Articles tagged with: barack obama
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President Barack Obama, it was announced Friday, will deliver the 164th commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.
Soon after the announcement, controversy arose from some Catholics who believe that Obama’s views on abortion and embryonic stem cell research contradict the Cat... read more
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If you’re looking for guidance in your NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament pool, you now have a new source to turn to for guidance: President Obama.
ESPN has posted the bracket filled out by Mr. Obama, who... read more
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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address at a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the White House when he realized something sounded way too familiar. Turns out, he was repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just given.
Cowen was set to speak twic... read more
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Legendary funnyman Jackie Mason is getting jeers for referring to President Obama with a Yiddish word considered by many to be a racial epithet.
During his act Thursday night at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency on the upper East Side, Mason, 72, caused some fans to boo and walk out when he ... read more
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Reversing Bush policy, President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research and promised no scientific data will be “distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda.”
Obama signed the executive order on ... read more
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In the news this morning, President Obama names three top officials to the Treasury Department and tells The New York Times he is considering whether to pursue an alliance with moderate elements of the Taliban.
Politico is among the news outlets noting a dearth of top-level officials at Treas... read more
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The word in the pet/political world is that the Obamas have selected the Portuguese Water Dog as the new First Dog. The Los Angeles Times politics blog is reporting that this will be made official in a People magazine interview with Michelle Obama out Friday.
The family has settled on a breed... read more
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During the first couple of weeks of his presidency, Barack Obama has made good use of his “spiffy” new ride.
The president, who has made several trips around the country in Air Force One, was particularly excited during his first trip on the plane as commander in chief when he fle... read more
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President Barack Obama has named a 26-year-old Pentecostal minister to head the White House office that coordinates outreach to religious and community organizations.
The White House will announce formally today that Josh DuBois will head the revamped White House Office for Faith-Based and Ne... read more
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Pledging to take “the air out of golden parachutes,” President Obama announced Wednesday that executives of companies receiving federal bailout money will have their pay capped at $500,000 under a revised... read more
