Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Obama adds to CabinetDec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - On a pre-holiday push to fill his Cabinet, President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday his choices of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to be agriculture secretary and C...
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It's official: Obama chooses Arne Duncan for Education SecretaryDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama announced Arne Duncan, the head of the Chicago school system, as education secretary Tuesday and said failing to improve classroom instructi...
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Justices again decline Obama challengeDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has turned down another challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president because of his citizenship. The appeal by Cort Wrot...
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Obama denies any involvement in scheme to sell Senate seatDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said this morning his office had "no involvement in any deal making" related to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempts to trade his vacant ...
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Officials: Obama chooses energy, enviro postsDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama intends to round out his environmental and natural resources team with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and three former Enviro...
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Obama calls for Gov. Blagojevich to resignDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama called for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign on Wednesday, hours after the embattled governor reported for work amid charges he plotte...
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Obama meets Gore, talks energy, economyDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday praised former Vice President Al Gore's ideas on the environment as one part of helping the nation's struggling economy recovery....
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Calling all Obama fans/criticsDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - As America approaches the inauguration of a new president, the Daily Herald is interested in documenting how the suburbs will share in the historic occasion. If you have...
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How will Obama affect racism, civil rights?Dec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Not long after Barack Obama's election, Kari Fulton heard a white colleague proclaim that racism in America is dead. She cringed, worrying it might be a sig...
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They wanted JFK to be watched, tooDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - I have been a subscriber of the Daily Herald since relocating my family to Lake County in mid-1992. Over the years I have read many "Fencepost" opinions. Like most reade...