Articles filed under Barack Obama
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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...
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Madrid bid: Obama is no 'Superman' for ChicagoFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - MADRID - A leader of Madrid's bid for the 2016 Olympics downplayed the impact of President Barack Obama on Chicago's candidacy. "He's not Superman. I don't think he will...
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Obama to name Gregg as commerce secretaryFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's Cabinet is about to be completed -- again. A White House official says the president plans to formally nominate Sen. Judd Gregg, a...
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Obama pitches his plan to reverse economic slideJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Saturday laid out more pieces of an economic plan he says would add 3,000 miles of electrical lines, increase security at 90 port...
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Senate action expected on Clinton, other nomineesJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate is expected to consider several of President Barack Obama's Cabinet nominees Wednesday. A vote to confirm Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of...
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The black community cries for the past and the futureJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Too excited to sit, Barbara Mosley paced around her Huntley living room until she saw Barack Obama place his hand on the Bible. "Oh yes! Oh yes!" shouted the smiling, 64...
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Celebration over, Obama's work begins WednesdayJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is turning from the star-studded, crowd-pleasing pomp of his inauguration to the workaday task of governing a hurting nation of 304 ...
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Obama gives us no reason to celebrateJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - So what does the Obama inauguration mean to me? It means Obama, with the help of the media has done an absolutely brilliant job of suppressing information and keeping us...