Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Obama puts a rosy spin on rough presidential yearDec 20, 2013 8:40 pm - WASHINGTON — Putting a rosy spin on a difficult year, President Barack Obama acknowledged frustrating “ups and downs” on Friday but exulted that the improving economy is...
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Obama visits activists fasting for immigrationNov 29, 2013 12:37 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has visited the activists who are fasting to protest House inaction on immigration legislation. On the day after Thanksgiving Obama ...
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Obama pardons turkeys as part of annual riteNov 27, 2013 8:26 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spared two turkeys from the brine and the oven Wednesday, fulfilling the annual tradition of a presidential pardon for a couple of lu...
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Health law business insurance site delayed 1 yearNov 27, 2013 2:59 pm - The Obama administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law, putting off until next November the launch of an online portal to the health insurance ma...
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Former Obama aide denies he weighed dropping BidenNov 01, 2013 10:13 am - WASHINGTON — A new book asserts the idea of replacing Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Rodham Clinton was floated in President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campa...
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Durbin: GOP leader told Obama 'I cannot even stand to look at you'Oct 24, 2013 8:00 am - Illinois Senator Dick Durbin said on his Facebook page this weekend that a top House Republican leader told President Barack Obama, “I cannot even stand to look at you” ...
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Out of the spotlight, Obama nurtures his faithOct 19, 2013 4:33 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relat...
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DHS selection suggests priority shift to securityOct 18, 2013 8:31 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s selection of a former top Pentagon lawyer to head the Homeland Security Department suggests the agency will be stepping back from i...
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No safe bets for Obama despite toned-down agendaOct 18, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — Regrouping after a feud with Congress stalled his agenda, President Barack Obama is laying down a three-item to-do list for Congress that seems meager when ...
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Emerging Senate proposal focus in budget battleOct 12, 2013 2:15 pm - WASHINGTON — The focus of efforts to end the government shutdown and prevent a U.S. default shifted to the Senate on Saturday, where leaders were in talks aimed at resol...