Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the President of the United States and a former junior United States Senator from Illinois. Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. He is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the... read more
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Bill Daley's contraception maneuvering
From The Dated 10 February 2012 POLITICO's Glenn Thrush and Carrie Budoff Brown report on the internal West Wing debate over the birth control mandate : It was no secret inside the West Wing that Bill Daley, a Catholic with deep connections to the church hierarchy, vehemently...
Obama birth control policy wedges a divide among Democrats
From Daily Chronicle Dated 10 February 2012 WASHINGTON – Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama’s new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to their employees amid fresh signs that the administration was scrambling for a way out.
Groups demand new probe into Marine photo
From Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dated 10 February 2012 SAN DIEGO - A leading Jewish organization and others outraged by a photo showing Marine snipers in Afghanistan posing with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol are demanding President Barack Obama order an investigation and hold the troops accountable.
Groups demand new probe into Marine photo
From The Associated Press Dated 10 February 2012 SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A leading Jewish organization and others outraged by a photo showing Marine snipers in Afghanistan posing with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol are demanding President Barack Obama order an investigation...
BOOK REVIEW : Decoding Obama's Iran policy
From Asia Times Online Dated 10 February 2012 An intricate study of how President Barack Obama's Iran policy evolved, this book relates how campaign pledges to reach out crumbled under the weight of Israeli and Saudi pressure, and from disillusionment following Iran's 2009 election crackdown. The book reveals...
Obama call for manufacturing revival a tough goal
From Detroit News Online Dated 10 February 2012 Washington— President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it.
Santorum: Obama wants Iran to get nukes
From Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Dated 10 February 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday accused President Barack Obama of actively seeking ways to allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon and suggested that the administration had betrayed Israel by publicly disclosing what may be a plan to...
Obama lets 10 states exit ‘No Child’ rules
From Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Dated 10 February 2012 President Barack Obama on Thursday freed 10 states from provisions of the No Child Left Behind education-testing law after they proposed alternate ways to hold schools accountable for student achievement.
Obama to discuss education budget in Va
From WAVY-TV Dated 10 February 2012 President Barack Obama is planning to unveil his 2013 education budget at a community college in Virginia next week.
Lawyer: Uzbek man to plead guilty in Obama plot
From KLAS - Las Vegas Now Dated 10 February 2012 A defense lawyer says an Uzbekistan national charged with supporting terrorism in a plot to kill President Barack Obama will plead guilty in federal court in Alabama.
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