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25Jan
President Obama gives State Of The Union
From CNN … With unemployment still above 8% amid a sluggish economic recovery, Obama framed the challenges facing the country as a choice between opportunity for some or giving everyone a chance to prosper. “The defining issue of our time
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24Jan
Boston Bruins Goalie pulls a Craig Hodges
From Chicago Tribune… Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas offered an explanation Monday night for why he chose to not meet President Barack Obama. Thomas, who took a pass on the team’s White House visit in honor of their 2011 Stanley Cup championship, posted his reasons
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12Jan
There goes that word again…
From FoxNews Republicans are not accepting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s forgive-and-forget approach, after saying Monday it’s time to move on after being quoted over the weekend describing Barack Obama as “light-skinned” with “no Negro dialect” unless he wants one.
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11Jan
Bill Clinton shows true colors again?
The Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday said he was disturbed by condescending remarks reportedly made by former President Bill Clinton about Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. Sharpton was referring to a passage in the new book, “Game Change,” which
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16Nov
Mark Obama Ndesandjo Tells His Story
From NPR It is a tale of two brothers, but no ordinary brothers. One is president of the United States; the other is his half-brother, who lives in China. As President Obama arrives this weekend in China, his half-brother recently
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09Oct
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said he was awarded it for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples”. The committee highlighted Mr Obama’s efforts to support international
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29Sep
President Obama's daunting list of duties
From CNN Obama’s agenda ranges from dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions to traveling to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago for the 2016 Olympics — a trip the president said two weeks ago he could not take because he was working on
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16Sep
Jimmy Carter tells it like is…PREACH
Joe Willson – We know the deal. Stop fronting sucka!
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15Sep
Obama and the 'jackass' comment
I usually don’t like covering stories that everyone else is doing but this has an interesting media angle. From the LA Times. Check it out The perils of dashing off observations on the microblogging site were brought into sharp relief
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11Sep
Obama's speech unifies Dems
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s speech on health care failed to bridge the gulf with Republicans, but Democrats said on Thursday that the president had largely succeeded in unifying his own party by making a cogent, persuasive pitch to the American
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