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Calling it a "significant breakthrough," President Obama praised
the vote by Iraq's Council of Representatives allowing for
parliamentary elections in January 2010 calling it "an important milestone as the Iraqi people continue to take responsibility ...
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White House Heralds Iraq Election Law
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President Obama's message to supporters on the "Organizing for America" email list may have been positive (if financially solicitous), (link to earlier blog today) but the director of his political arm was under no such apparent guidance.
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Within a couple hours of the Democrats' health care reform bill passing the House last night, President Obama sent out an email to supporters via his former campaign committee, now called "Organizing for America."
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ABC News' Rachel Martin reports: He’s not taking a victory lap yet but today the President praised what he called an “historic” vote by the House of Representatives last night. “For years we've been told that this couldn't be done. After all, neither chamber of Congress has been able to pass a ...
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Former President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush made a private visit to Darnall Army Medical Center at Ft. Hood Friday evening.
The former president and first lady visited with soldiers wounded in the incident on Thursday, as well as some of their family members.
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blogs.abcnews.com - 35 hours ago
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ABC News' Rachel Martin reports: President Obama made
an 11th hour pitch to Congress today, urging members
of the House to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill. He made a rare personal appearance on Capitol Hill this morning and...
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Obama on Health Care Reform: 'This Is Our Moment'
The White House announced today that on Tuesday, President and First Lady Obama will travel to Fort Hood, Texas, for a memorial service. It’s been a rough week for the country and so it’s been a bad week for the...
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ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Calling Thursday’s shooting in Fort Hood, Texas one of the most devastating ever committed on an American military base, President Obama said that while “the worst of human nature was on full display” the “best...
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blogs.abcnews.com - 2 days ago
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President Obama had lunch today with eleven reporter/columnist/editor/pundit-types.
Those present were: Mike Allen of Politico; David Brooks
of the New York Times; Chris Cillizzaa of the Washington Post; Gail Collins of the New York Times; Howard ...
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Lunching With the Pundits
blogs.abcnews.com - 2 days ago
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Earlier today, I had a chance to conduct
a twitter interview with Fox News Channel’s Roland Burton
Hedley, Jr., who has a new book out – a collection of his best tweets from 2009. (You may know Hedley best from his appearances in Garry Trudeau’s ...
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Twitterview with Roland Burton Hedley Jr.
Dr. Biden writes that she and the vice president will visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day and spend time with veterans and soldiers in order to show their thanks.
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blogs.abcnews.com - 2 days ago
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Jake Tapper asks Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about
health care during the White House briefing.
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Today’s Qs for O’s WH – 11/6/2009
On a chilly morning, President Obama came to the Rose Garden Friday morning to try to offer reassurance in the wake of both the Fort Hood shootings and dismal economic news, suggesting -- regarding the latter issue -- that he was considering even more economic stimulus measures.
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President Obama will formally sign into law the “Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009,” in the Oval Office this morning. The law will extend unemployment benefits by 20 weeks in states hardest hit by the economic downturn and by 14 weeks everywhere else. It also extends an ...
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The White House will today issue a Statement of Administration Policy today endorsing the health care reform legislation from House Democrats. It will not be a signal that the president favors the House bill over the one from Senate Democrats,...
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blogs.abcnews.com - 3 days ago
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White House officials tell ABC News that President
Obama will visit with wounded soldiers tomorrow at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center. The trip was scheduled before the incident today at Fort Hood, officials said. President Obama visited wounded troops at...
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President Obama to Visit Walter Reed Friday
ABC’s Jordyn Phelps reports: Marking the 30th Anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, protestors took to the streets in Tehran, Iran on Wednesday. The common “Death to America” chants were used by pro-government protestors, but there was also a very...
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In the Oval Office just now President Obama was briefed on the phone about the shooting at Fort Hood by the Army base’s commanding general, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone.
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blogs.abcnews.com - 3 days ago
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From Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller: “As some
of you might have heard there has been a
tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas,” President Obama said this afternoon at the Department of Interior, speaking at a...
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President Obama Speaks About Fort Hood Tragedy
The First Lady visited the Department of Energy as part of her wider federal agency tour throughout the city. This visit was a little different than her dozen past visits, as today Mrs. Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu played game show host.
