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A decision by Barack Obama to postpone his first meeting as president with the Dalai Lama is overshadowing a visit to Washington this week by the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet’s Buddhists.
The Dalai Lama arrived Monday in Washington and will be received by prominent lawmakers and the... read more
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The Secret Service has found the mastermind behind the “Should Obama Be Killed?” Facebook poll-and it turns out to be a kid.
After a chat wit... read more
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The Secret Service is investigating the circumstances surrounding an eye-opening Facebook poll that asked whether Obama should be assassinated, a Secret Service spokesman confirmed.
The poll, which has already been taken down, offered four possible answers to the question “should obam... read more
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In a blunt challenge to his nation’s critics, President Barack Obama says world leaders who once accused the United States of acting alone must now join with him to solve global crises rather than “wait for America” to lead.
It is Obama’s first address to the U.N. Gene... read more
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President Barack Obama spoke openly about whether he thinks racism is behind recent political attacks against him on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday.
Referring to Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst as Obama addressed health-care reform to the nation two weeks ... read more
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Go Obama Go!!!!
President Obama got in on the Kanye West-bashing today, calling the rapper a “jackass” for his interruption of country star Taylor Swift during an MTV awards show Sunday.
Obama made the remark in an off-the-record portion of an interview with CNBC, the Huffington Po... read more
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President Obama today accepted Rep. Joe Wilson’s mea culpa for his shoutout during last night’s speech.
“We all make mistakes,” said Obama. “He apologized quickly and without equivocation and I’m appreciative of that.” Referring to the media buzz over... read more
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Two words, delivered with index finger punctuating the air and directed at the president of the United States, made a little-known South Carolina congressman one of the most controversial men on the Internet — at least Wednesday heading into Thursday.
As soon as Rep. Joe Wilson was iden... read more
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The White House released the text Monday of a controversial back-to-school speech to students from President Obama.
Many conservatives have expressed a fear that the address would be used to push a partisan political agenda. In the text of the speech, however, Obama avoids any mention of cont... read more
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On September 8, in what the Department of Education is touting as a “historic” speech, President Obama will be talking directly to students across the U.S., live on the White House website. But some parents and conservatives are blasting the president, calling the speech an excuse to bra... read more
