Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Obama: I chose words poorly in arrest of black scholarJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Trying to tamp down an uproar over race, President Barack Obama said Friday he used an unfortunate choice of words in commenting on the arrest of black sch...
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Obama tries to rally support for health revampJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought Wednesday night to rally support for sweeping health care legislation he's struggling to push through ...
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Obama says police acted 'stupidly' in arrestJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial ...
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Obama argues system dictates health care choicesJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that under the current health care system, doctors make medical decisions based on what they would be paid for a...
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Obama and networks: a symbiotic relationshipJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Even President Barack Obama, a gleam in his eye as he talked at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner two weeks ago, seemed to recognize the specia...
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Obama sends video backing Chicago 2016 Olympic bidJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- President Barack Obama renewed his support for Chicago's Olympic bid Tuesday, telling African Olympic leaders in a video message the 2016 Games would give Amer...
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At death camp, Obama says evil must be confrontedJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - WEIMAR, Germany -- President Barack Obama witnessed the Nazi ovens of the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday, its clock tower frozen at the time of liberation, and sai...
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Obama's vision of Supreme Court pick clearMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- On the verge of choosing his first Supreme Court nominee, President Barack Obama has already provided a profile of the person he is likely to pick: an inte...
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Obama administration expands housing planMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration expanded its $50 billion mortgage aid program on Thursday, announcing new measures that would help homeowners avoid a foreclosure ...
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Obama channels FDR amid crisesApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Banks failing and the economy in shambles, the new U.S. president reassured a nationwide audience that his administration was putting America back on the r...