abcnews.go.com - 1/19/2009
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Incoming White House senior adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill his campaign promise and begin on Wednesday the process of withdrawing America forces from Iraq within 16 months. "He believes that that is a reasonable timetable. We've moved a ...
thehill.com - 1/21/2009
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President Obama’s chief political adviser was put on
the defensive Tuesday about a new government report that...
downplays the short-term impact the stimulus package will have on the economy. Hours before Obama took the oath of office, senior White House ...
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Axelrod defends Dem stimulus after critical CBO report
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/18/2009
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(CNN) — Hours after Israel and Hamas both
said they would abide by a fragile cease-fire in...
Gaza, top Obama advisor David Axelrod told CNN’s John King Sunday to expect the president-elect to take diplomatic action worldwide “early and ...
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Axelrod: Economic 'emergency' calls for 'something big'
swamppolitics.com - 1/18/2009
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by Mark Silva It will be tough to
get a good look at the star-studded cast of...
singers and other artists lining up at the Lincoln Memorial today, unless you have braved the cold (34 with rain and snow possible) and crowds in Washington -- or ...
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Obama's inaugural show: Air rights
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King's Anti-Imperialism and the Challenge for Obama
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... Obama's plan to order the beginning of a withdrawal from Iraq on day one of his administration is consistent with the anticolonialism of the King tradition and of Obama's own autobiography. ...
Obama To Order Iraq Withdrawl On Day One?
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So says Axelrod
Incoming White House senior adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill his campaign promise and begin on Wednesday the process of withdrawing America forces from Iraq within 16 months.
“He believes that that is a reasonable timetable. We’ve moved a great distance from the time he started talking about that, and now we’re in an area where everyone agrees that we should be on a path to withdrawing those troops. And he is going to begin that process, as promised, on that day,” Axelrod said in a “This Week” interview with George ...
Obama To Order Iraq Withdrawl On Day One?
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So says Axelrod Incoming White House senior adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill his campaign promise and begin on Wednesday the process of withdrawing America forces from Iraq within 16 months.“He believes that that is a reasonable timetable. We’ve moved a great distance from the time he started talking about that, and now we’re in an area where everyone agrees that we should be on a path to withdrawing those troops. And he is going to begin that process, as promised, on that day,” Axelrod said in a “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos . On Wednesday, Obama will call in his ...
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