Articles filed under U.S. President
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Face to face: Obama, Romney in crackling debateOct 16, 2012 8:00 pm - HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of peddling a "sketchy deal" to fix the U.S. economy and playing politics with the...
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Follow the presidential debate on StorifyOct 16, 2012 4:58 pm - Twitter and social media were buzzing during the first debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. So tonight, the Daily Herald is going to gat...
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Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debateOct 16, 2012 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — The pressure is on President Barack Obama to deliver a Goldilocks performance in the second debate: Not too cool, as he was in his first, listless encounter...
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Eyes are on the voters in town hall-style debatesOct 15, 2012 9:13 pm - WASHINGTON — The every-four-years ritual of a national “town hall” style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so n...
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Obama embraces economic record in new commercialOct 15, 2012 7:25 pm - WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With the economy showing some signs of improvement three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama on Monday laid down a full embrace of the ...
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Pizza Hut rethinks presidential debate stuntOct 15, 2012 1:35 pm - NEW YORK — Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask “Sausage or Pepperoni?” at the presidential debate Tuesday. After the stunt triggered backlash last w...
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Obama, first lady plan to vote early for Nov. 6Oct 15, 2012 1:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama won't be posing for any photos in the voting booth on Election Day — he's casting his ballot early. Obama and first lady Michelle Oba...
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Ambassador death no political football, father saysOct 14, 2012 7:35 pm - The father of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed in the attack in Benghazi last month, said his son’s death shouldn’t be politicized in the...
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Debate preparation trumps 2012 campaigning SundayOct 14, 2012 7:25 pm - BURLINGTON, Mass. — As Mitt Romney’s campaign claimed new momentum in the race for the White House, President Barack Obama’s political advisers on Sunday promised the in...
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Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney nowOct 14, 2012 7:19 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gun-rights groups perceive President Barack Obama as a threat to unfettered access to firearms. They once had qualms about Mitt Romney, too. But times ...