Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Lawmakers take first whack at Obama budget planMar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is sending his Treasury secretary and budget director to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his proposed tax increases, which are bei...
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Obama taps Sebelius for HHS secretaryFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source said Saturday. The source...
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Obama says he'll withdraw combat troops over 18 monthsFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Declaring "I have come to speak to you about how the war in Iraq will end," President Barack Obama on Friday moved to fulfill the defining promise ...
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Obama brings a taste of Chicago to WashingtonFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Imagine you are the president of the United States, confronted with the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression. You inherited a $1.3 trillion fis...
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Obama pitching a broad economic case to nationFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Barreling ahead on a mammoth agenda, Barack Obama is ready to offer a detailed sketch of the first year of his presidency, casting the nation's bleeding ec...
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Durbin pushes Obama agenda as first friend in SenateFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - In late 2004, Senator Dick Durbin looked like he might go national. The Illinois Democrat was ascending to his party's No. 2 post in the Senate. John Kerry, the Democrat...
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Obama: People should see tax cut help by April 1Feb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It took only weeks for the notoriously slow Congress to pass the $787 billion economic stimulus package. President Barack Obama signed it into law less tha...
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Obama victory bill totals $1.74 millionFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The cost of President Barack Obama's Election Day victory celebration in Chicago's Grant Park totaled $1.74 million, and the city has yet to be paid. Peter Scales of the...
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How fast will Obama age? Two years for every year in officeFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - When a new U.S. president takes the oath of office, he often exudes a youthful optimism. But presidents tend to leave Washington, D.C., visibly wearing the stress of the...
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Obamas plan weekend in ChicagoFeb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will be heading home to Chicago for the first time since he took office. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says the president and first lady ar...