obama's leadership.
