Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned after his election to the presidency. More about Barack Obama from Wikipedia »
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Today in History
…the outside. (Stewart began serving a two-year, four-month sentence in Nov. 2009.)One year ago: The Senate approved President Barack Obama's giant economic stimulus measure. U.S. and Russian communication satellites collided in the first-ever crash of its…
Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued
…Barack Obama listens to areporter's question as he makes an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room for the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)President Barack Obama meets with…
Obama says music fueled civil rights movement
…Adams performs at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)A woman walks on the Mall…
Obama to take health bill that's not all he wants
…Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner…
Readers Write 02/10
…is not his strong suit (“Obama’s appeal to moderation puts nation first,” Opinion, Feb. 4). To convince readers that President Barack Obama is trying hard to be conciliatory and bipartisan, Pitts points to Obama’s speech at a recent gathering of the opposite…
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GOP chairman race pits experience vs. new blood
…in GOP politics, including area conservatives who have been energized in part in reaction to the legislative goals of the Obama administration. “They’ve done a great job for the Republican Party,” said Jones, referring to Hinton and Taylor, “but we’ve got…
Crowded classrooms
…analyzed the recent Massachusetts election of Scott Brown as one based on local issues and having nothing to do with President Obama's programs, policies or methods. I hope that they take the good fight right into the November elections under the premise that…
Derailing New York
…Washington is keeping the bond markets from cracking the whip. Federally subsidized “Build America” bonds, created by President Obama and Congress in last year's stimulus act have allowed the MTA to borrow on great terms. (Also key here, of course, are zero-percent…
Washington: Seat of power is frozen in place
…Smokey Robinson and Natalie Cole. It had been slated for Wednesday, but was instead moved to Tuesday night. President Barack Obama held a bipartisan meeting with congressional leaders ahead of the storm Tuesday and joked that it went so well that Democratic…
The Option Is Obama's
…WAS TOWARD the end of President Barack Obama’s riveting visit on Jan. 29 with the House Republicans in Baltimore — a rare 90 minutes of candor on both sides that produced the most fascinating and revealing politics in memory — when Rep. Peter Roskam of suburban…
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This budget features too many new taxes, too much new spending and too much new debt, all of which will discourage hiring and further reduce Americans’ job security—David Lee Camp, Nashua Telegraph
These circumstances call for a bold, game-changing budget that will turn things around.
This country is sinking into a fiscal quagmire
It’s very important to understand, we won’t be able to bring down this deficit overnight given that the recovery is still taking hold and families across the country still need help.
Until America is back at work, my administration will not rest and this recovery will not be finished
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