Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Obama recasts chase for Snowden as unexceptionalJun 28, 2013 8:37 am - WASHINGTON — The last thing President Barack Obama wants to do is turn Edward Snowden into a grand enemy of the state or a Daniel Ellsberg-type hero who speaks truth to ...
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Obama yet to have African legacy like predecessorsJun 28, 2013 8:37 am - DAKAR, Senegal — President Barack Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father’s home continent, even as he has yet to...
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Obama uncertain about visit with Nelson MandelaJun 28, 2013 8:37 am - ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Barack Obama, in the midst of a historic tour of Africa, says he isn’t certain about whether he’ll be able to visit gravely ill Nelson M...
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Obama clashes with African host over gay rightsJun 27, 2013 9:07 am - DAKAR, Senegal — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage as a “victory for American democracy” but clashed with his Af...
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Ruling showcases Obama evolution on gay marriageJun 27, 2013 9:07 am - WASHINGTON — For Barack Obama, the Supreme Court’s decisions on gay rights punctuate an evolution as president on the subject of same-sex marriage — a personal journey t...
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Obama: No wheeling or dealing to extradite SnowdenJun 27, 2013 9:07 am - DAKAR, Senegal — The United States won’t be scrambling military jets or engaging in high-level diplomatic bartering to get National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden...
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Obama nominating Comey as FBI directorJun 21, 2013 8:41 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has chosen a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff against a warrantless ...
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Obama to meet with privacy, civil liberties boardJun 21, 2013 8:41 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is holding his first meeting with a privacy and civil liberties board Friday as he seeks to make good on his pledge to have a public ...
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Obama commits to tough push on global warmingJun 20, 2013 9:08 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promis...
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Obama renews calls for nuclear reductionsJun 19, 2013 10:33 am - BERLIN — Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to c...