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Obama honors 'those who made victory possible'

deserves a place alongside previous generations for the courage they have shown and sacrifices they have made." President Barack Obama walks through grave markers Wednesday during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. In his address at Arlington ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, TwinCities.com,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Arlington National Cemetery,  U.S. Congress

Obama meets caskets of fallen troops

President Obama traveled overnight to the meet the flag-draped caskets of 18 Americans killed in military service this week, the height of the bloodiest month for the U.S. in the war in Afghanistan. In an unannounced trip in the middle of the night, ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House

'It's a debate between looking backward and looking forward'

toward his third political fundraiser in two days — Republican critics complained that the president was taking a public relations tour on behalf of his economic stimulus program that provides the grants. ARCADIA, Fla. — President Barack Obama declared ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, TwinCities.com,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Steven Chu,  Connie Mack

Obama makes a house call on doctors

white lab coats, Obama invoked the critical support he has from doctors and from the American Medical Association, which has given qualified support to his health proposals. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday called on doctors to help pass ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, Inside Bay Area,  5 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  American Medical Association,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party

Obama speech wins over critics

WASHINGTON — Though it inspired a controversy about politics in the classroom over the past week, President Obama's back-to-school address to America's students on Tuesday ended up being decidedly motivational rather than political — and even won ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, Kansas.com,  9 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  Laura Bush,  U.S. Senate

Obama to reveal WH visitor logs

President Obama is reversing White House policy on its visitor logs, records that previous administrations have kept under wraps. In a statement issued from Camp David this morning, Obama said the White House will begin posting online each month the ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, The Swamp,  4 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  George W. Bush

White House site rebuts 'misinformation'

WASHINGTON — President Obama and his allies in the health care debate began moving more forcefully Monday to rebut what they said was 'misinformation' spread by opponents of proposed health legislation and to spotlight the disruptive nature of ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, Kansas.com,  11 Aug 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin,  Nancy Pelosi,  Steny Hoyer

Obama (reportedly) wins pick-up game

He may suffer in other reviews of his first 100 days in office, but one analysis finds that President Obama has at least got game. That assessment came from the star point guard of the University of Connecticut women's basketball team who shot hoops ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  27 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  National Collegiate Athletic Association

Obama asks for $100M in agency cuts

have been seeking out potential fraud and improper payments in the farm programs, the White House said. People who get program payments will now have to provide income information for verification, so that ineligible recipients can be taken off the ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, TwinCities.com,  21 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  John Boehner,  Grover Norquist

Obama meets Greek patriarch

ISTANBUL--President Barack Obama met this morning with Greek Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity, at an Istanbul hotel, fulfilling a promise the president made to the archbishop of the Greek Orthodox church in ...

From CHRISTI PARSONS, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  7 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Abdullah Gul

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