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George Clooney tonight, and Darfur

I’m on my way to the studio downstairs to interview George Clooney about Darfur. He recently returned from the region. There was big news on that story today–the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar Hassan ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  4 Mar 2009
Related Topics: George Clooney,  Anderson Cooper,  Nic Robertson,  Ben Affleck

President Obama’s speech - it’s all so different this year

It looks - and sounds - so different from the last time a president took this stage. That president, of course, was George W. Bush. Over his shoulder sat Nancy Pelosi and Dick Cheney. This time, it is Barack Obama. Pelosi remains, but she sure looks ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  25 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress,  Nancy Pelosi,  Dick Cheney

The Urgency of Patience

Our CNN colleague, David Gergen, was giving a seminar on presidential speechwriting the day before the inauguration, and he said something that stuck: “One of Barack Obama’s biggest challenges,” he said, is to “keep patience alive.” That original turn ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  24 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  David Gergen,  Malcolm X,  Jesse Jackson, Jr. (politician),  U.S. Republican Party

On the Radar: The Obama Effect

Looking ahead to Monday …we’re digging deeper into a new study that turned our heads this week. Researchers have documented what they call the Obama effect. They were able to show that a performance gap that existed between black and white test-takers ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  24 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Anderson Cooper,  Tom Foreman

Are the Democrats a team, or a Tower of Babel?

Here we have “No Drama Obama,” elected by the biggest majority Dems have seen in oh-so-long, about to take office, focused on hitting the ground running with a bi-partisan plan to fix the worst economic crisis since the Depression.. So why have ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  12 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Central Intelligence Agency,  Rahm Emanuel,  Roland Burris

Ok, you lost your shirt. Here’s what you have to do now:

You could not have escaped 2008 unscathed. *The Dow ended the year 33% lower. *The S&P 500 ended 38% lower *The NASDAQ was down more than 40% Even if you followed all the rules and diversified your savings, you lost 30-40% or more in 2008. Virtually ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  3 Jan 2009

Obama’s A+ Centrist Cabinet

Today, Barack Obama will unveil his national security team – featuring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and National Security Advisor Jim Jones. This is something of a centrist dream team, the latest sign of a ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  George W. Bush,  General James L Jones,  U.S. Democratic Party

Melamine in baby formula - in the U.S.

By now, you’ve probably heard that the Food and Drug Administration found the chemical melamine in baby formula in the United States. Yes, that’s the same toxic stuff that killed at least three babies in China, and sickened around 50,000 more. Parents, ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  29 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration

Flash bang in Mumbai - Counter terrorist tactics

Ken Robinson Security analyst & former military intelligence officer Many reports from Mumbai cite gunfire and “grenade” explosions coming from the 5-Star Taj Mahal hotel, the scene of previous terrorist attacks. It is very possible the gunfire and ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  28 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Anderson Cooper,  Ken Robinson

Trampled to death in a Wal-Mart stampede

Damour never made it home alive. The 34-year-old man from Queens, New York was crushed to death, a victim of a massive stampede of people pouring into Wal-Mart. One detective described the scene to CNN, calling it “utter chaos as these men tried to ...

From BARCLAYPALMER, Anderson Cooper 360 Blog,  28 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Anderson Cooper

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