latimes.com - 3/24/2009
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We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half-measures or the isolated efforts of any nation. Now, the leaders of the G-20 have a responsibility to take bold, comprehensive and coordinated action that not only jump-starts recovery but launches a new era of ...
latimes.com - 3/29/2009
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On further questioning, it always turns out that
by "heard him," he means he's heard the selected...
excerpts spoon-fed him by the distortion-mongers of the mainstream media. These excerpts are specifically designed to accomplish one thing: to make sure ...
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latimes.com - 3/21/2009
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Reporting from Chicago -- When she met Barack
Obama two years ago, Caitlin Cox proudly wore the...
two bronze medals she had won at the Special Olympics. The then-Illinois senator grinned as she showed him pictures of her signature bubble-gum-pink ...
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Not bowled over by Obama's Special Olympics joke - Los ...
latimes.com - 3/18/2009
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Eight years into the war on terror, military
wives are aces at anticipatory grief. The possibility of...
loss was introduced so early in my marriage, it may as well have been an attendant at the wedding. Immediately after our brief predeployment ceremony ...
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... President Obama has published a new op-ed piece in newspapers around the world, calling for international cooperation as the G-20 countries work to fix the financial crisis and create new regulatory structures. "The nations of the world have a stake in one another," Obama writes. "The United States is ready to join a global effort on behalf of new jobs and sustainable growth. Together, we can learn the lessons of this crisis, and forge a prosperity that is enduring and secure for the 21st century." ...
On the Radar: Tuesday, March 24th
The Latest on Air America —
... He'll be on Capitol Hill today in a hearing about a lil' company you may have heard of called AIG.
The Senate is delaying taking action on the bill that passed the House last week to tax AIG bonuses, as everyone's still split on how to get that money back to the taxpayers. As this psychologist points out, when times are tough, America loves a scape goat!
In a look ahead to the G20 conference, President Obama publishes an op-ed about the world economy in 30 papers worldwide.
In other news, restrictions on the ...
Obama's world-wide op-ed on the need to reform the global economy
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Today, the Los Angeles Times has an op-ed from the President on the need for global economic cooperation: My message is clear: The United States is ready to lead, and we call on our partners to join us with a sense of urgency and common purpose. Much good work has been done, but much more remains. Our leadership is grounded in a simple premise: We will act boldly to lift the American economy out of crisis and reform our regulatory structure, and these actions will be strengthened by complementary action abroad. Through our example, the United States can promote a ...
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